Intervju Dory Yates

Jesper Gulliksson intervjuar Dory Yates

Ett dåligt resultat i träningsmatchen mot IFK Östersund gör att vi känner att det är dags att presentera ett nyförvärv, lite i efterhand, inför återstarten av säsongen. Detta för att få en bra helgkänsla. Vad passar då bättre än en intervju för att få lära känna honom lite bättre? Här kommer Dory Yates!
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Hello Dory, how are you?
- Im good mate, thanks.
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Great. I will ask a few quick questions just to let everyone get to know you better.
How old are you, where are you from and why did you move to Sweden?
- I’m 22 my birthdays 25-04-1998 and I’m from a small town in England down south 1 hour south west of London it’s called Andover. I came to Sweden firstly on the LFE around 3 years ago to Ytterhogdal when Brian Wake was the manager and had a good relationship with him there. I played a part in the season we was in the Swedish cup and played against teams like Elfsborg’ and then I played a small part in the season Ytterhogdal won division 3 as towards the end of the season I went to America on a scholarship but that wasn’t for me although it was a great experience. So then I had the option to play semi professionally in England & work or go back to Ytterhogdal in division 2 and try find some work in the small village as well and that’s what I chose to do and it was a great season and we just missed out on promotion coming 3rd. But during that season I met my fiancé now Johanna who is from östersund and now we have been together over 2 years and have a little family with our golden retriever sally & our son Vinnie who’s 8 months old. Last year as well we moved to Mora as I went to play football there with Ben Smith the manager there who I have a great relationship with as well! But now we’re back home in Östersund settled 👍
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Great answer Dory. Beside football, do you have any other hobbies?
- Other hobbies I’d say has to be golf, swimming & running mate. Little bit of gym as well in the winter. Hopefully get into skiing this winter as well.
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I would love to see you skiing. You play as a central midfielder. How would you describe yourself as a player for the people who has not seen you play yet?
- Haha only done it once. I’d say I’m a player that wears his heart on his sleeve and gives it 110% every week and gives everything to win. I’m a defensive midfielder so I like doing the ‘dirty work’ tackling & fighting. But also I think I’m not a bad footballer and like to keep it ticking getting on the ball starting attacks giving the ball to the better players who are quick and technical and the ones that will score you goals 👍
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We hope that the restrictions will end soon so that the people can see you play. What made you chose Östavall living in Östersund?
- Yes mate and it’s a very warm welcoming club with people who love the club & love football. I think travelling with Andreas and Matt was a big thing for me as well. Fredlund & David showed massive interest in me from the start and understand the situation with my family and just moving back to Östersund so that was great. Also the team have some good players, we’ve had a struggling start but a good win the cup yesterday and that was without our striker & keeper. With the performance looking positive so we just have to build on that and get some wins early on when the season starts again and fight for each other but also play with more confidence & belief 👍
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That answered my next questions basicly. After a tough start to the season, we got a good result against Lucksta last game. What do you feel is needed to keep the momentum?
- Exactly mate. I don’t know just build on the performance, David changed it to 4-3-3 which I think helped massively. Me, Andreas and Martin in the middle worked really well! And I think just be more confident, try not too panic and just work as hard as possible to get points
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If you had to pick between being Binnys caddy everytime he plays golf or being hungover every game for the rest of the season, what would you pick?
- Hahaha, caddy all day long!
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Thanks a lot Dory. Welcome to Östavalls IF 💚🙏

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