Dean Thornton: 3 Lessons From Coaching Aaron Ramsdale & Why This is the Hardest Position in Football
Beyond The Box: Goalkeeping’s Untold Mindset, Mistakes and MadnessShow Notes
A broken leg at 19 could have ended the story. Instead, it lit the fuse for a two decade coaching journey that runs through QPR’s academy, first-team dugouts, Wembley highs, and Premier League pressure. We sit down with Millwall’s first-team goalkeeping coach, Dean Thornton, to unpack the real craft of the No.1: the standards you keep when nobody’s watching, the honesty it takes to own a mistake, and the patience to repeat the basics until they look like magic. We revisit the formative QPR y...
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