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Introducing... You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker

Kyle Walker takes you inside the dressing room to find out what it takes to be a winner

Each week ,Man City and England international, Kyle Walker and presenter Chris Hughes take you inside the dressing room to find out what it takes to win over and over again.

Each week, Man City and England international, Kyle Walker and presenter and Love Island star Chris Hughes take you inside the dressing room and onto the team bus to find out what it takes to win over and over again.

The pair will talk about the beautiful game, have a bit of a laugh, tell funny stories about football and dig into Kyle’s career as a serial champion. From his earliest days growing up in Sheffield, You’ll Never Beat Kyle Walker will put the listener in the unique position of finding out what it takes to win seventeen major honours, including Premier Leagues, Champions Leagues, and FA Cups, as well as leading his country out at Wembley as captain of England. 

Kyle will reflect on his time in the game, the players he’s played with and against, the managers, and the highs and lows of football at the very top. He’ll talk World Cups and Euros, teammates past and present, and what it feels like to be one v one against Lionel Messi. 

You’ll Never Beat Kyle Walker will give listeners a true insight into what it’s really like to be at the top of the game for so long. 

Kyle is taking over The Players Channel: Real football talk...straight from The Players! 

Previous titles include Footballer's Football Podcast featuring West Ham's Michail Antonio, Callum Wilson, Tom Cairney and Radio 1's Rickie Haywood-Williams as well as 'Football Firsts' with Jermain Defoe and Troy Deeney who discuss a range of topics revolving around the first time they experienced something in football. You can listen to all these episodes right now on this feed.

You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker: First Team Debut

First Team Debut

BBC Radio 5 Live - You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker, First Team Debut

Troy and JD recall their 1st team debuts and odd pre-match rituals they’ve seen

Troy and Jermain discuss their debuts as professionals and explain why the 1st team dressing room could be a scary place. They also remember awful debuts from their team-mates

Hold your nerve and take a deep breath as Jermain and Troy recall their first team debuts in pro football. JD remembers the feeling of not only making his first appearance but grabbing the winner for West Ham; Troy explains why his wasn’t as glorious and why he still had to play the chef on the coach home.

They also discuss why they were scared to go in the 1st team dressing room as youngsters and reminisce about some of the worst debuts they’ve seen, including the goalkeeper who looked the part in training but had a shocker in his first game.

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