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Not The Top 20 Podcast

NTT20 Pod Meets: Paul Hurst

Not The Top 20 Podcast

Not The Top 20 Podcast

Sports

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Ali sat down to get to know Paul Hurst and hear about his experiences in football. Below is a list of topics with timecodes: 1:45 - How Paul has filled his time after first experience of being sacked by Ipswich in October 3:15 - How difficult is it psychologically to lose your job? 5:10 - How does the relationship between a Manager and his long-term assistant change after departure from a club? 7:15 - Can you stay a fan of a club (E.G. Sheffield Wednesday) while working in the game as a player or manager? 13:00 - Reflections from a playing career with Rotherham United 1993-2008. 17:45 - Memories from a double promotion with Rotherham United 1999-2001. 20:30 - The team-mates who are now managers. 22:30 - How has the game changed & developed in terms of tactics? 25:30 - The use of stats in football and in football media. 30:15 - First steps in management with Ilkeston & Boston United, as joint-manager with Rob Scott. 37:00 - Move to full-time management with Grimsby Town & the difficulties of getting back into the Football League. 47:00 - Reflections on 6 yrs with Grimsby - relationship with the fans & board and reasons for leaving for Shrewsbury. 52:15 - Joining Shrewsbury when they were bottom of League One. 55:00 - Discussion about Shrewsbury’s 2017/18 season - at what point did Paul realise it could be a special team? 59:15 - The playing style and systems behind the 2017/18 Shrewsbury team. 1:06:00 - Shrewsbury’s defeat to Rotherham in the Play-Off Final. 1:11:15 - Departing Shrewsbury for Ipswich after the Play-Off Final - Paul’s perspective. 1:14:45 - Recruitment at Ipswich Town in the Summer of 2018 - the intentions and difficulties of that period. 1:20:00 - Dealing with a tough start at Ipswich, the reasons behind the # of changes being made game by game. 1:22:00 - The group of young players at Ipswich, how talented are they and are any destined for the top? 1:24:00 - Next steps for Paul Hurst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

When I'm walking down main streets With my hand round your side

0:22.6

I collide up

0:25.2

I'm absolutely delighted that

0:26.9

The next guest on

0:29.2

Not the Top 20 podcast

0:30.9

NTT 20 meets

0:32.3

Paul Hurst

0:33.7

Paul

0:34.6

Thank you so much for joining us today

0:36.4

No problem

0:37.2

Just like our previous guests, you will be very much known by our listeners because

0:44.3

over the last few years especially, you've managed in all three divisions in the EFL since

0:49.3

we've been covering the leagues closely the last three or four years.

0:52.3

So we've spoken about you and your teams a lot. For anyone listening who is less up to date, Paul, you were a professional

1:01.4

footballer, you were a left back, played for Rotherham for 15 years, and then a really short

1:06.8

loan at Burton just at the end. Yeah, I had to at least experience one club.

1:11.9

I've been looking forward to sitting down with you for the last few weeks.

1:14.5

Just to finish off this potted history, you are a football manager as well and have been

1:19.6

with Ilkeston Town, Boston United, Grimsby Town, Shrewsbury Town and Ipswich Town.

1:25.0

So not that many towns left now.

1:27.4

And obviously most recently of Ipswich, having So not that many towns left now. And obviously most recently

1:29.1

of Ipswich having left the club after just over a dozen games at the start of this season.

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