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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