Roy Carroll talks for the first time about his family links with Nottingham \u2026. and how his dad is an ardent Notts County fan.<\/p>\n
The Northern Ireland international keeper recalls his two year stint at Meadow Lane from 2014-16 which co-incided with him establishing himself as his country\u2019s number one choice.<\/p>\n
He talks in detail about his depth of feeling for the club and how Notts made a huge mistake sacking manager Shaun Derry.<\/p>\n
And he also reveals the sequence of events which enabled him to play for Northern Ireland in Romania on a Friday night \u2026 and keep a clean sheet for Notts at Coventry on the Saturday afternoon just 17 hours later.<\/p>\n
Roy explained: \u201cMy dad\u2019s side of the family are all from Nottingham and my dad grew up as a Notts fan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he took more interest in my career when I was playing for Notts than when I was playing for Manchester United,\u201d .<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a young lad I used to come over and remember watching Notts play Forest in the old Notts County Cup final.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wonderful story too about how he drove from Athens to Northern Ireland to get ready for his return to English football with Notts.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took me five and a half days. I had four dogs, a snake and a hamster in the back of the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent most of the time worrying that the snake was going to eat the hamster.\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday 14th May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n