E34 | Des Buckingham
Episode summary | Des Buckingham
This is the first time Des has spoken to any media since getting axed from his role as Olympics coach during the raft of redundancies NZ Football made during the first Covid-19 outbreak in April 2020.
We talk about his reflections on losing his job and his thoughts about NZ Football and if he’ll ever return, success and heartbreak at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, how he used Sarpreet Singh’s acting skills to improve team culture, what high performance coaching really teaches you and he answers your questions from social media.
Show notes | Des Buckingham
2.18 Introducing the Beerbliotek Hip Hops #49 6.0% IPAs and how Seamus and Steve know Des
5.14 On the sideline of the New Zealand v Honduras match at the under 20 world cup
9.06 The Round of 16 match against Colombia and elimination from the tournament
15.04 Taking charge of the under 23s and the Pacific Games
23.22 Talking culture
31.07 A Sarpreet Singh interlude
42.06 Missing out on the All Whites head coach role and Des’ relationship with Danny Hay
49.27 Qualifying for the Olympic Games
55.04 The exit from New Zealand Football
1.03.29 Reflecting on his time in New Zealand as part of his overall coaching journey, winning the coach of the year award, and what the future holds
1.12.20 Des answers your questions from social media
1.17.54 Setting the foundations at the beginning of the coaching journey in Oxford
1.22.39 From Oxford to Raglan
1.27.16 An opportunity at the Wellington Phoenix
1.32.50 Working with Stoke in the Premier League and then leaving the multi-million dollar programme to return to New Zealand
1.37.54 Sarpreet Singh, New Zealand’s ‘golden generation’, and the journey to Poland via Tahiti
1.50.28 Melbourne City and the City Football Group
1.54.14 The final words: a qualified pilot, visiting players in their own environments
