In an interview with the YorkshireEveningPost, Youngsters Joe Gelhardt and Sam Greenwood have spoken about the new Leeds United documentary ‘Academy Dreams’.
The Amazon Prime Video documentary airs Friday 23rd September and the youth academy players have given their thoughts about the behind-the-scenes series. The Documentary features unseen interviews and all the goings on behind closed doors in what promises to be an enthralling watch. It follows youngsters such as Charlie Cresswell, Lewis Bate, Sean McGurk and Nohan Kenneh as they all look to make the breakthrough into the first team and hope of Playing in the Premier League on a regular basis.
The pair have spoken about the experience and Greenwood said “It’s been strange for us but I think over time we got used to it and we just learned to deal with it, especially during the tough times.”
Gelhardt added, “I think the natural thing to do is to try and act as sensible as you can but obviously emotions run high when you get beat and stuff, and I think there’ll be a few clips when I was playing of the lads fuming and swearing.”
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The documentary shows the player’s roots and with football being the working man’s sport, both Greenwood and Gelhardt are testament to that. Gelhardt said, “When I went back, I haven’t done that for a while, obviously because Iām living up here now, and I’ve moved house so to go back to where I actually grew up, it was nice to see all the people back there.”
“We both come from humble backgrounds, so I think it’s important for people just to see what kind of people we are off the pitch as well , not just on it”
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