Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Sauxis a retired Jèrriais and English professional footballer of French ancestry. He played from 1989 to 2005 starting as a left wingerand left back during his first spell at Chelsea, eventually becoming a left back for Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. He came out of retirement in 2012 by signing with Wembley in order to appear in the club's FA Cup fixtures...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth17 October 1968
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Your environment definitely plays a part in the things you enjoy and because mine was quite dramatic, I wanted to record my relationship with it.
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The reasons for calling it a day were more rational. As a footballer it is not just about the playing a match, that was the easy bit.
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Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop there every day for a year and capture how it changes, then put it all together to create an incredible image of a traditional English scene.
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I was pleased that two very disparate photographs, two images that each worked in their own way had appealed enough to other people for them to buy them. I was also relieved they weren't the last ones purchased, and that they sold for a pound more than the frame was worth.
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The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no idea why.
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I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36.
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So it was a hard decision but I know it is the right one.
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I was 36, my contract was coming to an end and a series of persistent minor injuries were stopping me playing as regularly as I wanted to.
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The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.
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What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me.
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He's started anticipating what's going to happen before it's even happened.
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Keith Gillespie just lacks a little bit of inconsistency.
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Ramires is involved in everything he does.
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Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.