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Chris Kamara - speech apraxia

Scoham
Scoham Posts: 37,376
in Other Football and Sports
Really sad to see this.

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  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 912
    edited November 2023
    He was on Talksport last night bravely talking about it, what a trooper.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,443
    He's had to come to terms with his condition which is a very difficult process. I'm really glad he's still getting work - great that he's visible.

    Has a great personality.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Wow. What a man. What bravery.

    He has made me laugh watching him and he has now made me cry. That's the definition of someone with real depth of character.

    Wish he could have got a proper / better goodbye from Sky.
  • Bilko
    Bilko Posts: 767
    Top man!!
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Such a lovely man.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,810
    proper legend and incredibly brave to still talk about it on TV - Ben Shepherd is obviously a top fella as well

    never forget the Pompey game where he missed the sending off
  • cazo
    cazo Posts: 1,483
    What a legend 
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    i've heard Ben Shepherd is a really nice bloke
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,167
    On Steph's lunchtime thingy tomorrow Friday 10th...
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Wow, that's really tough watching. Best wishes to CK.
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  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Elthamaddick said:
    proper legend and incredibly brave to still talk about it on TV - Ben Shepherd is obviously a top fella as well

    never forget the Pompey game where he missed the sending off
    Ben is one of the nicest people I ever worked with. A lot of fun too. 👍
  • Glovepup
    Glovepup Posts: 1,743
    Not listened to it but they do podcast together BBC Sounds - Kammy & Ben's Proper Football Podcast - Available Episodes
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    He was a dirty player and I never liked him but we saw in his new broadcasting career what a likeable person he is. I wish him all the best and maybe that hidden edge he had will help him going forwards. A nice bloke but also a fighter and he brightens up the screen when he is on TV.
  • cazo
    cazo Posts: 1,483
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    He was a dirty player and I never liked him but we saw in his new broadcasting career what a likeable person he is. I wish him all the best and maybe that hidden edge he had will help him going forwards. A nice bloke but also a fighter and he brightens up the screen when he is on TV.
    Would of loved him in our side all day long for a bit of fight.💪💪
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,583
    Comes over as a really nice bloke often listen to him on R5L (he does a weekly podcast), seem to remember him coming down to see when we were in the Prem (mates with Graham Stuart).
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    edited November 2023
    So important that he’s able to talk about, not only for himself, to hopefully rid himself of shame, though of course he has nothing to be ashamed of but for other suffers too.

    This is one of dreadful negatives of any disability where the individual feels ashamed, even though they have nothing to be ashamed of. Perhaps it’s more a reflection of the society we live in that allows this to happen?

    Good on him.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yx28kyv65o.amp

    Kamara in 'surreal' return to football punditry

    Broadcaster Chris Kamara has described a surprise opportunity to return to live football reporting as "surreal". 

    The former Bradford City manager, who left Soccer Saturday in 2022 after 24 years with Sky Sports, was diagnosed with the speech condition apraxia in the same year.

    Kamara, 66, told the BBC he thought he was "done" with reporting but confirmed he will be working for Amazon Prime Video's live coverage on Boxing Day alongside ex-colleague Jeff Stelling. 

    "I've been invited back to do a job I used to love, so you can't say no," he said.

    Kamara said he initially thought the call from the broadcaster was a joke, adding: "I asked him was he sure, because I'm not the person I used to be.

    "He said, 'you're perfect for us and you'll be reporting back to Jeff'."

    He added: "It's surreal, I thought I was finished."

    Kamara will be part of the broadcaster's punditry team for Nottingham Forest against Tottenham Hotspur at the City Ground.

    The former footballer, who lives in Wakefield, said he was not nervous about his return "at the moment".

    Kamara, who had a 20-year playing career, was appointed MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours list for services to football, anti-racism and charity.

    Treatment since his apraxia diagnosis had made him "75% better", he said. 

    "Last time I did in-vision reporting my heart was almost coming out of my chest with anxiety, I had terrible palpitations," he said. 

    "But with the help I've had, with people rallying around me, I hope I'll be as cool as a cucumber."

    He added: "The support has been so positive - so thank you to everyone looking forward to me speaking down the camera from a game again."

  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Unbelievable Jeff
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    He has done a corporate gig the last 2 years at my company’s annual awards thing, gent of a man, comes across really well, and the last time we all got given a signed copy of his autobiography 
  • BrentfordAddick
    BrentfordAddick Posts: 1,460
    When he was playing at Brentford a bloke was giving it some racist stuff, at half time Kamara delayed going back to the dressing room to climb over the advert, go up a few steps and lamp the bloke before going back for his orange or whatever. 

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