{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/688a9cad6bbbf6afc72584c7/69dcda61daa5b95957c76586?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lloyd Isgrove: Playing with Mané & Bale & Emailing EVERY Football Club In 🇦🇺?! | EP 103","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/688a9cad6bbbf6afc72584c7/1776081266429-8cec8473-fb41-4632-952e-5e63bef7726d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>🔥 We sat down with former Southampton winger &amp; Welsh international Lloyd Isgrove for a chat about life at the top and everything in between.</p><p>From over a decade inside a Premier League academy to battling through the English Football League and eventually landing in Australia — Lloyd shares stories you won’t hear anywhere else 👀</p><p>🎙️ <strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>⚽ Life in a Premier League academy (10+ years) — how ruthless and cutthroat it really is</p><p> 🔥 Trying to break into a stacked Southampton first team (Mané, Tadić, Lallana, Van Dijk &amp; more)</p><p> 👀 What Sadio Mané was REALLY like in training vs match day</p><p> 🏴 Playing in the Championship, League One &amp; League Two — and how it compares to NPL football</p><p> ⚽️🥅 Playing with a Young Ivan Toney… How he was back then</p><p> 😳 Why Millwall is the WORST away day as an opposition player</p><p> 🐉 Inside the Welsh golden generation — sharing a squad with Bale &amp; Ramsey</p><p> 🇦🇺 Moving to the NPL — first impressions of football in Australia</p><p> ➕ And plenty more stories from a career across England and beyond</p><p>If you love football stories from behind the scenes, this one’s for you 🙌</p><p>👍 Don’t forget to like, comment &amp; subscribe for more football podcasts every week!</p><p>#FootballPodcast #PremierLeague #Southampton #WelshFootball #NPL #SoccerStories</p>","author_name":"Suited and Booted TV"}