‘Would deffo like to connect with the Palace fans,’ Anthony Gardner says, reaching out to the club after discussing a potential interview.
We get on the phone. Gardner starts straight off the bat, explaining why he regards communicating with supporters as essential, and how not having social media made it harder during his playing days.
“Football is an industry where as a player you’re in the limelight and you’re often spoken about in the media without a chance to reply,” he says. “Certain reports about how somebody is, you don’t really have a chance to put that straight.