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There are so many lessons to learn in football. Several on the pitch, even more off of it. Any elite athlete will tell you that there is so much more to being successful than just being talented. Talent is a great start, but it is about how you nurture the talent that matters most. I am now 21 and have learnt so much about football, through both good and bad experiences. But 21 is no longer young in football; I look back on my career so far and wish I knew the lessons I know

To many young people, football is more than a sport, it’s an identity. A Footballer in School The ‘popular’ ones in school were always the ones who played football, and the ‘most popular’ were the ones who were good at football. It gave you a status that no-one else really had, the fact that you could actually make something out of the sport that everyone worshipped. Whilst it was nice, it also carried a lot of pressure. It meant that when going to trials at academies, you we