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Seeing Fratton Park filled with 20,000 passionate supporters,
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there's nothing like it.
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Being part of a journey to create
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something really special and make history,
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it gives me goosebumps on the back of my neck.
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It's all geared around what are our priorities?
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And inevitably that's the football.
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For example, if there's a match happening on a Saturday,
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what are the priorities needed for me
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and my team to hit that match date and ensure
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everybody is well prepared,
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organised and knows what they're doing?
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Anything can happen.
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That's what football’s all about.
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I often get a lot of contact
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from disabled supporters
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about match days and book their ticket.
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What I love about my job
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as a senior safeguarding manager,
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is no two days are the same.
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My role at the club is working day to day
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trying to manage the squad
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and manage the injured lads
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and push the recovery as much as we can.
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One of the myths I heard
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when I was getting into football is
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you can only work for a football club
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if you know football.
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And since I've come here,
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I’ve realised some of the people
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who are top of their jobs
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have no football background.
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You can play the sport if you're good enough,
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but also there's a range of opportunities
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out there for people that link
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well to the careers and football industry.
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Marketing is there shouting
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about all the amazing things that we do.
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We might be looking at what the
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website looks like or
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scheduling some stories for our social media.
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The fundraising side of things is making
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sure we've got the money to do those things.
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We might be going out to see partners,
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networking events, things like that.
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It's phenomenal
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to see how Pompey makes such an impact
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in the community as a family.
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Football is a 24/7 business
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and there are so many jobs within a football club.
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There's a lot of different jobs out there,
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some that you wouldn't even think of.
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If you think of a player performing at their best,
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it’s who sits around them
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to make them perform at their best.
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They all come together with one shared goal.
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It's more than just a one size fits all.
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If you don't make it on the pitch,
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then there are plenty of opportunities out there.
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Working in professional football,
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it's not like having a real job.
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The variation we get to have the good times,
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the bad times, the connections you get with people,
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it's an absolute privilege
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to work in football professionally.
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Being a part of a team that are so
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committed and passionate
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about providing a brilliant service
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to all supporters, that's not lost on any of us.
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I love being sort of in
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and around with the supporters
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and seeing the atmosphere.
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When you're there on a match day
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and 3o’clock comes and the game starts,
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it's just that real feeling that,
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you know, we've all come together to do this
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as a group of people.
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So it's really enjoyable.
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My route into football
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was that I’d done
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my undergrad degree in sports therapy.
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Then once I finished that,
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I applied for an internship role
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and within that time
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I had done my masters in strength and conditioning.
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I then started at ´óÏó´«Ã½.
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I did a management degree,
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and then after that I did masters in marketing.
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You don't have to do a degree,
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but actually they've been really key
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to teach me the things I need to know
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in order to do the role.
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I actually didn't study PE at GCSE level,
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I went straight into it at college and A-level
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and then went to university.
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I studied sport and exercise science
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and allowed it to sort of shape
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where I've ended up to now.
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The ´óÏó´«Ã½
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and the football club both work as a partnership.
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We work together by going into schools
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and promoting education within the city,
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and it's really inspiring
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that these avenues do exist
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and that's going to continue to grow as well.
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Really, really proud of the opportunity.
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You hear generally it's all about finding your passion
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and I don't really believe in that.
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I think you really create your passion
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by becoming really good at something.
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If you know you have the love for football,
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I think you have to try and explore
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as many things as possible.
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Getting involved in those projects
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and giving your time
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really helps build
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that experience that you might need.
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In order to create something,
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and get really good at something,
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you just have to start.
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Don't be afraid to fail and
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see where it takes you.

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