Jarrod Bowen has been featured in several newspapers this weekend including the Telegraph. And just like in the other articles he talks about his father and life at home.
Bowen has come a long way in seven or so years. Initially playing for Hereford United after then manager Peter Beadle promoted him from the youth team to a possible call up into the England squad.
"Obviously it’s every boy’s dream to play for his country and certainly it’s my dream," said Bowen.
"If it happens I will be delighted but if it doesn’t it’s not the end of the world. It’s up to me then to keep improving and put my case forward again."
One of the first pictures of Bowen watching Hereford was taken by Steve Niblett.
"Giving it large, a bit of a hooligan at 10 years old,"said Bowen.
Then he looks back to his first games for Hereford United.
"They see this sharp little youngster and they just want to kick him and welcome him to the real world.
"It’s a bit of a learning curve. When you are that young, you are thinking, ‘Jesus, what’s his problem?’At Hereford we trained at the local college up the road. The facilities at the stadium, it was just a small gym. It was basic but it worked. It has helped me along the way."
And so did the help from his father Sam.
"He’s a bit of a mad man," said Bowen.
"What he wants to do is old school. It’s not a case of, ‘Come on, let’s do some pitch runs and box-to-box, that’s boring. Let’s do something where it’s hard’, and I’m nearly in tears at the end of it because it’s that hard.
"On a hill with a cement mixer at one end and me with a wheelbarrow. I run down and fill it up. On the way down it’s lovely because it’s empty, so you take your time on the way down. It’s just when you have to go back up it’s horrible because your arms are down here with cement."
Read more at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/02/26/jarrod-bowen-interview-another-life-could-have-farmer-now/