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Ivan Toney: I’m Finally Ready To Speak! The Truth About His Football Ban And His Future Team!

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He has previously said that he would “speak soon with no filter”, for Ivan Toney that time is now.


In this new episode Steven sits down with footballer Ivan Toney. Ivan started his football career in 2012 playing for Northampton Town at 16 years old, and 3 years later moved into the Premier League with Newcastle United. After 4 appearances with Newcastle United, he spent the next few years on loan to various clubs. However, in 2018 Ivan began to build his reputation as a top striker when he joined Peterborough United, scoring 49 goals in 94 appearances. In 2020, Ivan signed with Brentford, helping them win promotion to the Premier League in his first season. In November 2022, the FA charged Ivan with 232 counts of breaching betting rules between 2017 and 2021, he was fined £50,000 and banned from playing professional football until 17 January 2024.


In this conversation Ivan and Steven discuss topics, such as:

  • Finding football at a young age
  • The brutal playing style of the lower leagues
  • His father’s belief that he would be a top footballer
  • The advice Ivan would give to his younger self
  • When he began gambling
  • The impact that rejection by teams had on him
  • His journey in football being a constant climb
  • How moving to the Premier League changed his mindset
  • Mixing with the wrong crowd when in the Premier League
  • Not feeling as if he was given the chance to prove himself early in his career
  • Taking chances and becoming a top goal scorer
  • Becoming a father at a young age and its impact on him
  • Advice that he would give to his children if they wanted to become footballers
  • Why Brentford is so special and it’s superpower as a team
  • The mentality that management instils at Brentford
  • The importance of having self belief
  • His gambling addiction
  • How he believes that FA made an example out of him
  • Why he was not match fixing
  • His lowest point during his playing ban
  • Being denied entry to a restaurant because of the allegations against him
  • Seeing this chapter of his life as a learning moment
  • How young footballers not being given advice on how to spend their money wisely
  • The racist abuse he has received
  • Why he stopped taking the knee before matches
  • How he plans to be scoring goals in January 2024


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