Olyroos Podcast: Ashley Maynard-Brewer on forging a career abroad

Welcome to the Olyroos podcast, where we take football fans
inside camp in Japan to help you get to know our players that
little bit better.


In this episode we tune into Tokyo 2020 preparations to catch up
with England-based goalkeeper Ashley Maynard Brewer.


We run through the 22-year-old's journey through life so far,
which can be tracked by Olympic years.


He moved from England to Perth at a young age in 2000, spent time
in London with family in 2012, and by 2016 was back abroad
signing a youth contract with Charlton Athletic – where he has
remained ever since.


In this insightful chat, Ash takes us through the challenges of
moving overseas to pursue a life in football coupled with the
mentality shift that’s helped him deal with the pressure of being
an up-and-coming goalkeeper.


There’s that and some golden stories about his various Australian
call-ups - we hope you enjoy!