Andy Bollen is talking with boyish enthusiasm about his favourite subjects: music, comedy and football.
As a former drummer in a band and a regular contributor to many of the Scottish comedy shows you’ll have watched or listened to over the years, it’s little surprise that the author knows all about timing. Time-management is another concept altogether, however. Filing-cabinet doors fling open and index cards start spitting forth from the drawers when Bollen speaks: the Irish comedian Dave Allen, Father Ted, farts, No.10s, Arthur Montford, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana are all referenced in a conversation which has been primarily organised to promote Bollen’s book A History of European Football in 100 Objects.
