 David here at the City Golf Day 2022, how's the day been so far? Wet, in a word, just played three holes and it's just stopped raining, it's soaking, it's not raining for three weeks. It certainly has done today but yeah it's great now it's fine up, it's sort of great to be here and we're having a good time anyway. Enjoyable during the week to get out on the golf course, come rain or shine and have a bit of fun, see some new faces that you've not seen before and some old faces that you've probably not seen in a while as well. Yeah it's good to catch up with a few people, I'm the same group as Dave Baldwin today, I've obviously known for a long time from his time at the City so yeah we've got a lot to catch up on and it's great to do that over a game of golf. Being excellent, the two lads that we're playing with are very good so they've made us feel them more like at home I think. So yeah really looking forward to it. Team mates on the field, team mates now on the golf course as well, the connection's still there do you think Barry? Yeah it's always there, I see Gary down at Cluck Eat now when we're playing golf together. I have a couple of beers in that and it's nice to come back on a golf day like this. Play with two lads who are playing really well and yeah enjoying it. Well look great, yeah I'm fine, not wet or miserable, actually it's stopped raining now so everything's going to pick up but it's been a rough start. Much easier in the sun then here at the City Golf Day? Yeah just a bit easier but I mean the wash hour's forecast but I didn't know it was going to be a monsoon type of thing but hopefully it'll stay off now for the rest of the day and we can enjoy it. It's been a great day so far when we first came out. I think the heavens opened and we got a little bit wet but of course it's in great nick and we're all enjoying it. Decent team together as well haven't you talked us through that and obviously familiar with the people that you're sharing a course with today? Yes I think we've got a couple of ringers, I think Glyn's playing off 22 but he's playing off about 12 I think. So hopefully we've got half a chance. No we're really enjoying it and yeah it's great to be out here and change of scenery for everyone. How's the day gone so far on the course you're doing all right? I think when you play golf you have good days and bad days so yeah yeah what golf does it brings you back with with one good shot and yeah it's a really nice track and you know just enjoying it like I said. I think the organisation of it's fantastic just about from the rain this morning so I'm going to lodge a complaint about that. That was absolutely torrential rain but no it's fantastic I think the golf club deserve a lot of praise. They've done they've done some hard work to get it into the condition that it is now and it's it's a great credit to the you know golf club itself. It's been good apart from probably the first four holes when the torrential rain greens were flooded and but no it's been it's been good the golf ain't so good but no it's it's lovely now so it's a good company. A good company you're around familiar people as well I guess it's easy to hit it off when you with people you know playing with people you know. Yeah I was seeing the gaffers group there's a few people I know as well from previous golf days that I've been to so good to see a few of them so we've got I think we've got dinner after this of weeks so I'll speak to a few and a few in the bar so no it's it's I think every club sort of does it but no it's courses in and decent Nick as well so it always helps. Nice to take a break from the pre-season training as well we've only been back a couple of days but I think particularly some of the players will be feeling like it's a lot longer. Yeah it was it was obviously yesterday was just sort of testing obviously usual testing stuff whereas today we were out in the grass got to see the goalkeepers today so had a good hour with the goalkeepers given a bit of a bit of aerobic stuff so no it was good it's it's what it's what you want to do so body's feeling a bit tired now especially golfing as well doesn't help but no it's it's something I'm looking forward to getting going as as the weeks go by. Now are you finding it back here in like we say the the dual row when you first started a player and the coach but predominantly as we say over the course of the first few days part of the coach and set up and like we said today taking more of a hands-on approach with the the goalkeepers as well. Yeah it's going to be different especially obviously the way last year last time I was here was just a player which focused solely on that but now my aim is to whoever's going to be playing to make sure they're ready for the game obviously Harry's there at the moment so Harry Harry I've got to make sure Harry's right and if if I need to be I'll just try and be as best Nick as I can but look I'm I'm not here to tell the manager look I want to play I won't be back when when you go to the coaching role it's it's 90% coaching it's 10% to play out you know what I mean when it's player coach so it's one I did last year and one I enjoyed and obviously winning the league and getting promoted was was a highlight so hopefully it can be two years on the track would be nice. I'll try and keep keeping in touch with what happens at city anyway and you know try and get down to some games so catch up with some people people there as well but yeah it's great to do on a day like like today when there's no pressure and there's no nothing else to focus our minds on other than they're knocking a little white ball around the field. People's competitive edge comes back out doesn't it? He does yeah I'm guilty of that as well. I actually came as a guest to a Bradford City games during the season where I met up with loads loads of players from my time in the 80s but it's yeah I've seen Tyredall and Gary Watson again today which is always good to see and we've always got stories about the lads from those to you know Bobby Campbell and David Mcneven and people like that Mark Ellis Barry Gallagher's here today as well so it's good to see them it's an enjoyable day just those first three holes in the torrential realm were hideous. I did just a little chat with Tyredall and Les Chapman going through one of two little stories about Bob Campbell go dress his soul and yeah it's good it's really is good to catch up you miss him you do miss him. Always seems to be Bobby Campbell who the stories are about and who the memories are being shared about I guess when you've got a lot of common memories that you've all shared together it it makes it easier when you've not seen people for a while and you can like we say pick up where you leave off and away. Yeah it's true I mean Bob gets a let's say he got some bad publicity quite a bit but honestly if you knew Bob he had an art as big as a lion he were a gentle giant apart from being on pitch if I didn't cross it at the right time or whatever then I would get a bullocking but apart from that he were a great fella honestly regret some of the stories have been exaggerated exaggerated and exaggerated Bob Campbell were an absolute star great lad supermate and one of the lads and he'll never be forgotten. I think obviously I live in the area so any anyone if I go out for food or whatever you can just feel there's a buzz around the city and everyone says oh what's it like how is it and it's it's been fantastic so I've seen Nate and Clark well ago we arrived quite late just before tea off because I'll see with training so I'll see a few more inside but I've seen Clarky good to see him haven't seen him for a while so I'm sure there's one or two others that that I know so but no it's it is it's a family club and that's what the morals of the club I think they build themselves on behind that so hopefully we'll crack on get a good pre-season under a belt and see what the season is in store that's why the guys wanted to to be involved in the day to be connected to the the commercial deals and the people involved and just being in and around the local area so that's that's something they're very keen to embrace and you'll see on match day that they're very keen to embrace the fans as well so um yeah I think first of many and uh yeah hopefully my golf games improves it's been a good few uh few months now as well since you applied on behalf of your father for the Robert City job and and that happened how have you found it so far in terms of seeing your dad and Glen in the dugout and being a part of of the experience is it confidence for them for you are you looking forward to next season as well yeah I think they're all very excited about the season ahead I think having 13 games as a just a little bit of an insight into what what the club is all about understand it I know understanding the culture of the of the city as well and yeah they're just all so excited about going into next season there's a buzz around the place and uh yeah hopefully results are going to follow as well so uh I think they're all excited can't wait to get going to be honest I saw Mark Mark Hughes and Glen Hodges before the before that went on the first tee and I had a little chat with them of course from knowing from Man City days so yeah I'm looking forward to the rest of the game what are you making of the work that they're doing so far Mark and Glen obviously following Bradford City last season and looking into the positivity generated from pre-season so far is really impressed yeah well I believe that season tickets sales have rocketed which is probably understandable he's he's a great manager and it's a great asset that Bradford City have got hopefully the the support that they're getting they'll be repaired at the end of the season I'm sure they've got success now with Mark Hughes and then he'll probably turn out to be quite a legend at the club but everything's geared now for success I've been talking to somebody early about the new executive officer at the club guy running the show he's done a lot of changes and made a lot of improvements so it's looking good for the for the season and hopefully they can go up straight away as somebody who's worked as you mentioned professionally with Mark Hughes put together at Manchester City how much confidence do you have in him coming into like your circle that you used to play for in Bradford City that he can be the one to turn the fortunes and do a good job here well as I just said I think it's a very true move by Bradford City he's a great asset to have I'm sure he'll get the best out of the players he can get the squad together that he wants if he can sign the players that he wants then he'll get them together get them organised I'm sure they'll even though it's his first season it'll be a successful one which looks like some good signings have been made so I think I'm like a lot of city fans that really really excited about what the what the next nine or ten months holds and you know fingers crossed this is the year that we get out of league two and keep that that progression going and you know get back in the championship at least in the not too distant future once you've played for him you know a part of your heart's always there it never it never leaves and it's good to see Mark Hughes he a lot of people surprised including himself when he came but I think he approached the club which were a great a great thing to do when this is his first full season he's got you know he wants so he'll he'll be judged on that this year and I'm wishing him him and Glen all the best if they've got as much faith as we have in these two that we're playing with today Dave and Graham he'll do all right because these lads are helping us through and right I'll tell you we need it