4: Chapter Four - The Nearly Men… with Les Ferdinand

The Premier League Storybook with Jake Humphrey

Our Premier League Storybook is littered with fantastic teams that won it all – but sometimes even more enchanting is the teams who just missed out. The early years of Premier League history had their share of title battles, but the one that stands above the rest and still lives in the memory of fans is the fight Newcastle United put up in 1995/96.
Jake sat down for an illuminating interview with Les Ferdinand, who spearheaded Kevin Keegan’s incredible team of ‘Entertainers’, while those around the game give us their memories of that side, and other sides who famously just missed out on football’s holy grail.
Chapter Three shows us that sometimes, it’s not all about winning…