Darren Fletcher Exclusive: Leading our Under 18s and Taking charge of the First Team

About this episode

Darren Fletcher discusses his role as Under 18s Lead Coach and his experience managing the First Team, alongside insights from Quinton Fortune on recent matches.

‘’We've got good players going against each other one hundred percent every day. It's only going to make them better.‘’ Under 18s Lead Coach Darren Fletcher joins Liam and Helen this week; fresh from a Semi-Final victory in the FA Youth Cup over Crystal Palace and ahead of another final this Wednesday night in the Premier League Cup against the same opposition. Fletcher discusses his role within our Academy, managing younger players and also his experience taking charge of our First Team on an interim basis back in January this year. Darren’s former teammate Quinton Fortune is also on the sofa to dissect Saturday’s important victory away at Chelsea and reveal the reason why any discussion of food is banned during this Podcast. If you enjoy this episode and want more from behind the scenes at Carrington then please follow, rate and review the podcast on your pod app now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Liam, Helen

Guests: Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune

Topics covered

• youth football
• coaching
• Manchester United
• FA Youth Cup
• Premier League Cup
• first team management
• player development

Keywords

• Darren Fletcher
• Under 18s
• FA Youth Cup
• Premier League Cup
• Manchester United
• coaching
• youth players
• Quinton Fortune
• Chelsea
• Crystal Palace

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Manchester United Football Club, Crystal Palace, Chelsea

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