Football DNA Podcast

Matthew Gill is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He began his career in 1997, notably representing Peterborough United, Exeter City, Norwich City (Achieved League One promotion) and Bristol Rovers, Walsall & Notts County. He made 451 appearances and scored 21 goals.  Gill was the club captain for Bristol Rovers for the 2011/12 season. Following his ret...

Jamie Lawrence is a former football professional player featuring in the Premiership for Bradford City & playing for his national side Jamaica. Jamie had a troubled start to life having spent time in prison. In this part Jamie follows on from Part 1 and his career after Leicester City where he moved to Bradford City where he enjoyed a brilliant time playing in the Premier League. He...

Jamie Lawrence is a former football professional player featuring in the Premiership for Bradford City & playing for his national side Jamaica. Jamie had a troubled start to life having spent time in prison. In this part Jamie follows on from Part 1 and his career after Leicester City where he moved to Bradford City where he enjoyed a brilliant time playing in the Premier League. He...

Matthew Etherington  is a former footballer who played as a winger. He currently manages the under-18 team at Peterborough United which is his first coaching role in professional football. Matty started his career at the club before moving onto Tottenham Hotspur where appeared 45 times before moving to West Ham United. He made 165 appearances scoring 16 goals over a 6 year spell including hel...

Harewood made his league debut for Nottingham Forest in 1998. In the same year, he acquired experience abroad with a successful loan spell at Haka in 1999, he had a further loan spell with Ipswich Town, scoring one goal in six appearances. Harewood went on to forge a reputation as one of the most lethal strikers in the First Division. He scored 51 goals in 124 league games and...

In this interview Dean talks in detail about his career path from getting into football at a young age going through the ranks at Crewe Alexandra to retiring early due to a serious injury. Dean gives a fantastic insight into how he adapted his game throughout his career and had to improve on certain aspects. He further goes onto explain how he developed his game by learning from older experienced...

Shaun Derry is an English former professional footballer and manager . He previously managed Notts County and Cambridge United, and played for Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers among other clubs. In this interview Shaun speaks about his professional playing career and the transition into management whilst he was still playing!

A while back Jimmy interviewed a young and inspiring manager, Danny Cowley.

A while back Jimmy interviewed a true legend of the game, John Motson.