The One with Daniel Hutchings

Daniel Hutchings has been involved in football for as long as he can remember.

Starting out, it was as a playing and watching as a kid, and then, it was in the role of a football analyst - which he performed as Barnet, Stevenage FC and, in his current job, at Cavalry FC in the Canadian Football League.

The beautiful game means everything to Daniel – and in January 2022, he decided to open up about the fact he happened to be gay in an emotional post on social media.

The outpouring of support for Daniel after that post was huge - overwhelming, in some ways – and since then, Daniel has got his head down and let his football do the talking.

So when he dropped us a message, saying he was ready to have a chat about his journey, on and off the pitch, we were only ever going to say yes to having him on!

And that decision means ever more due to the fact this is the first time that Daniel has ever had a conversation like this publicly, and we’re hugely grateful he's decided to do it with us.

We talk about Daniel’s obsession with football; what analysis actually means in practice; how it feels when the analysis delivers results on the pitch; the move to Canada; his decision to speak publicly about his sexuality; the reaction to it; and loads, loads more.

We loved this conversation and we think you will as well - and we're really glad that Daniel took the time to join us for it!

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