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Former Stoke City player and 2011 FA Cup Finalist, Jonathan Walters, takes us through his career highlights and opens up to Tubes & Steve Sidwell on how much his Mental Health affected him at the highest level of the game.
Chapters:
0:00 Earliest memories of the FA Cup
1:47 memories of playing in the FA Youth Cup for Blackburn
3:07 The FA Cup game that kickstarted Jonathan Walters's career
5:08 Leaving home at a young age
6:07 Dealing health issues of first child
9:07 Walters speaks about the death of his mother when he was a child
13:40 Scoring two own goals against Chelsea
14:30 John Terry Frank Lampard kind words after Chelsea own goals
15:24 Dealing with the high and lows of being a professional footballer
17:00 Walters talks difficulties of opening up to people in football
21:00 The importance of being able to open up about Mental health struggles
22:09 Tubes experience about finally talking to someone about his mental health
25:00 Walters speaks on the passing of his eldest brother
28:00 Walters talks using his experience in dealing with his mental health struggles to help others
31:00 Walters & Sidwell talks adapting to life after football
37:00 Finding true friends in football
38:00 Walters & Sidwell talk playing for Stoke City
39:00 Stoke City dressing room
41:50 How Walters dealt with the highs and lows of football
44:46 Dealing negative comments on social media
46:37 How lower league teams approached the FA Cup
49:00 Sidwell talks FA Cup giant-killing against Lincon city for Brighton
52:33 Walters scoring two goals in the FA Cup semi-finals against Bolton
58:10 Tony Pulis team talk before the FA Cup final against Manchester City
59:00 Playing against star-studded Manchester City side
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