Join KD and Tom as they chat to former Hereford United midfielder, Toumani Diagouraga!!

Toumani talks about his early days of football in France before making the big move over to a new country with a language he couldn’t speak. He of course joined Watford where he turned from boy to man and following a couple of loan spells, eventually found his way to Hereford United.

Initially coming on loan until January of the 2007/08 season, Toumani’s loan was extended until the end of the season with tricky winger Lionel Ainsworth going the other way. Toumani talks about just how good that promotion team was and how if they had been able to stick together, who knows what they could have achieved.

Promotion was of course followed by relegation and Toumani’s departure at the end of the 2008/09 season to Peterborough and then Brentford where only a season earlier he had earned promotion with Hereford!

Toumani talks us through his 7 years with the Bees where he tested himself in the championship and created some fantastic memories.

Following moves to Leeds, Plymouth and Swindon amongst others, he found a new home at Morecambe. Described as a similar club to Hereford, Toumani enjoyed his time immensely and earned promotion. Third time the charm as Toumani finally won on his third visit to Wembley (hoping Hereford follow the same fate!!).

Following a spell at Rochdale, Toumani had a decision to make. Carry on playing or go into coaching, he chose coaching and Middlesbrough where he is a youth coach and loving every minute of it.

Toumani was an absolute pleasure to talk to and what a great career he had!! Thanks Toumani!

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00:00 - Intro

00:56 - Starting Out

03:00 - Moving to Watford

11:43 - Hereford United

28:55 - Peterborough United, on to Brentford, then Permanent at Brentford

42:19 - Onto Leeds, Ipswich, Plymouth, Fleetwood, and Swindon

48:07 - Morecambe and another Promotion, oh and COVID

51:19 - Start to Coaching and near move back to Hereford

59:10 - Quick Fire Questions

01:04:00 - Outro

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