Middlesbrough Head Of Academy Recruitment - Martin Carter ("Plans Are Better Than Pathways"") - Episode 23 snippet")

About this episode

Martin Carter discusses the importance of performance in player pathways in football recruitment.

On this episode, I’m joined by someone different to my usual Academy Manager guests. A well respected man in the recruitment side of football. He is responsible for discovering players like Djed Spence and more. Mr Martin Carter, the Head Of Academy Recruitment at EFL Championship club Middlesbrough FC, who also played for the club's academy as a 12-year-old schoolboy, joins me on Episode 23 of my podcast and tells me. That plans are better than pathways. Martin says that players create their pathway with their performances.

People in this episode

Host: Marvee Woods

Guest: Martin Carter

Topics covered

• football recruitment
• academy development
• player pathways
• Middlesbrough FC
• youth football

Keywords

• football
• recruitment
• academy
• Middlesbrough
• player development
• Djed Spence
• pathways

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Middlesbrough FC

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