Marvee Woods Football Academy Podcast

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Marvee Woods Football Academy Podcast

by Marvee Woods

Interviewing professionals about their experiences in football academies 🎙️⚽️

104 episodes

EN language

All Episodes

1

Sunderland AFC Academy Manager - Robin Nicholls ("Some Of Our Players Have ADHD" - Episode 21 snippet")

0:53 Mar 17, 2026

2

Sunderland AFC Academy Manager - Robin Nicholls ("Academy Players Need A USP" - Episode 21 snippet")

1:29 Mar 15, 2026

3

Sunderland AFC Academy Manager - Robin Nicholls ("Under The Stadium Of Light" - Episode 21 snippet")

1:07:56 Mar 13, 2026

4

Sunderland AFC Academy Manager - Robin Nicholls ("My Job Is To Develop Academy Players" - Episode 21 snippet")

1:30 Mar 12, 2026

5

Sunderland AFC Academy Manager - Robin Nicholls ("Our Scholars Study To Be Referees" - Episode 21 snippet")

1:30 Mar 10, 2026

6

Sunderland AFC Academy Manager - Robin Nicholls ("Academy Football Is Not Fair" - Episode 21 snippet")

1:28 Mar 8, 2026

7

Sunderland AFC Academy Manager - Robin Nicholls ("The Academy Is Important To Sunderland" - Episode 21 snippet")

1:30 Mar 6, 2026

8

Southampton Academy Manager - Duncan Fearnhead ("Sleep And Nutrition, Are Undervalued In Football" - Episode 20 snippet")

1:30 Mar 5, 2026

9

Southampton Academy Manager - Duncan Fearnhead ("The Reality Of Football" - Episode 20 snippet")

1:29 Mar 3, 2026

10

Southampton Academy Manager - Duncan Fearnhead ("Cope With Pressure And Setbacks" - Episode 20 snippet")

1:14 Mar 1, 2026

11

Southampton Academy Manager - Duncan Fearnhead ("Angels Of The Saints")

1:45:51 Feb 27, 2026

12

Southampton Academy Manager - Duncan Fearnhead ("Grassroots Lack, Time And Space Awareness" - Episode 20 snippet")

1:27 Feb 26, 2026

13

Southampton Academy Manager - Duncan Fearnhead ("There Is A Birth Bias, In Academy Football" - Episode 20 snippet")

1:30 Feb 24, 2026

14

Southampton Academy Manager - Duncan Fearnhead ("We Manufacture Challenges For Players" - Episode 20 snippet")

1:30 Feb 22, 2026

15

Southampton Academy Manager - Duncan Fearnhead ("Winning Behaviours & Desire Are Important" - Episode 20 snippet")

1:30 Feb 20, 2026

16

Portsmouth FC Academy Manager - Greg Miller ("Academy Players, Get First Team Opportunities" - Episode 19 snippet")

1:00 Feb 19, 2026

17

Portsmouth FC Academy Manager - Greg Miller ("Under 18s Players Are Fined For Being Late" - Episode 19 snippet")

1:00 Feb 17, 2026

18

Portsmouth FC Academy Manager - Greg Miller ("Cutting Fizzy Drinks, Enhanced My Performance" - Episode 19 snippet")

0:59 Feb 15, 2026

19

Portsmouth FC Academy Manager - Greg Miller ("The Pathway To Portsmouth")

1:09:01 Feb 13, 2026

20

Portsmouth FC Academy Manager - Greg Miller ("There's always someone coming to take your spot" - Episode 19 snippet")

1:00 Feb 12, 2026

21

Portsmouth FC Academy Manager - Greg Miller ("Football Academies Are Judged Negatively" - Episode 19 snippet")

1:00 Feb 10, 2026

22

Portsmouth FC Academy Manager - Greg Miller ("Be Brave, Showcase Your Talent" - Episode 19 snippet")

1:00 Feb 8, 2026

23

Portsmouth FC Academy Manager - Greg Miller ("We'll Exclude You, If You're Excluded At School" - Episode 19 snippet")

1:00 Feb 6, 2026

24

Watford FC Head Of Academy Coaching Development - Micah Hyde ("Our Academy Players, Cannot Play Grassroots" - Episode 18 snippet")

1:00 Feb 5, 2026

25

Watford FC Head Of Academy Coaching Development - Micah Hyde ("We Like Development, But We Play To Win" - Episode 18 snippet")

0:59 Feb 3, 2026

26

Watford FC Head Of Academy Coaching Development - Micah Hyde ("Are You Good Enough To Become A Pro" - Episode 18 snippet")

1:00 Feb 1, 2026

27

Watford FC Head Of Academy Coaching Development - Micah Hyde ("Hyde Behind The Ball")

1:29:36 Jan 30, 2026

28

Watford FC Head Of Academy Coaching Development - Micah Hyde ("Talent Gets Wasted From Lack Of Direction" - Episode 18 snippet")

1:00 Jan 29, 2026

29

Watford FC Head Of Academy Coaching Development - Micah Hyde ("Parents Stop Coaching On The Sidelines" - Episode 18 snippet")

1:00 Jan 28, 2026

30

Watford FC Head Of Academy Coaching Development - Micah Hyde ("Grassroots trialists must have desire" - Episode 18 snippet")

1:00 Jan 25, 2026

31

Watford FC Head Of Academy Coaching Development - Micah Hyde ("Coaches need to be quiet on the sidelines" - Episode 18 snippet")

1:00 Jan 23, 2026

32

Sheffield Wednesday Academy Manager - Jonathan Pepper ("You have to sacrifice for football" - Episode 16 snippet")

1:00 Jan 22, 2026

33

Sheffield Wednesday Academy Manager - Jonathan Pepper ("A.I. will become an Academy Manager" - Episode 16 snippet")

0:44 Jan 20, 2026

34

Sheffield Wednesday Academy Manager - Jonathan Pepper ("The Academy Manager Experience" - Episode 16 snippet")

0:58 Jan 18, 2026

35

Sheffield Wednesday Academy Manager - Jonathan Pepper (Wednesday Motivation)

1:47:44 Jan 16, 2026

36

Sheffield Wednesday Academy Manager - Jonathan Pepper ("Coping mentally is crucial in football" - Episode 16 snippet Recap")

0:58 Jan 16, 2026

37

Sheffield Wednesday Academy Manager - Jonathan Pepper ("Focus on Pathway, not Disneyland Academies" - Episode 16 snippet Recap")

1:01 Jan 13, 2026

38

Sheffield Wednesday Academy Manager - Jonathan Pepper ("Produce quality under intense pressure" - Episode 16 snippet Recap")

0:55 Jan 10, 2026

39

St Mirren Academy Director - Allan McManus ("We like fearless grassroots players" - Episode 17 snippet")

1:00 Jan 9, 2026

40

St Mirren Academy Director - Allan McManus ("We get no compensation for player transfers" - Episode 17 snippet")

1:00 Jan 6, 2026

41

St Mirren Academy Director - Allan McManus ("Being late is not acceptable" - Episode 17 snippet")

1:00 Jan 4, 2026

42

St Mirren Academy Director - Allan McManus (The Academy Director's Cut)

1:29:16 Jan 2, 2026

43

St Mirren Academy Director - Allan McManus ("Take ownership of your football career" - Episode 17 snippet")

1:00 Jan 1, 2026

44

St Mirren Academy Director - Allan McManus ("Parents force their kids to play academy football" - Episode 17 snippet")

1:00 Dec 30, 2025

45

St Mirren Academy Director - Allan McManus ("We don't overlook late developers" - Episode 17 snippet")

0:56 Dec 28, 2025

46

St Mirren Academy Director - Allan McManus ("Parents cannot abuse my coaches" - Episode 17 snippet")

0:59 Dec 26, 2025

47

Arsenal Academy Manager -Per Mertesacker (Journey To Hale End - Episode 1 Recap)

1:20:35 Dec 23, 2025

48

Peterborough United Academy Director - Dan Robinson (The Posh Life - Episode 3 Recap)

1:29:57 Dec 22, 2025

49

QPR Academy Director - Alex Carroll ("Dreams Of Loftus Road" - Episode 4 Recap)

1:03:50 Dec 21, 2025

50

Liverpool Academy Director - Alex Inglethorpe (Melwood To Anfield - Episode 5 Recap)

1:44:22 Dec 20, 2025

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