Aldershot Town manager, Mark Molesley has left fans in stitches after giving some bizarre, David Brent-inspired answers during a pre-match interview.
Before kick-off at home against Bromley in the fourth round of the FA Trophy on January 15th, Molesley was asked a pretty typical question: “What are your thoughts ahead of the game?
To which he decided to have some fun and pull the leg of the reporter and fans with his not-so-typical responses, and asked: “If a tree falls and nobody is there to hear it fall, does it make a noise?”
The 40-year-old had some further random questions of his own as he continued:
“Does a penguin get cold? What way does your bath water go, clockwise or anti-clockwise when you pull the plug out? You know, these are questions that are going to be asked of us and the questions we need the answers to.
Arguably the strangest pre-match interview of all-time by Aldershot manager Mark Molesley 🤨pic.twitter.com/53Jj7jwOUM
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 15, 2022
“We’re always looking for solutions and need to solve the equation sometimes.”
He then moved on to a more pressing issue... haircuts.
“Sam’s had a lovely haircut, it’s started to grow out now. Coops is here now, working silently away. Robbie’s over there, the first time he’s been quiet today.
“Terry’s brought a briefcase in. He’s got four Japanese talking dogs in there. This is what we work with and we’ll continue to work hard.”
Japanse talking dogs? Clearly, the gaffer was having too much fun with this wind-up.
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The exchange was posted on Twitter by Sky Sports, who tweeted: “Arguably the strangest pre-match interview of all time by Aldershot manager Mark Molesley.”
Soon, the interview went viral and it’s fair to say people loved it as Molesley’s strange responses gained him some new fans.
The best footy manager interview of all time by Mark Molesley of Aldershot FC. pic.twitter.com/rnxFBRUU2Q
— Adil Ray OBE (@adilray) January 16, 2022
The manager of Aldershot Town, Mark Molesley, has given surely the greatest football interview ever:pic.twitter.com/7R8cZr5SrX
— Alex Smith (@alexsmith1982) January 15, 2022
It was a joke… Moles has a great sense of humour.
— Mark McAdam (@markmcadamtv) January 15, 2022
It makes me lol that people think he’s being serious 🤣😩
His comic timing is impeccable, dead pan humour at its best.
— ItMeAyNsLeY (@aynzw) January 16, 2022
he's channelling his inner David Brent! 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/GFHnOLvHFW
— Anita Ray (@AnitaDublin8) January 16, 2022
My brain trying to process what I have just heard https://t.co/9HT7GH4LhP pic.twitter.com/hxVEnmUdsz
— jameshepple (@hepple9931) January 16, 2022
Got to be a wind up https://t.co/MhydnwhMjV
— Matty Clarkson (@MattyClarkson1) January 16, 2022
This man has a huge future ahead of him in the @premierleague or on the alternative comedy circuit ⬇️ https://t.co/Oe2p3lyOmV
— Omid Djalili (@omid9) January 15, 2022
Real life Ted Lasso https://t.co/InPJRRyicU
— KNG (@KingyyD) January 17, 2022
me trying to reach the word count on my essays https://t.co/qwPFENkE45
— love quinn (@ScarlPay) January 16, 2022
Executed to perfection https://t.co/kOxFxvtgeq
— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) January 16, 2022
If David Brent was a football manager @rickygervais it would be this guy 🤣 https://t.co/UZ2riZwhOS
— Kevin Healey (@Kevinhealey74) January 16, 2022
Screams kitchen 5am https://t.co/OBY5WQ2Sm9
— Luke Bridgwater (@LukeBridgwater) January 16, 2022
Up the with the best I've heard https://t.co/vSouwRHoD3
— Dale (@Dale_seaham) January 16, 2022
I’ve just become an Aldershot supporter. https://t.co/HaZ6PZh9Ky
— Quarantine (@QtineMcr) January 16, 2022
Cantona esque. Pure insightful poetry. What a gaffer. https://t.co/I4IqQmpbkH
— Jimmyinho (@faiqnadzmi) January 16, 2022
In the end, Aldershot lost 2-0 against Bromley so it means they are out of the FA Trophy. But if it’s any consolation, some have described Molesley’s interview as the “greatest football interview ever.”
