Parenthood, Pressure & Porridge: A Day In The Life Of A Footballer

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

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🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 35 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. Produced by Adonis Pratsides Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:05.0	Now we've got something a little bit different for you today,
0:08.0	which we hope you'll really enjoy.
0:10.0	This is courtesy of the Athletics Tim Spears, who got really up close and personal with the
0:13.9	latent defender Omar Beckles this weekend. He spent an entire match day in
0:19.8	his company from the family home drive to Brisbane Road into the home dressing room
0:25.2	and behind the scenes ahead of a top of the table clash between late and
0:29.5	Orient and Northampton in League 2. I'm Mark Chapman. Welcome to the Athletic Football
0:34.4	podcast and a day in the life of a professional footballer. So it's early morning here in London a beautiful crisp October sunny morning
0:50.7	great day for football and a massive game ahead. Second v.
0:54.0	third in League 2, late Norant v Northampton and I'm going to spend the day with
0:58.4	Omar Beckles to find out exactly what a max day is like for a professional footballer.
1:04.0	Just pulled up outside his house.
1:06.0	Let's go see if he's awake. Hello my friend how are you yeah very well thank you so I'm good mate come in
1:22.1	I offer you a drink or I'm good, mate. Thank you. Come in. Thanks for having.
1:22.8	Can I offer you a drink or anything? Tea, coffee?
1:27.4	Oh, coffee will be lovely. Yeah, go on it.
1:29.0	It's a great start.
1:30.0	Omar Beckles is a 30-year-old Central Defender who's made more than 350 career appearances
1:38.0	for a host of clubs including Shrewsbury, Accrington Stanley, crew and now later
1:43.0	Naurian. He's a Grenada International
1:44.8	the Blade of the Gold Cup in the US last summer.
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