My name is Lloyd Griffith.
I'm a Grimsby Town fan and a taxi driver
for Premier League footballers. This is Taxi To Training.
Today, I'm picking up someone that I've met a few times.
Absolutely lovely bloke, and a cracking defender.
Ladies and gentleman, it's Joel Ward. How are you?
Good to see you, mate.
Mostly, yes.
When you got your first big pay packet,
what was the first, like, sexy car you bought?
Remember the Megane with the big backside?
That's like a dad's car.
Econ... Well...
At that period as well, I was doing a lot of miles.
So, you've been playing football for a while now.
But you grew up in, like, a missionary centre, is that right?
Yeah, I grew up in a church on the south coast.
It's a bit of a juxtaposition, growing up in a church,
then being a professional footballer. Like, how did it,
how did it come about?
Did you, like, have a kick-around in the church, like...?
Well...
My dad used to run a holiday club with the church,
so I kind of grew up around that.
And they had a church team as well that I was involved in.
A church team? So they used to play?
They were in the local league, Saturday league.
Which was...
THEY LAUGH
Because I grew up being a choirboy, but wanted to be a footballer.
You've done my dream, really.
well done for nicking that from me, mate.
So this isn't all a nice little schmoozy where we get to catch up
and see how we've been doing, we've got some games to do.
Now, I'm just going to open here. Pop that on there.
SIREN
FANFARE
Pop that on there.
OK.
'Hello, I'm Gary Lineker, and welcome to Taxi Trivia.
'This time, it's Lloyd versus Joel in a best-of-five head-to-head.
'Question one. Exactly how many people does Selhurst Park hold?'
FANFARE
26,000 or something.
'The answer is 26,309.'
Yes, you've got that, well done. A bit keen.
'Who was the first Palace player to score a Premier League hat-trick?
Uh...
SIREN
'It was Yannick Bolasie.'
No.
'What is the name of Palace's official live mascot?'
You must know that. FANFARE
Is it Eddie the Eagle?
Oh, no. Right.
'Which Palace legend scored 114 goals for the club over the course
'of seven seasons?'
FANFARE
'The answer, of course, is Mark Bright.'
'And finally, which line follows, "You'll have no sorrow"
'in Glad All Over?'
FANFARE
How would I know that?
'Because I'll always be true.'
I mean, I was never going to get that.
3-0 to Joel Ward, well done.
Take them. I'll just get the leaderboard out there.
Now, put those on your hands. This is Paddlefoot.
You've basically got to do
as many keepie-ups with your hands as possible.
You get three goes. Troy Deeney is on 11. Joel Ward, go.
15! On the first one!
Right-handed as well.
Try and use your left foot.
One. OK...
THEY LAUGH
Right, go.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24...
Oh!
Can you please tell me you got that?
Please tell me you got that.
Oh, my days.
Do you know what I think it is? I think it's the boots.
It is the boots, yeah.
Don't give me grief about curvature. Troy was saying that last time.
Look, they're new boots, I'm just getting them in. 26.
Put yourself above Troy.
Poor old Troy. 11.
What do you have in your glove box?
What's in there? It's The Unpredictable Glove.
In that glove, there are a number of questions. It's potluck.
Some of them are a bit risque, some of them aren't.
They're about your team-mates. OK.
Um...
He'll hate me for saying this, but Damien Delaney.
I don't know.
LLOYD LAUGHS Ouch.
Who shaves all their body? There's a couple.
Damien Delaney. Especially his legs.
It's more streamlined.
If it's good enough for swimming...
but not in Stoke on a Tuesday night.
What kind of music do you listen to on the way to training?
Ed Sheeran, Kings Of Leon and then
obviously sometimes my Christian music.
I've got some choral music here.
CHORAL MUSIC
Wow.
This is what I listen to, mate.
Thomas Tallis. Arguably the greatest composer that ever lived.
Are you giving me a live version?
# Libera me Domine
# In die illa tremenda
# In die illa... #
There you go. Thanks very much. Thank you very much.
So, on Taxi To Training...
I ask people to show me what's in their wash bag.
And actually, I've got a little something in it for you.
Oh!
Woohoo!
No worries.
Obviously...
Usually I charge the lads, but I mean, you've given me
a free pair of gloves, so we'll just call it quits.
Joel Ward, thank you very much, mate.
Bless you.
I'll be waiting outside the training ground.
Thank you very much, mate.
There we go. Joel Ward. A lovely bloke.