I Did Not Want To Play Football Anymore - Isaiah Jones

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06/26/23 • 87 min

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The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 139 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ISAIAH JONES - We discussed the career of Isaiah #Jones with the man himself. We discussed; playing in the non-league circuit, breaking through at #Middlesborough, Chuba #Akpom's rise, his battle with mental health + much more.

0:00 Intro

2:40 Guest intro

4:04 Humble beginnings

6:04 Joining Lambeth All stars

7:45 Growing up in Peckham

8:45 Falling in love with football

9:51 Trial at Charlton

12:25 Tooting and Mitcham

15:26 Playing in Non-League

17:04 Joining Middlesbrough

21:28 Adapting to a pro environment

23:44 Training with the first team

25:10 Going out on loan to St Johnstone

35:50 Queen of the South loan

40:05 Altercation with Neil Warnock

42:46 Redemption under Neil Warnock

44:00 Shining in debut season at Middlesborough

49:08 Time under Chris Wilder

54:05 Start of 2022/23

55:40 Chuba Akpom

59:10 Isaiah’s Mental health challenges

1:10:05 Middlesborough’s end to the season.

1:14:19 Michael Carrick message after play off defeat

1:17:39 International future

1:19:21 What’s next for Isaiah?

1:21:53 Cameron Archer

1:22:50 Off the Pitch

1:26:13 Guest recommendations

1:27:38 Outro

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0:00 Intro

2:40 Guest intro

4:04 Humble beginnings

6:04 Joining Lambeth All stars

7:45 Growing up in Peckham

8:45 Falling in love with football

9:51 Trial at Charlton

12:25 Tooting and Mitcham

15:26 Playing in Non-League

17:04 Joining Middlesbrough

21:28 Adapting to a pro environment

23:44 Training with the first team

25:10 Going out on loan to St Johnstone

35:50 Queen of the South loan

40:05 Altercation with Neil Warnock

42:46 Redemption under Neil Warnock

44:00 Shining in debut season at Middlesborough

49:08 Time under Chris Wilder

54:05 Start of 2022/23

55:40 Chuba Akpom

59:10 Isaiah’s Mental health challenges

1:10:05 Middlesborough’s end to the season.

1:14:19 Michael Carrick message after play off defeat

1:17:39 International future

1:19:21 What’s next for Isaiah?

1:21:53 Cameron Archer

1:22:50 Off the Pitch

1:26:13 Guest recommendations

1:27:38 Outro

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Previous Episode

£20,000,000 For David Raya? You Have To Pay Double That‼️ - Brentford Chief Lee Dykes

The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 138 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW LEE DYKES- We discussed the career of Brentford’s technical director Lee #Dykes with the man himself. We discussed; his career through the ranks, signing Ivan #Toney, being linked with the Spurs job, David Raya’s future at #Brentford, recruitment + much more..

0:00 Intro

1:30 Guest Intro

2:37 Lee’s journey in football

16:20 Skills Lee transferred from playing days to being a technical director.

17:42 Assessing Brentford’s season

20:04 Work that goes on behind the scenes

22:45 How do you go about identifying talent?

24:50 Do Brentford see themselves as a stepping stone for talent?

27:15 Brentford academy returning

29:02 Lee on recruitment

31:21 Recruiting Ivan Toney

36:16 Ivan Toney contract talks?

37:19 Ivan Toney not being able to train

38:50 Lee being linked with bigger clubs?

45:24 David Raya situation

48:42 Brentford interest in Viktor Gyökeres

50:03 How difficult is it finding hidden gems?

52:17 Almost signing Mudryk

53:52 Josh Dasilva Premier League career

55:09 Lee Dykes future

58:25 Views on the Premier League this season

1:00:19 Lee’s message to the fans

1:02:11 Lee’s summer plans

1:03:37 Life outside of football

1:06:20 Final thoughts

1:07:02 Closing tradition

1:07:55 Outro

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Signing A Contract At Arsenal Meant The World To Me - Khayon Edwards

The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 140 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW KHAYON EDWARDS - We discussed the career of Khayon #Edwards with the man himself. We discussed; coming through the #Arsenal academy, training with Chelsea, Using Hale End alumni's as inspiration, plans for the future, Saka, Flo Balogun, Nketiah and #Jesus + much more.

0:00 Intro

0:54 Guest intro

2:57 What have you been up to during the holidays

4:08 Do you chat about football outside of football?

4:33 Take us back to the beginning

6:10 When did you join Arsenal?

7:10 How were the facilities at Chelsea and Arsenal acadamies?

8:13 Talk to us about your family?

9:35 How important is religion to you?

9:57 How is your friendship group?

10:58 How is it growing up in modern society

11:26 Talk to us about going through the ranks at Arsenal

14:46 Who was in your age group?

15:27 How was it signing your first pro contract in 2022?

16:02 Take us through the day of signing the contract?

18:00 What was your mindset after you signed your pro deal?

18:37 Khayon player profile

20:34 When was that welcome to the first team moment?

21:28 How was it transitioning into the first team?

23:00 Sum up your season

24:40 How you spoken to Mikel Arteta

25:50 Who is the best trainer and the team leader?

26:38 Talk to us about your injury

30:29 Have you thought of your aims and objectives for next season?

30:51 Where do you stand in your development now

33:45 Do you like at Flo Balogun's rise as inspiration?

35:20 Do you see the Twitter hype?

36:00 Talk to us about last season title running?

37:25 What's your message to the Arsenal fans?

38:15 Are you a student of the game?

40:10 Life outside of football

41:47 Have you thought about your international future?

44:00 Khayon thoughts on social media

46:00 What are you doing now to make sure you hit the ground running in pre season?

47:02 Closing remarks

47:54 Guest recommendation

50:03 Outro

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