Podcast
Josh sits down with players, coaches, journalists, and educators to discuss their journeys into football.
The guests are listed below, and The Josh Pugh Podcast is available on Spotify.
“Even I enjoy it and I literally couldn’t give two fucks about footie”
Dr Carrie Dunn
Carrie is a journalist, an author, and a lecturer. She is currently working on her third book in a series documenting the development of women’s football in the UK.
Yasar Latif
Yas is a Coach Educator for the FA, and has an MSc in Performance Football Coaching. He is the Founder of The Coaches Network, and a UEFA A License Coach, and a UEFA B License Goalkeeper Coach.
Zooey ‘Effy’ Perry
Effy is a handball goalkeeper for Lamberseter in Norway’s third division, and is a Pro Ambassador for Athlete Ally.
Ethan Bednash
Ethan is a personal trainer, and a strength and conditioning coach. He has previously worked at Crystal Palace, and is currently studying for his Master’s in Sports Psychology.
Alison Speechly
Coach Ali is an Academy Coach at Chelsea, and works with a number of grassroots women’s football clubs. She previously coached at Spurs, and recently joined the Goal Diggers FC coaching staff.
Zhane Amoaten
Zha is a midfielder for Hackney Laces, and Coats + Goalposts. We worked together while she recovered from a knee injury, and found that we shared a lot of ideas about the game. She’s an Arsenal fan with a love for attacking, creative players
Josh Bednash
Josh is a UEFA A License coach, and coaches Crystal Palace U15s. He’s a PE teacher at a school in London, and has recently joined Coaches Voice as an analyst. He spends his spare time arguing on twitter about how to define a ‘half space’.
Chloe Morgan
Chloe is a goalkeeper for Crystal Palace, and the Goalkeeper Coach at Goal Diggers FC. She’s also a Solicitor for Irwin Mitchell, and sits on the board of Women in Football.
Karl Beckford
Karl is a UEFA A License coach, a qualified therapist, and Founder and Director of Team Kick Start.
He also runs a book club which aims to educate using books as the base, extracting key information through conversation.
Flo Pollock
Flo is a football commentator for BBC Radio, predominantly covering the WSL. She’s also an Arsenal fan, and rumour has it she used to play for Lewes FC.
Jack Francis
Jack is a goalkeeper for Clapton CFC, as well as the club captain, and the Women’s team goalkeeper coach.
Jack coaches goalkeepers 1-1, so get in touch with him if you’re a keeper who wants someone to put you through your paces.