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How to Build a Football Nation

To mark more than a decade of UEFA membership, GBC brings you How to Build a Football Nation - a four-part podcast series that delves deep into local football.  Host and producer Molly 

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  • 4. Are We Ready Yet?

    50:09||Season 1, Ep. 4
    Uefa membership came with highs on the pitch, but also lows off it - including a 10-year stadium revamp saga and a gambling scandal which brought major negative publicity. We explore all of those topics with the GFA's Ivan Robba and others across this episode, plus ask our guests what their hopes for Gibraltar’s footballing future are.

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  • 3. What it’s really like to play for Gibraltar’s national team

    41:50||Season 1, Ep. 3
    What is it like to be a footballer in Gibraltar, 11 years on from Uefa membership? That’s what we ask Scott Wiseman, Shania Robba, Lee Casciaro and Jayce Olivero. From playing abroad, sharing a pitch with Kylian Mbappe, and the treatment of the women’s national team, this episode explores how things changed for the best local players.
  • 2. Local football gets a shake up

    49:37||Season 1, Ep. 2
    Local football clubs went from training “el patio” to running up six-figure costs in the space of a few seasons. We speak to people involved before and after Uefa membership about the drastic adaptations clubs have had to make, the lure of prize money pushing some to the brink and some outstanding moments on the pitch.
  • 1. Team 54

    34:59||Season 1, Ep. 1
    24th May 2013 was the day football in Gibraltar changed forever. In this first episode, we ask players, reporters and GFA employees about their memories from that day, and ask whether they could have anticipated the decade of events that have followed.