During lockdown, I started a podcast. One of the 2020 cliches that went hand in hand with baking banana bread, Joe Wicks HIIT sessions, and queuing for 90 minutes to get in the garden centre.
‘Searching For Shineys’ was an attempt by myself and an old uni pal to track down and interview, via Zoom, any player who featured in the 1997 Premier League sticker album.
Via a contact, we managed to get ex-Arsenal full-back Lee Dixon. Now a commentator and legendary pundit shoe wearer. During our hour-long chat, I had to ask him about the white-soled phenomenon that has gripped the sport for a decade-and-a-half at least.
