Parenthood, Pressure & Porridge: A Day In The Life Of A Footballer
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman presents a special report from The Athletic's Tim Spiers who, over the weekend, was granted an all-access, behind the scenes pass on a match day in the life of a professional footballer...
With special thanks to both Omar Beckles and Leyton Orient FC, Tim was invited into the Grenada international defender's home for breakfast with his family, right through to moments before kick-off in the home dressing room for this 'fly-on-the-wall' insight into what it's really like.
We learn about the pressures of victory and defeat on a young family, the duty Omar and his teammates feel towards their local community, how important match-day routine and diet have become and also about the role of his faith in his career.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:05.0 | Now we've got something a little bit different for you today, which we hope you'll really enjoy. |
| 0:09.8 | This is courtesy of the Athletics, Tim Spears, who got really up close and personal with the |
| 0:14.0 | Leighton Orient defender Omar Beckles this weekend. |
| 0:17.5 | He spent an entire match day in his company from the |
| 0:21.0 | family home drive to Brisbane Road into the |
| 0:24.5 | home dressing room and behind the scenes ahead |
| 0:26.6 | of a top of the table clash between |
| 0:29.1 | Leighton Orient and Northampton in League 2. |
| 0:32.2 | I'm Mark Chapman. Welcome to the Athletic Football |
| 0:34.5 | podcast and a day in the life of a professional |
| 0:37.4 | footballer. |
| 0:46.0 | So it's early morning here in London, a beautiful crisp, October, sunny morning. |
| 0:51.1 | Great day for football and a massive game ahead. |
| 0:53.6 | Second v third in League |
| 0:54.8 | 2. Late in Norwich v. Northampton and I'm going to spend the day with Omar Beckles to find |
| 0:59.7 | out exactly what a match day is like for a professional footballer. Just pulled up outside his house. |
| 1:06.4 | Let's go see if he's awake. |
| 1:16.6 | Okay. let's go see if he's awake. Hello, my friend. |
| 1:18.0 | How are you? |
| 1:18.6 | Yeah, very well, thank you. |
| 1:19.5 | Good see you. |
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