Oh Ellis is Patrick who plays villain in Jeremy Johnson and I'm really excited to be
here at the Wycombe Wanderers training ground with Adebayo working phenoix
a big journey in football yeah like what do you think of the most important like turning points
on your journey in football that like inspired you to kick on it so I started my career at
Lithuania 18 year old black football I went out to a country was the first black person
in the league at that time you know suffered racial abuse at that time and we're talking
we're looking there were no iPads you know I'm saying laptops were mad expensive there was no
iPhones so when you was away he was away it's funny because I remember at the age of probably
5 was when I told myself look I want to be a footballer you know so like any think I mean
like any young player you call your trials and tribulations I had trials I was getting rejected
and I think at the age of 17 and I've tried at Watford and they let me go there for nine
months they said we're not going to sign you and then an Iranian team came in and I was like look
football's what I want to do and whatever angle or journey or Avenue I need to take I'm gonna
take it so I went out to Lithuania and it's weird because for all the trials and tribulations I had
out there you know with the racial abuse being alone being isolated not knowing a language I'm
so glad that I did did it because it shaped me and I say what it took what I took from there
was knowing that no matter what situation comes before me I'll be able to persevere Lithuania
was it was testing yeah it was testing and to say the least but I'm glad I went for it
how unlucky in life I believe that every day is a learning experience and everywhere I've been
everybody that I've encountered I've tried to take some not sometimes you don't carry
it anywhere but you know I think every day is a learning day so I learned that FK Atlantis
was in Lithuania I learned that berrytown and then I did that long journey into the
Football League you know signed for Leyton Orient and in Doncaster was where I kind of
same it Nate made my name scored some girls there and then a year at Torquay two years
at Swansea bought my legging in Northampton long knew in between but like yeah everybody's got a
story everybody's ghost you know and that was mine and then to date you know being a beast
they used to play for Leicester and Coventry knowledge when I was a lot younger boys quote
was quite skinny then yeah I was quite small skinny and then and then lie self filled out
a bit what I didn't really grow tall wise but I growed out so did you feel that you being small
played a role in the sense when they looked at you and said you you're basically too small to
play football I think often definitely to an extent because I'm a big part more game has
always been tackling it so it's funny some people been saying I've been too big yeah people say your
model of the office it's sort of a special how did you deal with the rejection well to be fair
I think mode more dud you know my parents were good I buy my dad never made it a big deal or
anything it was just saw are you were there for a bit you come out you know this sort of thing
up and so at the time it wasn't a big deal it's over the years where you look back and figure I
had a really good opportunity there fair enough at a time I wasn't good enough so I've container
on board but it does it does motivate you like you say you know you want to you want to become
better but you know you do sort of think what if I commit everything to this and don't make
it first and foremost if you're going to commit commit and don't be afraid to commit you can't
be afraid to fail but literally you should only be afraid to never commit failing in life is as
given as day turns to night and night turns to day it's literally every single person who's
had a story has failed along the way so don't ever ever lie about failing in army and once
you've committed you believe in yourself do it to prove yourself right forget proving others wrong
what's the best goal you've ever scored in any game any level Oh let's go best score I've ever
scored they said if you don't record it it never happened so I scored a bicycle kick people may not
believe that I did once but I don't think there's any footage so people say it never happened I
liked the goal I scored last season actually at home against New Port Chester finally he told the
guys stay there put on my chest and bloodied it in that's probably the best score I scored
I think my favorite goal was probably depending I saw at Wembley when we've got the morale of women
and what was it like playing against Liverpool obviously that could be supported as a boy you
know the worst thing is it was the most nervous and exhilarating feeling I could imagine I always
say you know if you can't play for the team you support I guess to line up against them as the
next thing you know and I stood up standing next to Gerrard bully to know what a bully and you know
but for me and I even remember scoring I think force like a split second I was like what I do