James Sharman, Footy & Pie Enthusiast

Room 442 & Footy Prime the Podcast host James Sharman talks about his UK accent drawing more girls than fights as a 16 year old being plopped into a Mississauga high school, being a pre-launch pre-day oner at Headline Sports [and its eventual morphing into The Score], tagging along with Elliotte Friedman to interview the great Pele, the importance of TFC’s birth in 2006, the mentorship of Sportsnet’s Gerry Dobson, the differences between British and North American play-by-play commentary, John Herdman’s curious decision to leave the Canadian National Mens’ Team [and hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup] for the opportunity to rebuild TFC, the Saudi Arabian sportwashing now rocking global soccer, why he expects the 2026 FIFA World Cup partially hosted in Canada to be a ‘Festival of Football,’ and why Sharman’s Proper Pies [under the leadership of his wife Toni] is quickly building a food empire! Sharman’s Proper Pies can be discovered at https://sharmansproper.ca/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices