Chapter 1: How did Troy Parrott become a key player for Ireland?
This is why we love football, because things like this can happen.
I love when he plays for his country. I know he plays for his club, that's like his job, you know, but when he plays for his country, I love when he comes out and they're singing the national anthem and all. That's when I get shivers and everything watching that.
So this means the world to me, my family's here.
Chapter 2: What achievements did Troy Parrott accomplish in his career so far?
Troy Parrott, how are you getting on?
Very good. We've had a good few days after winning the Cup, so it's good.
The first senior trophy in your career, was that something that was in your head going into last Sunday? A nice box to be checked, a nice first accomplishment really of that level in your career?
Definitely, yeah. I think the fact that we lost in the final last year also made it a bit more special this year. Of course, as a player, you want to win things and be able to celebrate with your teammates, so it was great.
We were here in Alkmaar last night over at the stadium, just a sea of red. everywhere you get to appreciate that week in week out in this city can you explain to people who've never been over here or don't quite understand just how massive that support is and how close you feel to this fan base here
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Chapter 3: How did Troy's early football experiences shape his career?
Yeah, I think it's not the biggest club in the world, but the people from here do love the club. And it's been, I think, 13 years now since they last won something. So the support that was outside the stadium yesterday was amazing. Even the support in the stadium for the game was unreal.
We got to witness the love that the fans have for you. We spoke to some fans outside the stadium yesterday as well and they've really taken you in as one of their own. Obviously being top scorer helps in terms of finding that place in their hearts but it kind of feels like your personality, your work ethic, all that sort of stuff plays a part in this as well.
I think so, yeah. Look, I think it's been something, it's been a relationship that's been built over the last two years because last year I had an OK season as well. But this year I think I've gone up a level and I think they've seen that and they appreciate that as well and the support that they've shown has been great.
Yeah. Do you feel happier when you're absolutely flying it as a footballer? I presume that is absolutely connected to how you feel as a human being.
Yeah, it does. It does.
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Chapter 4: What was it like for Troy to train with top players at Tottenham?
It can have an effect on you for sure. I think over the last few years I've tried to kind of separate it a little bit, although it is hard to do. when things are going good on the pitch then it's a lot easier for them to be going good off the pitch.
Because it feels like a healthy thing to separate those two things and then at the same time I'd imagine in terms of motivation having them connected into being one thing is a great source of motivation.
Yeah, definitely. I think it's difficult to separate them because there's so much pressure every day, every game. And when you're at home, you're kind of doing things so that you're ready to be there in the game. But look, it's normal. It's the job that we do. Yeah, it's OK.
Chapter 5: How did Troy manage the pressures of being a leading striker?
It's good.
We will talk a lot about the Republic of Ireland here, I suspect, but what's the pressure like being the leading striker here for AZAT Alkmaar?
I think it's pressure anywhere you play if you're a striker, because everyone expects you to score all the time. I think it's as you could imagine. But it's good because when you're doing what you're supposed to do, then you get the rewards and you get the people behind you as well.
When it comes to Troy Parrott, the individual, has there been many changes over the past couple of years since you've found a real groove in your club career? Do you feel like a different man in any way?
Look, obviously it helps when, as I said, things are going well on the pitch, but there's been a lot of changes in terms of the work that I do off the pitch to be ready for the next games and stuff and that's something that I've improved on over the last couple of years and I believe that's something that's really helped me as well. What sort of things off the pitch are we talking about?
Strength work, recovery work, eating the right foods.
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Chapter 6: What role did family support play in Troy's football journey?
And they all might sound like small things, but when they all come together, then they can make a difference. And I believe that's what's helped me.
Can we go back to the start, Troy, because we spent some time with your family in Dublin last week. We got a brilliant insight into you as a young fella, your upbringing and how much you thrived in Dublin as a young footballer. Do you remember the early days of kicking a ball around and remembering the first sense of, geez, I'm actually quite good at this thing?
Yeah, I do. Look, I always knew I was good because I was scoring all the goals for my school team and for Belvedere and for Stella Maris. Yeah, I have loads of memories of playing football when I was younger.
So it was Stella Maris, then Belvedere. Yeah. were the teammates and that sort of experience like at Stella Mara? Are they looking around at a young Troy Parrott thinking, this guy's amazing? Or is that sort of stuff in your head?
No, I think at that age, I think I was just like a young kid, same as everyone else, you know. I think it's really when I went to Bellevue that I started to kind of realise that I could do this.
What happened at Bellevue?
I don't know. I think I just got a bit bigger. I got a bit stronger and started growing up. And then when I was at Stella Maris, I actually played in centre mid.
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Chapter 7: How did Troy adapt to the competitive environment at Spurs?
And then I went to Bellevue and got put up front. And yeah, just banging goals in all the time.
That's a pretty forward thinking coach there who made that positional switch.
Yeah, well, I think when I was that age, I always wanted to play in centre mid because I loved Gerrard when I was younger. I think in the middle of the pitch you can run wherever you want, you can touch the ball all the time. I think when I started scoring goals it felt a lot more fun. Are you a Liverpool fan? Yeah, I was when I was younger. Why has that changed over the years?
Chapter 8: What insights does Troy share about his relationship with coaches?
It hasn't really. I don't really care now who's winning either. So it's not something that bothers me. But when I was younger, I was a Liverpool fan. Is it because football is your job that actually watching football, you don't have plans to do it? It might be, it might be. I do, I watch it sometimes. I'm not watching every game.
I like watching the big games in the Premier League and stuff and Champions League, but I'm not always at home watching it.
Do you have a favourite Steven Gerrard memory? Because I presume you're too young to remember Istanbul.
Yeah, I am too young, but I think when I was younger, I think 10 or 11, I would watch the clips from the game. But I just liked him, I liked everything he'd done on the pitch. The way he used to pass the ball as well was something I looked up to.
Was football, when you weren't playing it, a really important part of your life? You talk about watching Steven Gerrard there. Was there other things? Were you buying jerseys? Were you playing FIFA? Was football a central tenet away from actually the playing aspect of your life?
When I was younger? Yeah. Yeah, I always loved football. I always had all different jerseys. I loved getting new boots all the time. Yeah, I was in love with it from when I was young.
And that, I presume, is enhanced and cultivated when you start to get good at this thing. I've seen you talk in the past about explaining your finishing and how it's largely instinctive. Was that the case when you get moved to centre-forward with Belvedere? Do you find that you have a natural aptitude for putting the ball in the back of the net?
I think so, yeah. I think it's something that can be learned or worked on as well, you know, just being in the right positions to score goals. And I think if you do that enough and you put yourself in those positions enough, then they're going to come for sure.
Is that the key thing, Troy, even when you're talking about yourself as a 23, 24-year-old, that positioning is the key tenet of being a number nine that you can work on?
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