The EPD Podcast

George Gray
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Welcome to The EPD podcast, a show dedicated to helping those passionate and interested in youth development both as a player and coach. I'm George Gray, host & founder of Essex Player Development, a leading technical specialist academy in Essex helping young footballers achieve their goals. Within just 6 years, I have gone onto working with some of the best talented players in London and Essex, achieving my UEFA B license and working for 4 years within the academy environment. my coaching has lead me to be working with several high profile coaches with playing backgrounds and experiencing some world class information to maximise my knowledge. Each week I will be joined by a guest on the podcast to discuss all things football and find out some real golden nuggets to help you on your journey. So if you're passionate about your learning for the beautiful game that we all love, why don't you have a listen to some of our podcasts.

Episodes

  1. 02/15/2023

    How to develop top player - Mark Rees

    This episode is all about the individual. Mark shares his coaching experiences at Crew Alexandra, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City Academy & Manchester City women. Mark has had the incredible pleasure of working with players such as Phil Foden and Jill Scott. This a great listen for not just players and coaches, but us as people!

    1h 13m

  2. 12/19/2022

    Mastering the foundation phase - Scott Allison

    This episode is all about the foundation phase. Working with players in the younger age groups helping them strive for success as they go through the journey. Scott, has become an expert in this area, working with players in the academy system trying to create the best foundation phase player in country. Listen to Scott talk about his enthusiasm for coaching as he has worked his way from cat 3 to cat 1 academies.

    39 min
  3. The 1v1 Dual - Paul McGuinness

    10/28/2022

    The 1v1 Dual - Paul McGuinness

    This weeks episode is with Paul McGuinness.Paul has an impressive career playing and coaching at Manchester United, coaching with the England FA and most recently Leicester city football club. Paul talks about his experiences within youth development having coached the likes of the class of 92 players, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Jessie Lingard. This is one top listen with some much hidden information.

    1h 8m
  4. Technical Details - Saul Isaksson-Hurst

    09/29/2022

    Technical Details - Saul Isaksson-Hurst

    This episode is with Saul Isaksson-Hurst. Saul has an impressive career in youth football asa leading technical specalist having worked in the youth academy as lead coach in the foundation phase at Tottenham and  Chelsea and now recently U18's and U23's consultancy coach at Arsenal.  Saul talks about his experiences of working in the youth systems at 3 of the leading academies in the world and his methodology around 1v1 and ball mastery.  Sauls business, my personal football coach has allowed him to work with top premier league and Bundesliga players. His business has seen him travel internationally, helping educate players and coaches on the technical details missing in their game.  A great listen for all!

    45 min
  • 4 Episodes

About

Welcome to The EPD podcast, a show dedicated to helping those passionate and interested in youth development both as a player and coach. I'm George Gray, host & founder of Essex Player Development, a leading technical specialist academy in Essex helping young footballers achieve their goals. Within just 6 years, I have gone onto working with some of the best talented players in London and Essex, achieving my UEFA B license and working for 4 years within the academy environment. my coaching has lead me to be working with several high profile coaches with playing backgrounds and experiencing some world class information to maximise my knowledge. Each week I will be joined by a guest on the podcast to discuss all things football and find out some real golden nuggets to help you on your journey. So if you're passionate about your learning for the beautiful game that we all love, why don't you have a listen to some of our podcasts.

Information

  • Creator
    George Gray
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The EPD Podcast
  • Show Website
    The EPD Podcast