Robbie Elliott Part 1 - There's Definitely A Difference Between Luck And Fortune
The Ben Ryan PodcastShow Notes
After last weeks chat with Darius Charles, we stay on the football theme with another ex Professional footballer, Robbie Elliott. Robbie had almost two decades as a professional footballer, playing over 140 times for his beloved Newcastle United and over 250 appearances in total, which also included spells at Sunderland, Leeds, Hartlepool and an eventful four years at Bolton Wanderers.
Over his career, he’ worked under some iconic managers including Ossie Ardiles, Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish, Sam Allardyce and Sir Bobby Robson and we chat about all of those managers and the twists and turns Robbie had across his career and his learning from that.
I met Robbie first when he was working for the Nike research lab and he’s forged a career in sports technology, innovation and performance since his retirement. All of that we will chat about in part two next week, but as we sat outside the bustling Westfield shopping centre in West London, we started with Robbie’s time in the Newcastle academy and how that compares to the modern-day set-up.
Show Notes: Southampton Football Club - https://www.southamptonfc.com/ Alan Shearer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shearer Gateshead Stadium - https://www.gogateshead.com/article/5829/Gateshead-International-Stadium Newcastle Football Club - https://www.nufc.co.uk/ Ossie Ardiles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvaldo_Ardiles YTS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Training_Scheme Alan Thompson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1973) Lee Clark - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Clark_(footballer) Steve Watson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Watson Jim Smith - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith_(footballer,_born_1940) Middlesborough Football Club - https://www.mfc.co.uk/ Bobby Saxton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Saxton Roy Aitken - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Aitken John Burridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burridge ACL Injury - https://mayocl.in/3MuoxcM Lilleshall - https://www.lilleshallnsc.co.uk/nsc/ Kevin Keegan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Keegan Newcastle promotion against Grimsby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNk_W6CFJKw Rob Lee - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Lee John Beresford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Beresford_(footballer) Les Ferdinand - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Ferdinand David Ginola - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ginola Brian Kilcline - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kilcline Kevin Sheedy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sheedy_(Irish_footballer) David Kelly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(association_footballer) Steve Howey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Howey_(footballer) Faustino Asprilla - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustino_Asprilla Barry Venison - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Venison Peter Beardsley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Beardsley David Batty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Batty Zone Of Optional Function - https://bit.ly/3Nk3YzD Kenny Dalglish - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish Alex Ferguson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ferguson PLC - https://bit.ly/3wuJKMU Bolton Wanderers Football Club - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C. Steve Black - https://bit.ly/38woNJm Earl Barrett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Barrett Michael Appleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Appleton Colin Todd - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Todd Sam Allardyce - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Allardyce Charlie Brown - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown MLS - https://www.mlssoccer.com/ Arsene Wenger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger Sir Bobby Robson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Robson Freddie Shepherd - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Shepherd Northumbria University - https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/ Bike for Bobby - https://bit.ly/3wlhNYZ=
More About Robbie Elliott: Twitter - https://twitter.com/robbieelliott3?ref_src=twsrc%5Eg
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This week its part 2 of my chat with former footballer Robbie Elliott. Robbie spent two decades as a professional footballer, playing over 140 times for Newcastle United and over 250 appearances in total. Last week we chatted about his own playing career and some of the iconic managers he worked under including Ossie Ardilles, Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalgleish, Sam Allardyce and Sir Bobby Robson.
This week I’m delighted to bring you a chat with someone who grabs life by both hands, former footballer Darius Charles.