Dan Burn: From Silent Suffering to Rewriting Newcastle’s Story (E357)
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4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2025
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Premier League Defender Dan Burn opens up about the impact of Eddie Howe’s leadership, how genuine communication and taking the time to connect with players makes a difference beyond just tactics. He reflects on the rollercoaster journey from near relegation to competing in the Champions League, and how winning the League Cup wasn’t just about the trophy itself, but the collective grit and unity that got them there.
The conversation also dives into the emotional highs and lows of chasing silverware and carrying the weight of a club desperate for glory. From the League Cup final to Champions League qualification, Burn doesn't just talk about the games, he talks about the journey.
This episode offers real insight into the heart of Newcastle United, through the voice of someone who lives and breathes it.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're loving high performance, next week's episodes are available early, exclusively on the high performance app. |
| 0:05.9 | Out now, entrepreneur, investor, and Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban. |
| 0:12.3 | I was struggling. |
| 0:13.5 | Just could not concentrate and, like, just in my head all the time. |
| 0:16.6 | And it's, like, such a horrible feeling. |
| 0:18.4 | But you don't understand why your brain's doing that. |
| 0:20.9 | Like, this is going the wrong way, like having like suicidal thoughts, like really |
| 0:24.1 | struggling, do you know what I mean? |
| 0:24.9 | And then thinking like, I need to speak to someone and know why I'm feeling like this. |
| 0:29.3 | Having me daughter changed my life completely, your perspective changes, |
| 0:32.4 | you realise as that like, I am here for you. |
| 0:34.8 | And you don't let like a bad day become a bad week, become a bad month. |
| 0:39.4 | That is the voice of Newcastle and England defender Dan Byrne who joins us this week here on high performance. |
| 0:44.8 | And what a story he has to tell. |
| 0:46.9 | Look, Dan is about to go deep on the pain of being released by Newcastle United, age just 11. |
| 0:52.9 | But then scoring a goal in the League Cup final, a couple of |
| 0:56.3 | decades later, that ended the club's 70-year wait for silverware. What a story, Damien. |
| 1:01.8 | What a story, but this isn't just somebody whose comeback was bigger than the setback, |
| 1:06.5 | but it's about somebody that's had to overcome severe anxiety and real crippling self-doubt at times. |
| 1:13.3 | Dan speaks really candidly about the intrusive thoughts that occupied his mind while he was at |
| 1:18.1 | Fulham, how he struggled with social media, and how he's finally managed to stop caring what people think. |
| 1:24.2 | And I really loved him, taking us deep inside the culture that Eddie Howes created at |
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