Dion Dublin enjoyed a 22 year career as a player and played for some of the finest and most charismatic football managers in the modern game. In this series, Dion tracks down his old gaffers to find out how they handled those pressure cooker environments, how they got the best out of their players and what it is within their DNA, that ultimately makes them tick and able to handle some of the most stressful jobs in sport. WARNING: CONTENT CONTAINS EXPLICIT AND GRATUITOUS LAUGHS, AND ELABORATE ...
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9: MICK McCARTHY – 40 Years of stories, from his early days as an apprentice at Barnsley, to captaining the Republic of Ireland in the quarter finals of the 1990 World Cup in Italy!
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Mick McCarthy is a no nonsense sort of bloke. He was as a player and he certainly is as a manager, because as he states in his own words, ‘that’s just me’. From humble beginnings as a young lad at Barnsley, he’s played with the best and been fortunate enough to manage the very best as well. He’s had a few ‘barnies’ along the way, which he’s more th…
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8: ALEX McLEISH – Never one to sidestep a potentially hostile situation, on or off the pitch!
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Alex McLeish made nearly 700 appearances for Aberdeen during his 16 years at the club, and is rightly regarded as a Scottish football legend. During his time at Pittodrie, he was managed by the one and only Sir Alex Ferguson who thought so highly of the no nonsense centre half, that he wanted a 30 year old McLeish to follow him south to Manchester …
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7: SEAN DYCHE – Trying to recapture Burnley’s top flight form, and make Turf Moor his ‘happy place, happy place’ once more!
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He’s the longest serving manager in the premier league at present, and known for combining science with a firm but fair approach. Sean Dyche is playing at the top of his game at Burnley, and while a series of factors have conspired against him this season, and see his side in the bottom six rather than the top six at present, you know that if anyon…
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6: BRYAN GUNN – Learning from Sir Alex Ferguson during his time at Aberdeen, and flying south for the winter to become a Canaries legend!
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He may have started his footballing life in the far north of Scotland, but Bryan Gunn is an absolute legend when it comes to Norwich City, and will always be one of their finest and most revered of veterans. As one of the senior players at Carrow Road when a teenage Dion Dublin arrived in the late 80s, it was ‘Gunny’ who welcomed the talented young…
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5: MICKY ADAMS - A short fuse, but a long career!
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Sent off on the opening day of the premier league era in August 1992 while playing for Southampton, Micky Adams was a player who could certainly be abrasive when he wanted to be! His playing career saw the flying full back motoring up and down the touchline for Coventry, Leeds United, Southampton and Fulham, while his managerial career saw him in t…
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4: JOHN GREGORY – Terry Venables was the biggest influence on me as a manager, while Stan Collymore was the biggest challenge I had to face.
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From humble beginnings as a 15 year old apprentice at Northampton Town, to leading Aston Villa out at Wembley for the cup final in 2000, John Gregory has enjoyed a fantastic career and has the stories to prove it! He doubled his salary in 1977 moving from £50 a week with the cobblers, to £100 at the Villa! He learnt so much during his time at QPR u…
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3: GORDON STRACHAN - Learning from Sir Alex, a very odd encounter with Brian Clough, and placing Noel Whelan under house arrest!
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Gordon Strachan is one of the greatest characters in the game. He played under Sir Alex Ferguson as a young man at Aberdeen, before travelling south to join up with his mentor again at Manchester United. After 5 years at Old Trafford, Gordon crossed the Pennines to join Howard Wilkinson’s Leeds United revolution, and then moved to Coventry City whe…
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2: GLENN HODDLE – Spurs, England, Swindon and Survival
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In October 2018, Glenn Hoddle collapsed with a heart attack at the studios of BT Sport and very nearly died, had it not been for the quick thinking of one of the producers there, who performed life-saving CPR while professional help was on its way. Nearly 2 years on from that fateful day, and Glenn talks honestly and openly with Dion about this lif…
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Join Dion Dublin as he chats exclusively with some very famous Gaffers!By The Podcast Works
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