E18 | Jeremy Brockie
Episode Summary | Jeremy Brockie
Between three beards! Jeremy Brockie has played over 50 times for the All Whites and is now a professional footballer in South Africa, and a social media star.
On this episode Jeremy shares the gripping story of his wife Jess acting as a surrogate for her best friend and the journey to birth.
Jeremy also talks about playing and partying with Dwight Yorke, learning from Robbie Fowler and training with Usain Bolt, fighting Roy Krishna, dreadlocks, bad accents and much more.
Show notes | Jeremy Brockie
2.21 Jeremy gives us an insight into his Covid-19 bubble in South Africa
4.48 How Seamus and Steve know Jeremy
6.40 We start in 2007 at the under 20 qualifiers in West Auckland when New Zealand took on Fiji in a fiesty encounter at the Trusts Stadium featuring a fired up Roy Krishna
11.36 The rivalry continues at the Olympic qualifiers a year later in Fiji and the Solomon Islands get in on the act
12.57 Does the red mist ever descend on Jeremy?
14.07 How big a deal is Jeremy Brockie in South Africa? We talk social media reach
19.12 The time a TV crew followed Jeremy on his stadium tour to Old Trafford
20.50 Starting out at Canterbury United and the move to the New Zealand Knights – with interruption from Seamus as he apologises to NZ House and Garden for his error last episode
23.58 The early stages of a professional career and the culture at the New Zealand Knights and weighing up a move to Sydney FC
29.22 FC “Bling”: helicopters to training, personalised number plates, and partying with Dwight Yorke
32.07 Learning from Robbie Fowler at the North Queensland Fury
34.58 The makings of the goal highlights reel back at Richmond Athletic
38.17 Released from Sydney FC, training for the under 20 world cup and a missed opportunity with Ricki Herbert and the Wellington Phoenix
42.58 Picking up the pieces with Jonathan Gould at Hawke’s Bay United, relocation to Wellington before the Olympic Games, the run into Beijing and the goal against China
48.41 Back into the A-League with the North Queensland Fury and meeting his future wife Jess in Townsville while the All Whites beat Bahrain
51.25 The lead in to the World Cup in South Africa, featuring 50/50s with Roland Jeffery at training camp
54.45 Ryan Nelsen at the World Cup and linking back up with him a few years later at Toronto FC
58.13 Jeremy’s time at the Newcastle Jets, a chance to sign in China, and then finally linking up with the Wellington Phoenix
1.02.05 The end of Jeremy’s spell at the Wellington Phoenix
1.05.00 Transition into South Africa, career best form but out of sight out of mind for Anthony Hudson?
1.09.51 Back into the All Whites fold for the intercontinental playoff against Peru
1.12.48 Comparing the away match in Peru in 2017 v the away match in Mexico in 2013
1.16.52 The All Whites goal drought, including the penalty miss against Mexico in Wellington
1.19.05 Football in South Africa and getting advice from Michael Utting about SuperSport United
1.22.41 Congo, Guinea, Gabon, Tunisia and Zambia: away matches in the club Confederations Cup with Michael Boxall
1.26.02 “Breaking News: I’m not injured”: Jeremy v Mamelodi Sundowns on social media and the “White Boy Onslaught” making headlines with SuperSport after the Cup Final
1.29.45 Can he play? That time Usain Bolt turned up at training
1.31.17 The 24 hour running challenge
1.34.56 Work / life balance being a football and a father of three and the impact of Covid-19 on that balance
1.39.07 Jess and Jeremy Brockie and their gripping surrogate journey
1.45.24 What does the future hold for Jeremy Brockie? Club? Coaching? All Whites?
1.49.22 Tasman United and a return to Nelson?
1.50.48 Can Between Two Beers help Jeremy get to 100k Twitter followers
1.51.23 The final word: Why has Jeremy’s accent changed so much over the years?
