Q&A
05 September 2025
Jon Fielding, Managing Director, EMEA, Apricorn
Who was your hero when you were growing up?
As a Manchester City fan, I idolised the late, great Colin Bell. I’d just started going to football and Colin was in a different class. Unfortunately, he was badly injured a couple of seasons later and was out for quite some time. I can still remember the crowd noise on his return, but he never fully recovered to the player he once was. I suffered some barren times in those early years and beyond. However, I now feel privileged to watch an exceptional team, both footballers and managerial staff, and can see some of Colin’s attributes in different players – Rodri/Bernardo’s work rate and De Bruyne’s vision for example. We still sing his name.
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