![]() In the infancy of her roving reporter days Oatley was solely focused on the audience she served. The demanding schedule and the relentless nature of the football circus means there's little time to stop and think. ![]() The urge to get her football fix has resulted in 12-hour days, seven days a week. 'Football definitely didn't miss out on a talent,' Oatley openly admits, but she was told she could no longer play the game or other sports due to a serious knee injury. The kick out of telling supporters in their homes the big news also helped to replace the hole created by her own sporting heartbreak. Oatley threw herself into the patch, providing her own spin on the games that mattered to hardcore fans. Her burning desire led her to Sheffield and Radio Leeds in the north of England, where she juggled a broadcast journalism post-graduate course and the intricacies of non-league football. ![]() Oatley tried to fill the void by splashing out on a pocket television, arranging meetings around games but she craved more. 'I realized that's not for me, and I needed to do something about it.' 'Having been utterly miserable because I had a proper job to do, and thinking this is weird. I didn't realize that's what the real world was about. 'I just didn't expect not to be allowed to watch every game in the World Cup. 'I'm a football geek and a football anorak,' she admits. ![]()
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