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Football Journeys Podcast

A B5 Consultancy podcast telling the untold stories of the beautiful game - the pain, the graft and the rejection. Media lawyer Matt Himsworth and former Luton, Stevenage and Newport County footballer Fraser Franks meet with those who have lived extraordinary football journeys. Not necessarily the top stars who have the accolades and the attention but those who have been through the mill, lived the struggles and come out of the other end to tell the tale. Series One focuses on the Academy journey at the Premier League champions, Liverpool FC, as we meet the class of 2013/14, a group of young men that came so close to living the Anfield dream but have had to come to terms with an alternative pathway. As well as interviewing the players and hearing their emotional stories we speak to those who knew the players and their journeys, including fans, coaches and a Liverpool legend.

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S02 EP9: Conor and Ryan McLaughlin

February 23, 2022 • B5 Consultancy

The brothers.

Imagine having a career in professional football but there's still debate about whether you were the best footballer in your house growing up. The McLaughlin brothers, a charismatic pair from Belfast, know exactly what that feels like. Whilst Ryan grabbed early headlines as a youngster coming through Liverpool's Academy, Conor was the one that ended up going to the Euros with Northern Ireland. The boys talk about the ups and downs of life in the EFL, Ryan's early days at Liverpool, projects off the pitch, representing Northern Ireland together as two Catholic boys and there are plenty of laughs in between.

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