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Gareth Southgate OBE, football manager

Gareth Southgate OBE, football manager, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Gareth Southgate OBE is the most successful England men鈥檚 football manger in the modern game.

He holds the record as the man who has represented England in more games than anyone else, with 102 games as men's senior team manager, 57 caps as a player and 37 as men's under-21 head coach, leading to a total of 196 games in which he has been involved as a player or coach.

It鈥檚 a remarkable career and one which shows his resilience and determination. Ever since he joined a football team as a schoolboy, he dreamed of being a footballer and perhaps one day, wearing the England shirt. He was rejected by Southampton as a teenager and was determined to come back and succeed. He managed to do that, playing for Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough as a defender and midfielder. After his playing career ended he went into management eventually becoming one of the England national team鈥檚 most successful managers. Along the way, his different approach to leadership in sport, together with his quest to understand what is Englishness makes him one of the most impressive football managers in England鈥檚 history.

Southgate is an Ambassador for The Prince's Trust and Help for Heroes.

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor

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    The Way It Is

    • Classic Rock: Les Classiques de Marc Ysaye 80s.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Carpenters

    Rainy Days and Mondays

    • Carpenters.
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • NOW That's What I Call The 80s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 18.

  • The Waterboys

    The Whole of the Moon

    • This Is The Sea.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 2.

  • Mary J. Blige, U2

    One

    • Great Duets.
    • UMG Recordings, Inc..
    • 6.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shape of You (Stormzy Remix)

    • Atlantic Records UK.

  • Adele

    Someone Like You

    • 21.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 11.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Experience

    • In A Time Lapse (Deluxe).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 12.

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