Football Insiders

Gareth Roberts is joined by former Premier League manager Danny Wilson to sift through the week's football issues and get an update on Danny's new role as agent and head of player care at The Fans Agency.

Ryan France and Sandro Forte join Gareth Roberts for Football Insiders.  Ryan played for Hull and Sheffield United, appearing in all four tiers of English football, but when injury cut short his pro days he took up finance. Alongside financial expert Sandro, he tells of the importance of investment for professionals and the pitfalls of getting it wrong. And they explain a new partnership with The Fans Agency to advise footballers on prepping for the future.

Viv Anderson talks to Danny Wilson and Gareth Roberts of The Fans Agency about the early days of his football career, winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, the genius of Brian Clough and how it was to become the first black player to turn out for the senior England side. Forty years on from that landmark, Viv also discusses how far football has progressed since the dark days of open racist abuse from the terraces – and where there is still room for improvement in the modern

In the first episode of Football Insiders, brought to you by The Fans' Agency, former Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United and Barnsley manager Danny Wilson talks candidly about his time in football. Danny, newly-appointed as the head of player acquisition and player care at The Fans' Agency, racked up more than 600 games as a professional and 1,000-plus as a manager.