Ellis Platten aka Away Days is a football content creator who has worked with the FA, BBC and more. In this interview he discusses his early time in content where he dealt with a gambling addiction and ody Dysmorphia Disorder and despite this he has overcome and become one of the largest IRL football channels with his football kit searches, his shirt shopping series and his original away days series. It really is an exciting time for Ellis and he is open about all aspects of his life that have led him to where he is now.

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00:00 On Today’s Episode

00:28 : Intro

01:55 Highlights over the last 12 months

03:45 Was Ellis always aware of what he wanted to do?

06:35 When content started becoming serious

09:25 The feeling of giving up

11:20 Body Dysmorphia Disorder

17:35 Gambling Addiction

23:20 A Fresh start

26:00 Covering Womens Euro’s

27:50 Football Shirt Collecting

31:50 Team AwayDays

35:00 Does Ellis have days off and recognising burn out?

37:50 Content Strategy

41:38 Shirt Shopping and dream guest?

44:53 Getting scammed out of thousands

48:45 Relationship with Football Manager content creators

52:50 Highlight of being a content creator

55:20 Negative of being a content creator

01:01:00 Long term goal for presenting

01:04:18 Future content

01:14:00 Personal principles transferring into content

01:16:20 Future Collaborations?

01:19:15 Anything Ellis would like to be part of?

01:20:00 Personal goals

01:22:17 Where do you see yourself in 12 months?

01:23:30 Any advice to future content creators

01:24:40 Message for Ellis’s audience

01:25:34 Outro

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