Stephen Wimpenny: Leeds United, Soccer, Yorkshire,
Title
Stephen Wimpenny: Leeds United, Soccer, Yorkshire,
Subject
Life History; Sport;
Description
Stephen grew up in Yorkshire, and talks about football and coming to Cork.
Stephen visited Midleton in 2002 and settled in Cork in 2003, having met a woman who later became his wife.
He compares people in Yorkshire and Cork. He talks about supporting Leeds United football club and describes in detail what he would do on the day of a home match.
He says the origins of rivalry between Leeds and Manchester United stems from the Wars of the Roses [in the 1400s].
Note; This interview was conducted as part of the Cork 2005 Project
Stephen visited Midleton in 2002 and settled in Cork in 2003, having met a woman who later became his wife.
He compares people in Yorkshire and Cork. He talks about supporting Leeds United football club and describes in detail what he would do on the day of a home match.
He says the origins of rivalry between Leeds and Manchester United stems from the Wars of the Roses [in the 1400s].
Note; This interview was conducted as part of the Cork 2005 Project
Date
20 January 2005
Identifier
CFP_SR00359_wimpenny_2005
Coverage
Cork; Ireland; Leeds; England; 1970s - 2000s;
Relation
Cork 2005 Collection Catalogue Numbers:
CFP_SR00329_mccarthy_2004;
CFP_SR00330_odriscoll_2004;
CFP_SR00331_claffey_2004;
CFP_SR00332_hanover_2004;
CFP_SR00333_desplanques_2004;
CFP_SR00334_bale_2004;
CFP_SR00335_sheridan_1996;
CFP_SR00336_steiner-scott_2004;
CFP_SR00337_rot_2004;
CFP_SR00338_stafford_2004;
CFP_SR00339_odonoghue_2004;
CFP_SR00340_hawkins_2004;
CFP_SR00341_ocarroll_2004;
CFP_SR00342_ikebuasi_2004;
CFP_SR00343_ogeallabhain_2004;
CFP_SR00344_geaney_2004;
CFP_SR00345_wulff_2004;
CFP_SR00346_abdoulbaneeva_2004;
CFP_SR00347_gunes_2004;
CFP_SR00348_fourie_2004;
CFP_SR00349_henderson_2004;
CFP_SR00350_valdman_2004;
CFP_SR00351_carmody_2004;
CFP_SR00352_osullivan_2004;
CFP_SR00353_mahknanov_2004;
CFP_SR00354_oflynn_2004;
CFP_SR00355_akhter_2004;
CFP_SR00356_walker_2004;
CFP_SR00357_kelleher_2004;
CFP_SR00358_manresa_2004;
CFP_SR00360_skotarczak_2005;
CFP_SR00361_vermeulen_2005;
CFP_SR00362_owen_2005;
CFP_SR00363_dsouza_2005;
CFP_SR00364_setter_2005;
CFP_SR00365_obrien_2005;
CFP_SR00366_botan_2005:
CFP_SR00329_mccarthy_2004;
CFP_SR00330_odriscoll_2004;
CFP_SR00331_claffey_2004;
CFP_SR00332_hanover_2004;
CFP_SR00333_desplanques_2004;
CFP_SR00334_bale_2004;
CFP_SR00335_sheridan_1996;
CFP_SR00336_steiner-scott_2004;
CFP_SR00337_rot_2004;
CFP_SR00338_stafford_2004;
CFP_SR00339_odonoghue_2004;
CFP_SR00340_hawkins_2004;
CFP_SR00341_ocarroll_2004;
CFP_SR00342_ikebuasi_2004;
CFP_SR00343_ogeallabhain_2004;
CFP_SR00344_geaney_2004;
CFP_SR00345_wulff_2004;
CFP_SR00346_abdoulbaneeva_2004;
CFP_SR00347_gunes_2004;
CFP_SR00348_fourie_2004;
CFP_SR00349_henderson_2004;
CFP_SR00350_valdman_2004;
CFP_SR00351_carmody_2004;
CFP_SR00352_osullivan_2004;
CFP_SR00353_mahknanov_2004;
CFP_SR00354_oflynn_2004;
CFP_SR00355_akhter_2004;
CFP_SR00356_walker_2004;
CFP_SR00357_kelleher_2004;
CFP_SR00358_manresa_2004;
CFP_SR00360_skotarczak_2005;
CFP_SR00361_vermeulen_2005;
CFP_SR00362_owen_2005;
CFP_SR00363_dsouza_2005;
CFP_SR00364_setter_2005;
CFP_SR00365_obrien_2005;
CFP_SR00366_botan_2005:
Published Material;
‘How’s it Goin’, Boy? radio series (six thirty-minute episodes, broadcast 2005 and available on the Cork Folklore Project website)
O'Carroll, Clíona for the Cork Northside Folklore Project (2006) How's it goin', boy? Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing.
Source
Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive
Language
English
Type
Sound
Format
1.wav File
Interviewee
Interviewer
Duration
26m 23s
Location
Cork City, Ireland.
Original Format
MiniDisc
Bit Rate/Frequency
16bit / 44.1kHz
Transcription
The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com
J.M: Very good ok. So we’ll move nearer the present. Could you tell me how you happened to arrive in Cork?
S.W: This is kind of a long story (Laughs). Em before I came over to Cork I was actually working in Orkney, which is an island off the North of Scotland, like way way off the North of Scotland. Em and I was still seeing my friends from Yorkshire. Now one of my friends he works in the IT industry, and he got free flights over to Cork one weekend to do a job, so I came over with him, em and when we were over (this must have been not too long ago, three, four years ago now) we decided to do the Midleton Distillery Tour so we went up to Midleton, and did the tour, sampled the whiskey, and we thought this is quite a nice, small town, so we stayed around and we went into a place called McDaid’s for a drink, and one drink led to another and we were having a great time in there and I was chatting to some of the local, local ladies, one of whom is now my wife (she took my eye, I took her eye) so I went back over to Scotland, to Orkney, and we were corresponding and maybe two or three times a year we would meet up em Edinburgh, London, wherever was kind of halfway between us. One thing led to another, it got kind of serious, and it got kind of expensive as well seeing each other, so we were discussing would Aine come over to Orkney, and would I go to Cork, and Orkney is such a small place – there’d be more opportunities in Cork – so I ended up coming over in January 2003 em we became engaged and we were actually married in August 2003. So that’s how I’m here, I think I’m getting my dates a bit confused!
J.M: Yeah, yeah I’m sure that’s no problem!
S.W: It was January 2002 which I came over, and we got married August 2003, so that’s why I’m here!
J.M: Very good ok. So we’ll move nearer the present. Could you tell me how you happened to arrive in Cork?
S.W: This is kind of a long story (Laughs). Em before I came over to Cork I was actually working in Orkney, which is an island off the North of Scotland, like way way off the North of Scotland. Em and I was still seeing my friends from Yorkshire. Now one of my friends he works in the IT industry, and he got free flights over to Cork one weekend to do a job, so I came over with him, em and when we were over (this must have been not too long ago, three, four years ago now) we decided to do the Midleton Distillery Tour so we went up to Midleton, and did the tour, sampled the whiskey, and we thought this is quite a nice, small town, so we stayed around and we went into a place called McDaid’s for a drink, and one drink led to another and we were having a great time in there and I was chatting to some of the local, local ladies, one of whom is now my wife (she took my eye, I took her eye) so I went back over to Scotland, to Orkney, and we were corresponding and maybe two or three times a year we would meet up em Edinburgh, London, wherever was kind of halfway between us. One thing led to another, it got kind of serious, and it got kind of expensive as well seeing each other, so we were discussing would Aine come over to Orkney, and would I go to Cork, and Orkney is such a small place – there’d be more opportunities in Cork – so I ended up coming over in January 2003 em we became engaged and we were actually married in August 2003. So that’s how I’m here, I think I’m getting my dates a bit confused!
J.M: Yeah, yeah I’m sure that’s no problem!
S.W: It was January 2002 which I came over, and we got married August 2003, so that’s why I’m here!
Collection
Citation
Cork Folklore Project, “Stephen Wimpenny: Leeds United, Soccer, Yorkshire,,” accessed April 23, 2024, https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/46.