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

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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