Peter Crouch Opens Up About His Dark Times & Crying Himself To Sleep | E196

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 17, 2022

Duration

1h 50m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Peter Crouch is a legend both on and off the football pitch. Capped 42 times for England, he is one of the few players to have scored 100 or more Premier League goals. Since retirement he has further cemented his role as a cheeky national treasure with his role as a football pundit and host of That Peter Crouch Podcast. Topic: 0:00 Intro 02:01 Early years 03:28 Learning that you were different 14:13 Your parents 19:31 Why did certain people make and it and others didn’t 22:38 The pressure of being a high level football player 25:04 Dealing with fan booing you 32:12 Turning to drink 33:18 6 clubs before the age of 25 43:18 Players not enjoying themselves 49:27 What do you think of Liverpool now? 52:16 What made a really good manager 53:22 What made a bad manager 54:28 The best manager you played for 01:02:49 Your thoughts on Ronaldo 01:04:22 Keeping respect as a manager 01:12:49 The end of your football career 01:20:41 Balance 01:23:30 Your podcast 01:33:09 Your mental health 01:35:29 Crouch fest 01:37:20 Your goal now 01:43:51 The last guests question Peter: Instagram - http://bit.ly/3g6e78g Twitter - http://bit.ly/3AlKwhK Peters book: http://bit.ly/3Ogl3fG Crouch fest: http://bit.ly/3hNrUB4 The Diary: https://bit.ly/3fUcF8q Join this channel to get access to perks: https://bit.ly/3Dpmgx5 Listen on: Apple podcast - https://apple.co/3TTvxDf Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3VX3yEw Follow: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3CXkF0d Twitter: https://bit.ly/3ss7pM0 Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3z3CSYM Telegram: https://g2ul0.app.link/SBExclusiveCommun Amex - https://bit.ly/3TATNKc Huel - https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Intel - http://bit.ly/3UVp3UC Craftd - https://g2ul0.app.link/gZ8in6Dsvsb

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Peter Crouch

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• Narrator

  other

• Steven Bartlett

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Peter Crouch and Narrator, Peter Crouch Opens Up About His Dark Times & Crying Himself To Sleep | E196 explores peter Crouch Reveals Abuse, Anxiety, And Reinventing Life After Football Peter Crouch reflects on his journey from insecure, ridiculed teenager to England international and successful media figure, highlighting how his unusual height, self-deprecating humour and family shaped him. He describes the psychological toll of abuse from terraces, England fans booing him, and an 18‑game goal drought at Liverpool that left him hiding away and drinking more than he should. Crouch contrasts ruthless, joyless elite mindsets (Gerrard, Lampard, Terry) with his own desire to actually enjoy the game, and explains how managerial styles, dressing-room standards and club business realities shaped his career. Post-retirement, he talks about building a second career with his hit podcast, managing work–family balance, and learning to open up about mental health after years of keeping everything inside.

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