<p>Every week, local football teams play at Strood Leisure Centre on pitches called ‘Messi’, ‘Pochettino’ and ‘Batistuta’ - but do they know why? In this episode we’re telling the story of Isaac Newell, a Strood lad who left Medway as a teenager in the 1860s for far-off Argentina, taking the beautiful game with him. The team he inspired, Newell’s Old Boys, has nurtured some of the very best footballing talent of all time..</p><br><p>Joining us to talk about Isaac Newell’s impact and his fame in Argentina and beyond are the ‘Legendinho’ himself, the BBC’s South American football correspondent Tim Vickery - co-host of 5 Live's World Football Phone-in - and local football fan and tireless campaigner, Adrian Pope.</p><br><p>Find out more about the campaign to raise a statue to Isaac Newell in Strood on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064806066148" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064806066148</a></p><br><p>With thanks to the City of Rochester Society for supporting this podcast. Find out more about their work at <a href="http://city-of-rochester.org.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">city-of-rochester.org.uk</a></p><br><p>We Did it Medway is presented by Philip Dodd and Rob Flood. It is produced and edited by Suze Cooper of <a href="https://www.bigtentmedia.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Big Tent Media</a>, with assistance from <a href="https://www.emilycrosbymedia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emily Crosby Media</a>.</p><br><p>The We Did It Medway music is written and performed by Chris Weller (Staggered Ray), Rob Shepherd (Singing Loins) and Vicky Price (Ashen Keys) with lyrics by Philip Dodd.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
