Ivan Toney: Im Finally Ready To Speak! The Truth About His Football Ban And His Future Team!
b'He has previously said that he would \\u201cspeak soon with no filter\\u201d, for Ivan Toney that time is now.\\n\\nIn this new episode Steven sits down with footballer Ivan Toney. Ivan started his football career in 2012 playing for Northampton Town at 16 years old, and 3 years later moved into the Premier League with Newcastle United. After 4 appearances with Newcastle United, he spent the next few years on loan to various clubs. However, in 2018 Ivan began to build his reputation as a top striker when he joined Peterborough United, scoring 49 goals in 94 appearances. In 2020, Ivan signed with Brentford, helping them win promotion to the Premier League in his first season. In November 2022, the FA charged Ivan with 232 counts of breaching betting rules between 2017 and 2021, he was fined \\xa350,000 and banned from playing professional football until 17 January 2024.\\n\\nIn this conversation Ivan and Steven discuss topics, such as:\\n\\nFinding football at a young age\\n\\nThe brutal playing style of the lower leagues\\n\\nHis father\\u2019s belief that he would be a top footballer\\n\\nThe advice Ivan would give to his younger self\\n\\nWhen he began gambling\\n\\nThe impact that rejection by teams had on him\\n\\nHis journey in football being a constant climb\\n\\nHow moving to the Premier League changed his mindset\\n\\nMixing with the wrong crowd when in the Premier League\\n\\nNot feeling as if he was given the chance to prove himself early in his career\\n\\nTaking chances and becoming a top goal scorer\\n\\nBecoming a father at a young age and its impact on him\\n\\nAdvice that he would give to his children if they wanted to become footballers\\n\\nWhy Brentford is so special and it\\u2019s superpower as a team\\n\\nThe mentality that management instils at Brentford\\n\\nThe importance of having self belief\\n\\nHis gambling addiction\\n\\nHow he believes that FA made an example out of him\\n\\nWhy he was not match fixing\\n\\nHis lowest point during his playing ban\\n\\nBeing denied entry to a restaurant because of the allegations against him\\n\\nSeeing this chapter of his life as a learning moment\\n\\nHow young footballers not being given advice on how to spend their money wisely\\n\\nThe racist abuse he has received\\n\\nWhy he stopped taking the knee before matches\\n\\nHow he plans to be scoring goals in January 2024\\n\\n\\nFollow Ivan:\\nInstagram:\\xa0https://bit.ly/47wdaMe\\nTwitter:\\xa0https://bit.ly/3QM9a4p\\n\\nFollow me:\\nhttps://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'