Former Hereford United youngster Jarrod Bowen has said that he only ever wanted to play football.
In an interview posted by the Premier League Bowen spoke about his youth and his time with Hereford.
"I only ever wanted football," says Bowen, who has gone on to make 120 Premier League appearances and score 25 goals in the competition.
"I didn't like school, I didn't really listen in school...I always wanted to be a footballer. I didn't want to do my GSCEs but I did them - it was just football, football, football!
"To then be told that football's not happening, of course, it's difficult, and it's hard, but it gets you ready for almost the real world of football as well because there's always so many disappointments in football with the highs [and lows] that you have."
Bowen rembered his first goal for Hereford.
"It was a dream...my boyhood club. I used to go there every week, and to play and score at the famous Meadow End was special for me because all my friends were watching.
"It was only eight games, but the situation that Hereford were in at the end, a relegation battle, for me at the age of 17, it stood me in good stead because I had that non-league changing-room feel, what it means to win games and what's at stake."
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