E13: Lee Fletcher on Coaching at Three of the World's Biggest Clubs

Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome Lee Fletcher! 01:44 - Lee on growing up in Oldham and how he fell in love with Oldham Athletic 07:20 - How Lee went from a salesman & personal banker to a football coach 08:16 - You don’t have to be in the professional changing rooms to understand football, and you can find very good footballers at semi-pro level 11:23 - Lee moves to Madrid and starts at FC Britanico de Madrid 13:26 - The differences between coaching and playing football. When you play, it’s in 2D, when you coach, it’s in 3D 16:39 - Clubs in the Greater Manchester area 18:02 - Lee on his experience working at Manchester United and Manchester City Soccer Schools in 2015 and 2016. “Don’t be the first one to go to bed”, and the difference between United and City. 22:25 - The diet of coaching 25:02 - How Lee and his friend Graeme spotted a gap in the market in Madrid and started Albion Football Language Academy, and how that led to working at Real Madrid 25:37 - Real Madrid’s academy set-up 27:26 - Coaching the Real Madrid youngsters in English 30:47 - Lee’s thoughts on the differences between Spanish and English football 34:40 - Coaching at IE University in Madrid 38:55 - Lee’s spell at Alcobendas, and periodisation in coaching 44:17 - Lee on his role as Head of Content at The Coaching Manual 49:01 - Lee’s on his role at Manchester United as an Academy Emerging Talent Coach 54:00 - The pyramid of football - the foundations, the principles, and the technical framework 56:45 - Strategy - philosophy, game model, methodology 1:01:23 - What’s next for Lee? 1:08:31 - Outro Follow Lee Fletcher on Twitter @LeeFleckCoach If you're enjoying the podcast, follow and rate us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Follow us on: Instagram: @whatsgoingon.podcast Twitter: @wgofootball