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268: Jackson Irvine (Player Profile)

5/6/20269 min

Footballer. Thinker. Traveller. DJ. Proper vibe.

Born in Melbourne, built in Europe, and now leading from the front as a true leader of the Socceroos, and that’s just the surface. 

He’s equal parts old-school football romantic and modern-day citizen of the world. So, before the full story. Enjoy the quirks. The interests. The curveballs. The stuff that makes Jackson Irvine, Jackson Irvine.

Settle in… this is Jackson Irvine.

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Clips

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Mark Howard· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] A Lisnr production Okay, are you recording? Jackson Irvine, this is a man that's taken St. Pauli into the Bundesliga. He's played through Europe. He's played 80 times for the Socceroos, including a couple of World Cups. He's a style icon. He's got his own radio show, which you need a login to listen to. [laughs] [laughs] Which you'll hear in the main episode. Uh, Jackson, are you ready for the How We Game player profile questions?

  2. Jackson Irvine· Guest0:28

    Let's go for it.

  3. Mark Howard· Host0:29

    Okay. Nicknames, what are yours?

  4. Jackson Irvine· Guest0:31

    Jacko and Jacko only.

  5. Mark Howard· Host0:32

    [laughs] That's a good solid start. [laughs] What is your favorite food, Jacko?

  6. Jackson Irvine· Guest0:36

    Pizza. Always pizza after a game.

  7. Mark Howard· Host0:39

    Pizza. If someone was coming round to your sort of nice artistic setup there in Hamburg, in northern Germany, and you were trying to impress them with a meal that you are cooking, what are you going with?

  8. Jackson Irvine· Guest0:50

    I'm not the greatest chef, but I can whip up a decent spag bol, so we'll go with that.

  9. Mark Howard· Host0:55

    Is there a special ingredient? Like, I like to add tomato soup to mine, and my wife said, "No, you can't do that." Have you got a special little tip for your to- bo- bolognese or not?

  10. Jackson Irvine· Guest1:04

    Oh, I, I, I tend to, I overdo the sugar a little bit sometimes. I like my bol- Okay ... a little bit swee- a little bit sweeter.

  11. Mark Howard· Host1:09

    [laughs] Okay.

  12. Jackson Irvine· Guest1:10

    So, yeah, bit of brow- bit of brown sugar.

  13. Mark Howard· Host1:11

    Okay, I like that. Um, what was your first ever job? First thing you did where you earned some money.

  14. Jackson Irvine· Guest1:19

    My first ever job was to listen to the 3AW broadcast of the AFL and log all the times that they did the sponsor spots

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