Gambling Addiction Ruined My Football Career: Steven Caulker 

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Steven,Dodge,I wanted to let you know just how much this interview(and many others on your channel Dodge) have helped me,and no doubt many others. A discussion about such a subject is not easy and Steven you need to take credit for that,as well as Dodge for discussing these issues with your guests in a firm but empathetic way. The way Steven identified,highlighted and explained all the effects of addiction in such an open,honest and frank way make it easier for addicts-and crucially-their family and friends to really ‘understand’ a little better. In particular most people don’t realize that addicts end up hating what they do,which in itself is just another(if not the worse)trigger. This really has helped me identity my own behaviors and how they have affect my family and work life,and of course myself.So ‘thank you’ Steven and Dodge. ❤

A major episode Dodge, congrats! A real eye opener of player's lives that goes on away from the pitch. Steven Caulker very honest and articulate.

He should be speaking around all the Academy’s around the country , seems a decent well level headed guy just shows gambling really is a illness, keep the content coming dodge 👍

I watch a load of different podcasts, covering all manner of subjects and this one has been amazing. Well done to both of you. Well done Steven for opening up and no doubt helping a lot more people than you will realise. And well done Dodge for letting him speak, letting it flow and then asking the right questions at the right time. Bang on! YNWA. Cheers

Another great interview. Makes you realise we’re not aware of the reasons why players aren’t performing. Young players need support

Excellent Content!

Great show , im 4 years clean here from a bet - lost a lot - i feel great now , but still 1 day at a time

Cheers Dodge 👍 Great insight into gambling addiction and all the best to Steven for the future

Another brilliant episode Dodge. Brutally honest and what a lovely, genuine guy. I really hope he manages to stay healthy and happy. Thanks again for another outstanding show.

Fantastic pod Dodge. Such an important msg

Quality interview as always mate

Fantastic interview, well done on your recovery. Glad you can laugh about it now

Wow....what a top quality prodcast Dodge...Steven is a proper down to earth fella, i was captivated throughout 10/10...brilliant stuff lads

Just came across this one, watched all your interviews Dodge……… all credit to Steven fronting up here, just shows you can change, dreadful addiction! Keep up the good work 👏🏽

This episode was big for me Dodge, Thankyou Steven, going through this myself just not on prem level spends. Taking control is hard admitting issues is tough good to hear people like yourself speaking out about it, it makes a difference and helps

Great show yet again Dodge/Steven. I think (and drawing from my own experience) with gambling it’s not about the amount of money you earn but what you are losing vs what you are earning and then hitting that thought chain of how much you lose vs how long it will take you to earn it back. I think Steve has absolutely nailed it, especially the emotional journey he went through. Fantastic pod from start to finish 👍🏻👍🏻

Quality interview👏

Seen a few of these now with steven, it’s such a sad illness, glad I watched, resonates so much. Hope you find a new club

this guy is very articulate and intelligent. very candid vlog. thank you!

This episode is gonna be a belter good man dodge 👌👌

Outstanding Podcast that.

Really enjoying watching this channel another great episode

Nice one Dodge, your podcasts always connect

You should definitely add time stamps for the topics covered. Love the pod mate! 👍🏻

Brilliant podcast Dodge!!

Great content again Dodge, fantastic interview.

Great chat this one Dodge

Gambling is a sickness, feel so sorry for anyone messed up by it. Terrible thing to get caught up in.

So eye opening! Football fans should watch this as I believe it would help them understand the issues young footballers face. There's very little, if any, human empathy for high-earners. Great episode 💙

great content mate

Fair play to Steven for taking accountability, quality podcast Dodge

Hi, Dodge, great podcast again, you make it so easy for them to open up, cant imaging loosing all that money, good luck to him, nice bloke, look forward to the next one

Am not into football but put this on last night and was blown away by Steven’s matter of fact honesty, a rare trait in podcasts, bless him. Have had personal experiences in my family with full blown addictions and he tells it as it is and there is no bullshit whatsoever. Respect, am sure he will do very well indeed ❤

Enjoyed this, as an ex gambler I related to this a lot, it destroys everything no matter or status, intact the bigger you are the harder the fall even tho each individuals pain is relative it’s also much the same, same results, a gambling addiction is terrible, I’m 47 and should be successful but instead I’m skint and broke in a lot of aspects in my life but I’m on the road to recovery and my advise to anyone reading this is go and get professional help and as long as you’re honest about it you will start seeing major changes and getting help to put prevention tools in place. Steven is a great ambassador for addiction as he seems level headed and smart. Great chat

Keep pushing Steven ❤

Really good podcast this 1

Really enjoyed that Dodge 👍

Looking forward to this dodge

Nice one Caulks, I can relate to a lot with gambling addiction having gone through it & still battling to this day, I vaguely remember one day in a Cardiff casino both of us on a loss & both of us getting steaming pissed! Losing the will to live!! Keep battling & helping those that need help mate up the mighty blooobirdss \0/ \0/

Another blinder Dodge. He speaks so well. Really hope he finds a path back into the game.

Good guest dodge i watched stevens on James English I think he could help out a lot of young players in the future !

Studio looks wicked mate

What an honest and open Guy . Up most respect Steven ..your an inspiration to to young up and coming player's. Fantastic interview 💚👍..ps my first contract was £26.50 +Travelling expenses YTS with Motherwell FC 😂

Really looking forward to this one, it's going to be a chalker 🤪

Best show of its kind

Dodge great episode As a gambling addict in recovery for nearly 5 years i have beeen trying to contact Steven for some time now but to no avail. I have some things i would like to put to him in regard of helping others with it. Dodge is there any way privately i can contact you to maybe help point me in direction to get in touch with him? Really enjoying your show btw, keep up the good work, great selection of guests and great you allow them to speak unlike some who jump in constantly making it a hard listen.

This is the Ivan Toney Interview we needed. Self accountability, class, well spoken, thoughtful. Well done steven.

It doesn’t matter whether you come from a good family or not gambling is part of the culture here in UK and the probability of been affected is very high

60 thousand views? No. That's not enough. More people should watch this. Both for the content, and quite simply Dodge.

This guy was quality!!!!! Was amazing at swansea! Shame. Could have gone on to be a mega defender. Good luck mate!

I remember it well when we signed him. Looked like a very savvy buy, and at the time, didn't understand why he wasn't being played much. It was only afterwards that I was realised that he had alot of personal things going on behind the scenes.

Enjoyed this podcast,,they'll be loads of footballers who gamble on a regular basis, once they've finished training early afternoon there's not alot else for them to do and its summut u can do in private so easily accessible not like the olden day's were u ad to go to the bookies,,most the bookies r shuttung down near me

As an addict myself, I’ve always thought food addiction and gambling addiction are worse than my chemical addiction.

That must have been a tough call to come clean like that, fair play to SC for getting it out his system and hopefully it will help him come to terms with it all by talking and not bottling it up to then eat away at him. I count myself lucky in that since I was 18/19 up till today at 57 I do a £5 football acca and a £2.50 e/w double on the horses throughout the season on a Saturday, had some half decent accas come in £500/600 but never enticed me to go bigger luckily but seen mates do their boll*x and get in some serious debt.Pulled another 1 out the bag again Dodge.

Something about Dodge that turns a Debbie downer conversation into an uplifting insight

Steven real talk mate. The way he said the public will think you had my dream and you fucked it lol funny but true but fairplay for admitting it steve thousands of others would probably done the same. Well done for getting clean tho bro all the best for the future mate.

Another great podcast, Alcohol needs to be reclassified as a drug instead of Alchol as it would change attitudes towards drinking, if you look it up in the dictionary it is a drug

As a ex gambler well never really free iv never related more to someone its mad iv often wondered that if i had more money id just bet at a higher level and you've confirmed it for me were identical in a gambling sense id just chase more 😮 thanks its helpful 👍

The fact that a lot of football clubs have betting companies logos on their shirts says all thats wrong about football !!!!

Addiction can strike anyone

Gambling addiction is worse than any drug addiction

Gamling is a nasty thing and you could loose everything luckily i was a young man when i had a thing for gamling ,,,but i got away from it

Didn’t know Tonali was aloud on a podcast

Sad that when he asked him when they last time he gamabled he didn’t want to say .. he really needs to tackle that to move forward !

Joe Lewis is the real uk Don Corleone don’t be under any misconceptions 😂💯

Money is the cause and solution for all lifes problems. The more you earn, the more you spend

You can’t take the boy out of feltham

I've been sucked into gambling lately. I'm on 2000 a month after tax and I checked my account the other day and spent 36000 this year. That doesn't include what I won but puts me about 8000 down over a year😢. 4 months a year I work for nothing when you sit there and think about it. Started as a bit of fun now become a problem.

As more things come out I’m hoping people are being convinced Old Harry ain’t the ‘diamond geezer’ he’s made out to be. He really really ain’t .

Youngens could defo learn from his story

Such a shame that horrid disease got hold of such a seemingly love person with a clean soul! Gambling is so misunderstood how serious and dangerous it really is… So glad a proud I’m clean now.

I didn't see the appeal i knew guy's who would spend money in betting shops on horse racing found those places boring think players get more help for ther addiction now a day's

If I told you (Allegedly) 80% of every quid payed into elite sport right now is directly/indirectly supplied by gambling firms would you believe it? Biggest conflict of interest I can think of.

That answers my question to why Rooney looks 50 when he’s only 36 STRESS

Imagine losing that sort of dough. He didn't earn that much in his career . Just depressing listening to it but....

20K a week not mega money 😂 I think this kid is in for a rude awakening in the real world jobs market, hope he finds something tho because he seems a decent lad.

Rooney could do witth a defender with his experience at Birmingham city.

Honestly firstly I'm a big fan love the stories that are told here, but I just buried my sister and I'm a recovery addict 20 years now and what I'm a LFC fan and I supposed to feel bad,sorry what because I don't understand the pressure of earning millions loved by many and hated by others but I'd swap my life for good in a heartbeat so stop with the 🎻 the story I could tell of being a great footballer to the 90s raves into addiction losing friends, finding others dead and I'm ain't cold hearted but after burying my sister, look I can get addiction right but like he wasn't waking up shaking going through withdrawal from even thinking about a 🐎 or football stop will you. I'm from Dublin love the show but man do people understand the pressure premier League players are under, what to get payed more than a kids surgeon for playing a child's game like cmon David in Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 Èire

Brilliant interview 👏