The Lowdown

Recently it was a pleasure to spend time in the company of one of the game's most renowned youth developers in Paul McGuinness. With 20+ years at Manchester United Paul oversaw 90 academy prospects ma...

21 Apr 202351min

"Football is the vehicle but what we are doing is helping people to triumph in life."Mental skills are often an undervalued part of elite sport. The harsh lessons from a short career in the game infor...

7 Apr 202345min

The best Technical Directors in Football need to be solution minded. With a "360 Skillset" complimented by a buffet of experiences across various corners of the world Mads Davidsen is well renowned in...

3 Apr 202336min

As the 2023 Mina Cup gets underway this weekend I was delighted to sit down with it's founder; Chris Brown for a wide ranging chat on it's inception and place within Dubai football. Chris is someone w...

31 Mar 202340min

"It is in destabilization and movement and not stability and fixedness that reality finds opportunities to develop in interesting and unpredictable ways".Argentina's recent World Cup success represent...

9 Mar 202358min

Four Nations Football Consulting are a Barcelona-based international consulting company founded by experienced professionals, who hail from Europe, Middle East and Africa. Coming from different nation...

2 Mar 202334min

"I don't want to know everything of one thing, I want to know one thing of everything."Jeroen Peters is today's guest on "The Lowdown". As someone who is responsible for overseeing the high performanc...

23 Feb 202344min

Delighted today to share the 100th episode of “The Lowdown” with a special recording with the Academy Director of New York Red Bulls; Sean McCafferty. One of the world's leaders in youth development s...

16 Feb 202343min