The Beautiful Game Podcast

I Almost Quit Football Before Joining Rangers! - Todd Cantwell

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The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 146 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TODD #CANTWELL - We discussed the career of Todd Cantwell with the man himself. We discussed playing for Norwich, playing in the Premier league, the end of #Norwich career, relationship with ownership, joining #Rangers and working under Mick Beale + much more


0:00 Intro

2:02 Guest intro

2:20 How is Todd doing?

2:58 How did Todd’s journey start?

6:27 When did you feel first team was a realistic possibility?

8:35 Arsenal interest at a young age

10:20 Dealing with injuries in the academy

11:38 Making first team debut against Chelsea

17:00 Mindset of playing in the premier league

18:40 playing number 10

19:50 Being the man to replace Maddison at Norwich

20:56 Memories of beating Manchester City

22:10 Losing 10 in a row/ poor mentality

26:40 Interest in Todd after relegation

29:20 Dominating championship season/ promotion

31:00 More rumours about Todd’s future

32:00 Bayern Munich move falling through 

33:10 Overwhelming nature of attracting interest as a young player

35:25 Strange relationship dynamic with Stuart Webber

36:52 Leeds move falling through

37:51 Did relationship with Norwich become toxic?

41:11 What was happening behind the scenes?

47:20 Getting subbed of against Aston Villa

49:03 How did you get through the situation mentally?

52:36 Did you escalate issues to Delia Smith?

53:55 Norwich situation going past the point of return

55:55 How did Rangers move come about?

58:32 Gigantic size of Rangers football club

1:00:00 Working with Michael Beale

1:04:19 Dressing room after Michael Beale left Rangers

1:06:06 Challenges of gelling as a new team with 9 signings

1:09:00 Playing Celtic and PSV in the same week

1:12:00 Relationship with Rangers fans

1:13:54 Chris Sutton drama

1:16:07 Rangers vs Celtic rivalry

1:18:21 Is Celtic dominance mental?

1:22:38 Rangers dressing room

1:24:35 Plenty of football to play

1:25:11 Plan to be back after international break

1:26:06 Frank Lampard rumours 

1:26:42 Life outside of football

1:31:53 Investments outside of football

1:32:36 Social media abuse

1:36:00 Have managers tried to tame you? 

1:38:03 Drug testing in football

1:41:51 What does Todd want the rest of his career to look like at the end?

1:43:39 Guest recommendations

1:44:57 Outro.



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