E03 | Che Bunce
Episode Summary | Che Bunce
Former All White Che Bunce opens up on turbulent times with the NZ Knights, his incredible 15-club career, and clashes with Ricki Herbert.
We talk about his coaching frustrations, Steven walking out on Waikato FC after forming a formidable strike partnership at Melville United, and his difficult transition into the 'real world'.
Show notes | Che Bunce
2.40 How Seamus and Steve know Buncey
7.04 Why Steve and Buncey fell out at Waikato FC in 2010
10:34 Buncey opens up on his tough first year as coach at Waikato FC including a run-in with Joel Matthews
16.48 Could Buncey have made it as a striker?
19.43 Can we hear some of Roland Jeffrey’s stories?
20.35 Buncey talks about the 2009 Melville United season when he was second top scorer in the league behind Steve
25.00 The incredible number of clubs Buncey played for over his career
26.00 How Buncey went from the national league to the NZ Knights and then to Coventry City
29.10 Buncey talks about one of the greatest nights of his life
32.03 How much did Buncey earn at Coventry City?
34.42: Why Buncey was suspended three times at Hamilton Boys’ High School
38.07 How he signed for Sheffield United as a 17-year old in the first year of the English Premier League
40.01 Buncey looks back on his All Whites career and the infamous tour to Costa Rica and Venezuela tour
45.46 Why Buncey decided never to play for the All Whites again and the evolution of Buncey’s relationship with Ricki Herbert
48.38 The turbulent times at the Knights when the club folded
55.51 Buncey talks about the difficult transition of life after football and going back to university aged 36
59.31 Why Buncey started up the Waikato University Football Academy
1.05.33 Why Buncey stopped coaching at a high level
1.08.24 Buncey goes into great detail about Waikato United’s ‘party on the plane’ in 1996
1.14.43 Buncey on injuries
1.20.40 A few good stories about Roger Wilkinson’s infamous temper
