Kevin Milne: A proud Premier League moment that wasn't about football

Kevin Milne is back from overseas, where he was visiting his sons over in London.

While he was, there was an incident at a Premier League football match in London where he left with his heart swelling with pride even though their team West Ham got thrashed 5-1.

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks at b Kevin.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Milne is back from his time in the UK and
with us this morning. Great to have you back, Kevin.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
Thank you very much. Jack. I had a great time,
absolutely superb time, well looked after by our two boys
who who took quite a lot of time off work
and their aim was to keep mum and Dad happy
and amused, and they certainly did that. Well.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
London is a city for that. It is a fantastic city,
isn't it. You feel it was one of those few
cities where you do feel like you're sort of in
the center of the world, you know, under your power situation.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
Right, yep. Yeah, it'd be my favorite big city in
the world. And we didn't actually do much in the
center of the city, you know, but we were at
Shoreditch Way in the Old East End, which is where
my wife came from, and that's all flashed up now
of course, and it's got terrific restaurants and bars and stuff.
We had a great time. But then I come back Jack,

(01:07):
to see that you've gone into the advertising business. You
might assume that you've seen that you've been hoodwinked by
the I have.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
It's sadly it's not for the first time. So yes,
if you have, you happen to have seen a video
of me speaking with Christopher Luxen and both of us
speaking with very funny accents. I sort of sound Cockney,
which was interesting.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
Well I thought I thought more of than actually.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Yeah, okay, yeah, sort of, not any one accent. It's
obviously a bit of a blend. But together we're sort
of shilling for some investment scheme. Please, it's a scam.
Don't give away any credit card details, don't give away
any money. It's not the first time, though, Kevin, I've
had the same thing before. Sadly, it's just like with
these things. Yeah, yeah, but Kevin, while you're in the UK,

(01:54):
you went to a Premier League football game, which would
have been a thrill, but it wasn't the football that
ultimately provided the excitement.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
No. When Linda and I were in London, our two SAMs,
Alex and Jake, took us to a Premier League football
Darby west Ham versus Chelsea. The game was barely underway
when a loud mouth and they row behind us started
shouting abuse at some of the players. We put up
with that until he started calling them faggots. My son,

(02:20):
Jake turned around and told the guy to shut up.
If he didn't, he had personally taken him by the
ear and walk him out of the ground. Jake laughed
later on, saying he must have got that expression from me.
He didn't know where it came from, but anyway, the
idiot kept up his homophobic sort of comments, winding Jake
up by then calling the players fairies. Jake again told

(02:43):
him to shut up. This time he stood up and
addressed the guy. The guy claimed there was nothing wrong
with saying fairies. Jack said, you know exactly what's wrong,
and if you want to settle it, let's go outside,
or we can settle it right here if you like.
He was magnificent Jack, he says his father. A bit
of context, Jake's brother Alex, who was with us, as

(03:06):
gay and Jake wasn't going to let this idiot ruin
his brother's knight. Meantime, Alex said head off down the
steps to talk to security. By this stage, people around
us a more innswered and Jake taking on this guy
than the football itself. I was impressed that the vocal
support he got. Jake runs a bar in London. He's
a big, strong guy and his experienced at dealing with trouble.

(03:30):
Next onet, Alex returns, followed by two large security guards.
They took the guy out. We never saw him again.
We were alieve Jake didn't have to deal with the
guy personally. But my heart swelled to see one son
standing up and supporting the other and the gay community
in general. In fact, I've seldom felt more proud of

(03:51):
my boys than at that game. West Ham lost five
to one, but none of us cared. We dropped him
to a nearby Italian restaurant, poured out the wine and
celebrated family.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Ah, that's so so special. Given to see y son
stand up for your other son like that, What an
amazing thing, and what a relief that things didn't descend
into fifty cuffs, you know that would have that word
for the thing that the day for everyone. But to
see the guy dealt to by security, I think is
you know, it's a great outcome, isn't it?

Speaker 3 (04:22):
It is great? And they actually put out a warning
before the games over there. You probably have heard this
where people have told any of those sort of slurs,
whether they be racial or or against the LGBT community,
people will be removed from the ground and will not

(04:43):
get in again. Yeah, and it worked pretty damn well
the other night. They didn't want to discuss it with them.
As soon as they got up there, they told the
guy come out with us, we'll talk about it outside
the ground. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (04:57):
In the moment they bring them out there, they see
you later.

Speaker 3 (04:59):
Yeah, yes, yeah, good.

Speaker 2 (05:01):
I'm really pleased to hear that. Sorry about west Ham though.

Speaker 3 (05:05):
Yeah. One of the things that amuses me about four
crowds is when you decide that's getting beaten, people just
get up and go.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:12):
And there was a huge crowd at the Italian Old Yeah, yeah, well, yeah,
there was actually yeah, yeah, no, it was. It was
a great night out. But I know, you're not supposed
to sort of teach your kids to several things with
their fists, but that Jake's a big boy, and and

(05:34):
he has the several things quite a lot in Yeah,
and I felt incredibly proud that he was taking such
a forward leap with regard to this dude who was
an absolute prad.

Speaker 2 (05:46):
I so you should Kevin, Hey, great to have you back.
We're really delighted to have you with us on Saturday mornings,
We'll catch you in next week. Kevin Malm with Us
This Morning for.

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