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My Sporting Hero

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My Sporting Hero: Alistair Johnston on Roger Federer

NOV 13, 202418 MIN
My Sporting Hero

My Sporting Hero: Alistair Johnston on Roger Federer

NOV 13, 202418 MIN

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<p>How elegance, fierce competitiveness and Swiss swagger struck a chord with a starry-eyed Canadian kid.</p><p>This episode is produced in partnership with the official Celtic FC podcast. Please subscribe at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.celticfc.com/podcasts/">Official Celtic FC Podcast</a></p><p>This podcast is part of a new, digital version of Nutmeg that will give you more of the Nutmeg stories you love, straight to your email inbox.</p><p>You’ll get topical columns from leading players and journalists, The Nutmeg Mysteries – uncovering strange episodes in our game’s past, fascinating rummages into football finance with Sporting Intelligence’s Nick Harris, and Daniel Gray’s Slow Match Report.</p><p>These digital dispatches will come to you via the brilliant publishing platform Substack. Just pop in your email. No apps. No faff.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnutmegfootball.substack.com%2F&#38;data=05%7C02%7C%7C85887d7242314dec0d0908dcb218257e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638581063993372574%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&#38;sdata=AdfTohGMm0Vuhd9W87mBVzzPzZIt5Iyna5d8MBHzIjY%3D&#38;reserved=0">Subscribe for free now</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://nutmegfootball.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">nutmegfootball.substack.com</a>