1: Luke Young on breaking through at Spurs, marking Thierry Henry, Villa under Martin O'Neill and the QPR rollercoaster cover art

1: Luke Young on breaking through at Spurs, marking Thierry Henry, Villa under Martin O'Neill and the QPR rollercoaster

1: Luke Young on breaking through at Spurs, marking Thierry Henry, Villa under Martin O'Neill and the QPR rollercoaster

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The More Than A Name Podcast is here as we begin Series 1!
Former Premier League defender Luke Young chats to co-host Max Whittle about his 17-year career with Spurs, Charlton, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, QPR and England. Luke opens up about the drama at his final club QPR (03:43), playing in the infamous match between QPR and Chelsea in 2011 (08:02), the moment his all-Premier League playing record came to an end (11:22), running the London Marathon during a top flight season (12:27), breaking through with Tottenham as a Spurs fan (17:10), his 'welcome to professional football' moment (25:11), the challenges of marking Thierry Henry (28:20), his time at Charlton and making his England debut (31:41), missing the 2006 World Cup because of injury (36:29), publicly retiring from international football (37:38), what it's like to fail a medical (40:04) and his three seasons at Aston Villa (42:33).
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