FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, There used to be one way into football recruitment and analysis. University degree in sports science or data analytics. Internship at a professional club. Junior analyst position. Work your way up. If you didn't have the right degree, you couldn't get the internship. If you couldn't afford to work unpaid for six months, you couldn't get in. If you weren't already connected to someone inside a club, you stayed...
14 days ago • 3 min read
FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, I've never played professional football. Sunday league was my peak. Yet I scout professionally now, and have done for years. Six years ago, I got my first proper scouting assignment at Wigan Athletic. We needed a left-back. League One level. I had a player rating model I'd built, and it flagged someone perfect. Attacking output? Excellent. Defensive solidity? The numbers looked good. Contract ending soon? Even...
21 days ago • 2 min read
FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, You spend £10,000 on a football analytics masters degree or $800 on a scouting course. You complete every module. Pass the assessment. Frame the certificate. Then nothing happens. No interviews. No opportunities. Just you, your LinkedIn profile, and that shiny new certificate sitting in your downloads folder alongside 3,000 other people who did the exact same thing. The Three Paths People Take Last week I ran...
28 days ago • 2 min read
FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, If I wanted to break Into Football Recruitment in 2026. Here are the 12 actions I'd start with. Not theory. Not someday. Starting Monday. 1. Pick One League That's Streamed Online Find a league you can watch consistently. Segunda División. USL. Gambia. Not the Premier League everyone else watches. Something accessible where you can build genuine expertise. Watch matches. Utilise YouTube and FIFA+ for fully...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, I hope you've had an amazing festive period and have been able to celebrate it with family and loved ones. We're days from 2026 and everyone talks about goals for the new year. Nobody talks about whether you actually did what you said you'd do last January. The week between Christmas and New Year is quiet. Most people are winding down. But that silence is useful. It's a chance to look back honestly at the past...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, Most people post once a week, if that, then wonder why nothing happens. I get it. You're scared it's too much. You're worried about being annoying. You think quality over quantity, right? Last week I decided to test that assumption. The Experiment I doubled my LinkedIn and X posting schedule. Same quality standards, same process, just more volume. The results? Double the engagement. Double the profile views....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, Last week, I sat on a panel at an analytics event talking about breaking into football. One idea stayed with me: resistance to frustration is the key to improvement. Not motivation. Not talent. Resistance. The Two-Week Waffle Chart When I started learning to code, AI tools didn't exist. I was grinding through tutorials like everyone else, copying syntax I didn't understand, debugging errors that made no sense....
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, Most people think you choose between money and meaning. That's wrong. The Pattern I Keep Seeing This year I've spoken with over 200 analysts and scouts. Same story: stuck in jobs that pay well but drain them. Want to move into football. Passionate about it. (You can book your own call with me here) Then fear hits. "I can't afford the pay cut." Here's What Actually Happens I changed careers from gambling...
2 months ago • 2 min read
FOOTBALL PROGRESSION PATH Helping you create opportunities in football Hey Reader, Most people who want to break into football think they need full days to make progress. They don't. I've spoken with over 200 people trying to change careers into football. The same excuse comes up every time: "I don't have enough time." They're waiting for two full days a week. A Sunday morning with nothing else on. A free afternoon of empty hours where they can finally sit down and build that portfolio or...
2 months ago • 4 min read