E47 | Danny Hay
Episode summary | Danny Hay
In 1999 Danny Hay completed a dream move to then Premier League heavyweights Leeds United training and playing with Rio Ferdiand, David Batty, Jonathan Woodgate, and Harry Kewell. He made his debut for the club in front of 90,000 against Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the UEFA Champions League, played against Manchester United at Old Trafford, and in a remarkable 4-3 win over Liverpool when Mark Viduka scoring all four goals. Ultimately his body never let him reach the levels he would have liked.
We talk about the highs and lows of his international career. Captaining his country, taking on Brazil and marking Ronaldo, but missing out on the Confederations Cup in 1999 and the disappointment of the 2003 tournament. In fact, he retired twice from the national team.
He has graduated to the technical area via schoolboys football before leading Eastern Suburbs to their first national title in 48 years in 2019 and was soon after was named All Whites coach. We talk coaching, his philosophies, influences and what makes him different as an All Whites coach and what the next 12 months might look like.
Show notes | Danny Hay
2.05 OFC Champions League final in Ba, a stag do prank, and the great Waitakere United back four of the late 2000s
7.21 Danny Hay the player: “… a top, top player and an angry man. A regular fun, dude off the field but on the field he was an absolute beast…”
12.32 The journey to Leeds United from Perth Glory in 1999
23.26 Four games in three years and eight groin operations
27.35 Training at Leeds United
30.17 Debuting in the UEFA Champions League at the Nou Camp, and starting in the Premier League against Manchester United and Liverpool when Mark Viduka scored all four
41.04 Off the pitch and end of the line at Leeds United
48.35 A Marcelo Bielsa interlude
51.11 Two Confederations Cup stories: Missing the tournament in Mexico in 1999 and the disappointment of France in 2003 and the first retirement from international football
57.52 Out of retirement and back in the All Whites fold with Ricki Herbert and taking on Brazil and Ronaldo
1.04.32 THAT tour to Costa Rica and Venezuela and the second retirement
1.11.45 “The worst ambassador” in South Africa and that night in Wellington against Bahrain
1.15.39 Looking back on the playing career
1.18.03 Romance v Pragmatism: How is Danny different from other All Whites coaches, and would he play for himself?
1.23.26 What do you do to fill your days in a post-Covid football world?
1.26.31 Managing our higher profile All Whites and Danny the critic
1.32.16 What does the next 12 months look like in the lead up to the World Cup in Qatar? Tournament football v home-and-away with Waitakere United
1.38.12 The relationship with Declan Edge and winning the national league with Eastern Suburbs
1.42.00 The national league over the last 30 plus years and the under 20 rule
1.46.20 Final words from Seamus, Steve and Danny on black paint under the eyes
