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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S03 Ep05: Samantha Gough

January 22, 2025 • B5 Consultancy • Season 3 • Episode 5

A truly inspiring episode with 21 year old Sam Gough. Sam has had sight and hearing issues her entire life which have deteriorated leading to her now being almost completely blind. Sport has been her outlet and, alongside rowing and swimming, she has been hugely successful in blind football becoming only the second person ever born in Scotland to represent England at football.

You can find Sam on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/samantha_gough6/

Or on TikTok here - https://www.tiktok.com/@samanthagough6

This is the whole episode, as a vodcast, of Series 3 Episode 5 of the Football Journeys podcast. We are so grateful, as always, to University Campus of Football Business for their support. This episode, however, was recorded at Outset Studios in London. Most of our episodes will be recorded at UCFB's Media City and Wembley studios.

For more information on UCFB visit their website here - https://www.ucfb.ac.uk/

You can follow us on our social media @journeyspod on Instagram and Threads and we're still hanging around on X for a while! You might even find us on TikTok too!