GH Connects Lounge
By Gerryn Hussain
Categories: sports, soccer, society, culture
Your first stop for raw football stories, straight from the players who lived them. GH Connects Lounge is the football podcast where Gerryn Hussain sits down with former Premier League players and internationals for conversations that get personal. The Players Lounge features guests including Hayden Mullins, Robert Earnshaw, Fraizer Campbell, Joe Riley, Nile Ranger and Mark O’Brien. Each ex-footballer shares the moments that shaped their career: academy pressure, dressing-room encounters, injuries, setbacks and finding a life beyond the game. Expect Premier League stories, behind the scenes football and honest footballer interviews, with room for the memories, laughs and difficult moments. Follow now and never miss a story.
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Recent episodes
- Joe Riley Ep6: Making My Man United Debut, Zlatan & Life Beyond Football
Joe Riley made his Manchester United debut alongside Marcus Rashford. He was eight years old when the pressure started. In this episode of The Players Lounge, Joe joins Gerryn Hussain to talk about growing up in the Manchester United academy, the grey area at eight that nearly ended everything…
- Sir Alex Gave Me Five Minutes to Decide: Fraizer Campbell
Fraizer Campbell thought he was going on loan to Wigan. Then Sir Alex Ferguson called about Spurs, with five minutes to decide. Fraizer joins Gerryn Hussain in The Players Lounge to explain his part in the Berbatov deal and the moments that shaped his career: • Gary Neville helping him get a new…
- £10k a week and life in the fast lane: Nile Ranger
A five-year deal worth £10,000 a week. Cars, attention and a life in the fast lane. Nile Ranger looks back on Newcastle United, the decisions he regrets and what fatherhood means to him. • Breaking through at Newcastle and life around Premier League players • Big wages, spending and the warning…
- The Red Card That Cost an FA Cup Final | Hayden Mullins
He helped West Ham reach the FA Cup final. Then one red card took his place away. Hayden Mullins joins Gerryn Hussain to talk about the moments behind a career supporters remember, and what it felt like to watch that final from the sidelines. • Leaving home at 16 and earning £30 a week at Crystal…
- I Went to Play Football, Ended Up in War | Robert Earnshaw
He moved to Tel Aviv to play football. Weeks later, he was taking cover as sirens sounded. Robert Earnshaw joins Gerryn Hussain for a conversation about the life behind the goals, from childhood in Zambia and Malawi to Cardiff, Wales and the experiences that changed his outlook. • Losing his dad…
- The goal that saved Newport County: Mark O’Brien
A late chest-and-volley winner kept Newport County in the Football League. Mark O’Brien tells Gerryn what that day felt like, how he saw Jeff Stelling’s reaction and the moment he feared he might never play again. • The Great Escape and the instruction to stay back • Facing Pep Guardiola’s…
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