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In the Dugout Josh Gallagher

More To Life Than Football one happy is tough, especially with such What have been the highlights?

a competitive squad. But the players The Vase has been a good journey.
understand that they aren’t guaranteed Rooney scoring his first goal for the
With the festive season behind us and to play every game but still need to be club was a nice moment, what a guy
an exciting Buildbase FA Vase tie on positive and care for the team whether and player he is. The moment we made
the pitch, we decided it was time, again, in or out of the squad. The players mo- history for the club was probably the
to pin down the gaffer, Josh Gallagher tivate themselves for each game. When proudest part. It meant a lot to the club,
to ask him about the competition, the you are competing for promotion and you could see that!
team and, errr...Xmas movies! the Vase. That should be enough moti-
vation in itself. Could you persuade (Crystal Palace’s)
ITV: How does a footballing family Conor Gallagher to come to RPV?)
celebrate Xmas? Any strategic planning The fans clearly love what you’re doing Haha not a chance!. I’ve asked him
over the turkey sandwiches? at RPV. What is your greatest strength? plenty of times, he’s still not having any
JG: Christmas is always nice to be with What quality has counted the most? of it. He just laughs! What an insult!
family, of course most of it is spent Thank you, it’s good to hear that people
talking football. We do try and relax involved in the club are happy with what Do you do anything that isn’t football?
and take a step back from the footy and we are doing. It’s been a good 6 months When the season ends what’s an ideal
enjoy each others time without talking or so. I couldn’t tell you what’s been my Josh Gallagher holiday?
about football! main strength. You’d have to ask the A favourite holiday of mine is going
players and other staff for their answer. somewhere I haven’t been before, I
What’s been your festive TV? I try and do things properly, I’m very don’t mind what the weathers like, I
We love Christmas movies, Jack Frost the Vase represent a distraction? understanding and honest to the group. just like to explore different places. I
and Polar Express are Conor’s favourite. Yes the Vase is a distraction which we I get that there is more to life than just also like spending time with family
The Grinch is my favourite, I’ve been are working in our favour, it’s a compe- football, especially when we do it for so and friends without the football chat
told I act a bit like him! tition you want to be in as long as possi- little or anything, but I also understand although that’s hard!
ble so getting this far is great. We are us- that we wouldn’t play unless we wanted
There are some good teams in the coun- ing it to have those weekly breaks from to win and do well. So the balance has to What do RPV need now?
try competing for the Vase. Why? the league which we’ve used positively. be right, but the players need to be told We just need to get some momentum
The Vase being a National competition clearly what’s okay and what isn’t and I going again. We’ve had a break over
and the final being played at Wembley How do you motivate and pick the team think the players have responded to that Christmas because of COVID and wa-
is what makes it special. It’s like our for each competition? well. It’s got to a point where it manages terlogged games, but the squad is strong
mini version of The FA Cup. It’s good We play the strongest team every week, itself now, but that took a lot of tough and we are happy. Unless someone
to have a nice run in it. Hopefully that that could be on performance, opposi- moments as well. leaves or there are injuries, we won’t be
can continue. tion threats, tactics and availability, but changing much.
we will make the decision on what we Which of the Vase matches so far in
With the league title in your sights does feel is best for the team. Keeping every- this campaign are you proudest of ? Josh Gallagher