Ep 15: 1000 Sit-Ups a Day on the Road To Wembley: A Life in Football with Neil Pointon
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In this ep recorded in the UK at the home of the Bolton Wanderers, we talk to Neil Pointon, former left-back for Man City and Everton and now a coach at Bolton Wanderers Academy. We talk about his young start, the huge importance of game time as a junior, —and how, as a coach, it only takes a session to spot it: that rare level of motivation and game sense that will make a kid a pro.
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