Behind The Bravado of Modern British Football - Peter Crouch - #1018

Peter Crouch is a former professional footballer, sports pundit, and podcaster. What was it like playing in the Premier League alongside some of football’s most intense personalities? In an era where a goal celebration, whether it was the robot or a knee slide, showed your confidence as much as your skill, what was life like for Peter Crouch back then, and what’s he up to now Expect to learn why so many ex-footballers started doing podcasts, what the common psychological archetype of top flight football players are, what being inside Premier League dressing rooms taught Peter about masculinity, why there are still no publicly gay premier league players, how Peter dealt with anxiety and the adrenaline whilst being a footballer, what worst part of the job that the general public don’t understand and much more… Timestamps: (0:00) Why Do Ex-Footballers Turn to Podcasting? (8:39) What Archetype Shapes Most Footballers? (18:37) The ‘Man-Up’ Mentality of Changing Rooms (24:25) Why Don’t Players Want to Come Out? (35:40) Does Success Breed Toxicity in Elite Sport? (43:21) The Importance of Enjoying the Journey (01:00:55) How Peter Used Nerves and Anxiety as Fuel (01:09:48) Why Do Ex-Footba…