One on One | Lampard on pushing for promotion and life in management
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What insights does Frank Lampard share about his management style?
Were you easy to manage? Would you have liked to have managed you?
Yeah, generally I was. I'm quite a resilient person from my long playing career. Every player, you know, you have tough moments, tough challenges. You have to be resilient. It's part of our game. If you aren't, it will knock you down too many times. Of course, now, we want to go up automatically because of where we sit. But I also know there's so many points to fight for. So I try not to get drawn into your questions here. I'm like, what's the next game? What's the next game? What's the next game? Rather than the big picture. But we're in a good place. My job, unfortunately, brings constant tension because you're always reflecting on the last one if it wasn't great, but really concerned about getting it right for the next one.
And that's the life I live.
Hello and welcome back to one on one from Sky Sports, the podcast where we chat with football's biggest names. I'm Joe Tomlinson.
And I'm Juliet Farrington. Joe, it's the first time we've been together in 2026. We're nearly at the end of January. It's been quite some month, hasn't it, for both of us?
Yeah, there's been quite a lot of breaking news to react to. Changes at Chelsea and Manchester United have given us the chance to put out more episodes than usual. So if you missed our chats with Lira Senior, Harry Maguire, Pedro Neto, amongst others, do go and check them out.
How did Coventry bounce back from last season's playoff heartbreak?
But Jules, today you've been to see one of England's golden generation.
Yeah, from years gone by. You don't really need to explain much about Frank Lampard, the player, one of England's brightest stars, won so much, everything with Chelsea. But I've got a quiz question for you, Joe. Who do you think he made his West Ham debut against almost to the day, the 31st of January, back in 1996? And I was thinking to myself, what was I doing in 1996? But as a 17-year-old, who did Frank Lampard make his West Ham debut against?
Stab in the dark, I'm going Spurs.
Commentary, where he is now. Exactly, yes.
Simulation, we are living in a simulation.
It is, isn't it? Just things sometimes work out this way. You'll hear in the interview that he has a photo of him coming on in that game, hanging in his office where he is now as manager. So it was great to sit down with him and have a chat with him at the club that now he calls home. And over the course of our conversation, we talked about what it's like going from player to manager, How he hopes the culture around the club at Coventry will see them over the line to promotion to the Premier League. What it's been like as an English coach, as a manager in football at the moment. But we started with the disappointment of last season when Coventry lost to that late Sunderland header in the playoff semifinals and how they've managed to bounce back to sit at the top of the championship.
So here is my conversation, my one-on-one with Frank Lampard.
Plenty of movement inside that box... Ballon! An incredible noise that could almost be heard at Wembley! Everything they want may just be a step closer for Sunderland. For Coventry City, unbelievable play-off pain. Even for the playoffs, this is off the scale.
Frank, thanks for joining us. I know it's a busy time.
What challenges does Frank Lampard face as an English football manager?
The schedule is a little bit crazy, but can we just go back to that playoff semifinal defeat at Sunderland? And what did you do straight after that that's allowed you to have the season that you're having right now?
Well, there was a lot of disappointment straight after it because I think we managed to achieve in the second half of the season to make that big run into the playoffs. I think to play really well over both games doesn't make it any easier playing well but in reflection you can be quite happy with the strides we've taken but obviously the disappointment was huge and I felt really a lot for the players, I really felt for them because they gave everything. And the fans and club, everything. So that burden is there when it's fresh. But I've been in this game a long time. I understand successful moments.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Frank Lampard share about his management style?
0:02–1:21
2
How did Coventry bounce back from last season's playoff heartbreak?
1:21–3:29
3
What challenges does Frank Lampard face as an English football manager?
3:29–5:30
4
How does Frank Lampard reflect on his playing career and its impact on his coaching?
5:30–7:16
5
What factors contribute to Coventry's current success in the Championship?
7:16–10:18
6
How does Frank Lampard view the competition in the Championship this season?
10:18–13:04
7
What role does team culture play in Coventry's performance?
13:04–17:50
8
What does Frank Lampard believe is necessary for an English manager to succeed in the Premier League?
17:50–26:18
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