In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to Brentford and Republic of Ireland captain Nathan Collins. They discuss his journey into football coming from a footballing family and moving to England at the age of 15 to join Stoke City's academy. He talks about being the first in his family to play for Republic of Ireland and their chances of making the World Cup this summer. He also speaks about life at Brentford under Keith Andrews.
0’30 - First memories of playing football and always being around football
1’30 - Could he have ended up in Gaelic football and first football team
2’40 - His first big break and coming over to England at 15
3’53 - What game would he relive?
5’00 - Has he allowed himself to think about making the play off with Ireland?
5’30 - Keith Andrews coming in and his relationship with him
6’45 - What was he like as a youngster and family
8’36 - How he spends his spare time
9’40 - What do people get wrong about him?
10’49 - What would he be if he wasn’t a footballer?
11’00 - Post football
12’00 - Proudest moment and what else he wants to achieve
