Arsenal star launched stand-up comedy profession after being dressing room joker
Former Arsenal winger Glenn Helder was the dressing room joker at Highbury – a lot so he made it his subsequent profession transfer after hanging up his boots.
George Graham’s remaining ever Gunners signing – every week earlier than the supervisor left the membership – was a well-liked determine within the camp. The Dutch worldwide spent two years in north London between 1995 and 1997, discovering the web simply as soon as although in 49 membership appearances.
The 55-year-old retired aged 41 in 2010 and went on to work as a musician, earlier than additionally doing visitor talking together with comedy work. Making team-mates and other people chortle was all the time a ardour, alongside soccer, for Helder. And when he was requested in 2016 who the funniest within the dressing room was, he admitted to Dutch outlet Metro Nieuws: “Let me put it this fashion, I definitely wasn’t the quietest!
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“I have always played with nice guys at all clubs, up to the Dutch national team. Some people need half an hour of silence before the match, but I didn’t need that. I knew what I could do and showed it on the field. But I laughed a lot in the dressing room.
“When I got here to Sparta as a rookie, I definitely had respect for the elders, however I used to be the one who turned the lights on and off. To put it mildly, I used to be extra prone to be on the entrance than the again when it got here to joking. During my time at Arsenal they took horrible revenge on me, you understand.”
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A profession in stand-up comedy in the end adopted his days as a footballer, moderately than any teaching or punditry work. And Helder by no means appeared again.
He mentioned: “I used to be requested to be on Comedy Central’s Celebrity Stand-Up program and that was truly the primary time I did that. I’m already on a tour with FC De Rebellin, visiting nearly all of the theatres. That’s loads of enjoyable to do. Of course, you additionally discuss concerning the silly belongings you’ve finished in life and people are literally laughable sufficient.
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“The difference with stand-up is that you have to tell it in a way that makes people laugh. It needs to be a little tighter, but according to others I have a talent for it. And I think it is an honour to be on stage with Roué Verveer.
“I like humour, however I did not go on the lookout for it or something. I used to be requested to do it and it is simply enjoyable to do. I discover that it does not trouble me.
“Look, if you ask me about the construction of a NASA rocket, I will decline, but I can do this. I know what I can do, but I also know very well what I cannot do.”
