Marvee Woods Football Academy Podcast
Interviewing professionals about their experiences in football academies 🎙️⚽️
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 57
- Years Active
- 2025
MK Dons Academy Manager - Ben Smith ("Be On Time ") - Episode 6 Snippet
New Snippet: Ben Smith, the Academy Manager of MK Dons, tells me on Episode 6 of my Podcast. That he tells his Academy players the importance of being on time.
Full Episode: Out Now
MK Dons Academy Manager - Ben Smith ("Be Resilient") - Episode 6 Snippet
New Snippet: Ben Smith, the Academy Manager of MK Dons, tells me on Episode 6 of my Podcast. That a good academy player needs to be resilient.
Full Episode: Out Now
MK Dons Academy Manager - Ben Smith ("Walking around with an ego or entitlement, will get you less First Team chances") - Episode 6 Snippet
New Snippet: Ben Smith, the Academy Manager of MK Dons, tells me on Episode 6 of my Podcast. That an academy player walking around the club with an ego or entitlement, will get you less First Team ch…
MK Dons Academy Manager - Ben Smith ("The Academy Dons")
Ben Smith, the Academy Manager of Mk Dons tells me on Episode 6 of my Podcast about his journey from Grassroots football to coaching, working at the EFL, Crystal Palace and managing the Academy.
He d…
MK Dons Academy Manager - Ben Smith ("You don't have to be technically brilliant, you can have a career just being good around the changing rooms") - Episode 6 Snippet
New Snippet: Ben Smith, the Academy Manager of MK Dons, tells me on Episode 6 of my Podcast. That you don't have to be technically gifted. You can have a career just being good around the changing ro…
MK Dons Academy Manager - Ben Smith ("We check school reports, because we want good learners who can take and execute information quickly") - Episode 6 Snippet
New Snippet: Ben Smith, the Academy Manager of MK Dons, tells me on Episode 6 of my Podcast. That the academy checks school reports, because they want to recruit good learners who can take and execut…
MK Dons Academy Manager - Ben Smith ("As a test, we sent him on loan knowing he wouldn't get game time") - Episode 6 Snippet
New Snippet: Ben Smith, the Academy Manager of MK Dons, tells me on Episode 6 of my Podcast. That the academy sent a player on loan to a club knowing that it he wouldn't get game time to test his min…
MK Dons Academy Manager - Ben Smith (There's a real discipline to being elite - Episode 6 Snippet
New Snippet: Ben Smith, the Academy Manager of MK Dons, tells me on Episode 6 of my Podcast. That there is a real discipline to being elite.
Full Episode: Friday July 18th 2025
Liverpool Academy Director - Alex Inglethorpe ("Arne Slot has got an amazing personality" - Episode 5 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Inglethorpe, the Academy Director of Liverpool FC, tells me on Episode 5 of my Podcast. That Liverpool Manager Arne Slot, has got an amazing personality.
Full Episode: Friday July 4t…
Liverpool Academy Director - Alex Inglethorpe ("Youth Development, is when you add value to a player" - Episode 5 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Inglethorpe, the Academy Director of Liverpool FC, tells me on Episode 5 of my Podcast. That youth development is when you add value to a player.
Full Episode: Friday July 4th 2025
Liverpool Academy Director - Alex Inglethorpe ("I'm proud of Harry Kane. Yes I helped him, but he helped himself more" - Episode 5 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Inglethorpe, the Academy Director of Liverpool FC, tells me on Episode 5 of my Podcast. That he's proud of Harry Kane, who made it pro under his guidance when he was the academy man…
QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("We don't stop a player and their family going on holiday, tomorrow is not promised" - Episode 4 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Carroll, the Academy Director of EFL Championship team QPR tells me on Episode 4 of my Podcast. That QPR don't stop their academy players and their families from going on holiday du…
QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("Players and their families, should stop getting caught up in what we do with other players at the club" - Episode 4 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Carroll, the Academy Director of EFL Championship team QPR tells me on Episode 4 of my Podcast. That players and their families, should stop getting caught up in what management do …
QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("The boys are being watched and judged all the time" - Episode 4 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Carroll, the Academy Director of EFL Championship team QPR tells me on Episode 4 of my Podcast. The boys are being watched and judged all the time by the coaching and management sta…
QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("Dreams Of Loftus Road")
Alex Carroll, the Academy Director of EFL Championship team QPR tells me on Episode 4 of my Podcast. The benefits of academy tours at QPR, the owners, the new training ground and the day to day runni…
QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("The academy tour, was his first time on a plane" - Episode 4 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Carroll, the Academy Director of EFL Championship team QPR tells me on Episode 4 of my Podcast. The benefits of academy tours at QPR.
Full Episode: Friday June 20th
QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("Multi millions are spent on academies, it's not a passion project" - Episode 4 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Carroll, the Academy Director of EFL Championship team QPR tells me the reality on Episode 4 of my Podcast. That multi millions are spent on academies, it's not a passion project.
Fu…
QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("Our owner, brings his family to watch our academy games" - Episode 4 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Carroll, the Academy Director of EFL Championship team QPR tells me on Episode 4 of my Podcast. That the QPR owner comes to watch academy games with his family.
Full Episode: Friday …
QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("Should Academy football, start at Under 9 or Under 11?" - Episode 4 Snippet)
New Snippet: Alex Carroll, the Academy Director of EFL Championship team QPR raises the debate on Episode 4 of my Podcast. Should football academies start at Under 9 or Under 11?
Full Episode: Friday …
Peterborough United Academy Director - Dan Robinson ("When does a player, start thinking about the game?" - Episode 3 Snippet)
Dan Robinson, the Academy Director of EFL League 1 team Peterborough United. wants to know on Episode 3 of my Podcast. When does a player think about the game, because this will reflect in the way th…