David Horrocks

Consultant Findel Education, Veo Technologies, PlayerData, Inspire Sports, Cadent Gas, Network +, Peak4, Former R & D Manchester United F.C.

[David Horrocks @HorrocksDavid]

@logicalclaret @beeholepodcast Fair point & in a lengthier more comprehensive discussion would be addressed I’m sure. A point worth noting on football in general though is that not conceding gives the chance of 1 point, whereas scoring gives a chance of 3 points. Sld & Lds both neg GDs but scored enough ⚽️⚽️

[David Horrocks @HorrocksDavid]

@beeholepodcast Great fun to be involved with fellow passionate Burnley fans as we look forward to winning The Championship next season 🏆

[From The Bee Hole End - The Burnley Podcast ⚽🎧 @beeholepodcast]

Deeper look at the season and what needs to be fixed this summer. With @HorrocksDavid making his debut on the pod : The Inquest - Where It All Went Wrong? What's Next? #burnley #epl #soccer #efl
https://t.co/KWZui4IhWD

[Jeff Darlington @JeffDarlington]

As you watch Aaron Rai in the PGA Championship, you might notice he uses iron covers for his clubs and wears two gloves — two habits often viewed as golf faux pas. But both are actually inspiring.

Rai grew up in a working-class family in England, where his father sacrificed heavily to support his golf career. When Aaron got an expensive set of irons as a kid, his dad would clean every groove with a pin and baby oil after practice because the clubs meant that much to them. The iron covers became a reminder to appreciate what you have.

And the two gloves? Rai started wearing them as a kid during cold-weather golf in England and eventually became so comfortable with the feel that he never stopped.

Not gimmicks. Just gratitude… and comfort.

[David Horrocks @HorrocksDavid]

@DrJenniferLace @premierleague 👏🏻 🧠⚽️

[David Horrocks @HorrocksDavid]

@ScottRowley4 @tonybutlertb60 Magnificent & deeply touching story. Big Country were the first band I ever saw in Dec 1986 at Birmingham NEC at the age of 15. In my career I’ve worked with many footballers in this very same space Stuart inhabited, if only the support we have today was available back then 😢

[Mike Phelan @Mike_Phelan_1]

Thank you for attending and we hope that you took something away from the session.

Lots more events coming up in 2026. Join the community to find an event near you

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[Mike Phelan Coaching @MP_Coaching_1]

Looking forward to the next episode of our webinar series

Coaching Gen Z - Webinar

📆 Monday 13th April
🕣 7pm to 7.45pm
👇🏻 Register here

https://t.co/J7zRMW1Ull

[Casey Lynchey @KCLynchey]

Delighted to be working with @MP_Coaching_1 again. A brilliant CPD opportunity for coaches and it’s FREE!!! This will sell out super fast, as did the last one, so don’t delay signing up 👇

@Mike_Phelan_1 @HorrocksDavid @burts32 look forward to seeing you all again.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

George Lucas traded $350,000 in directing salary for something Fox executives thought was worthless: the right to sell Star Wars toys.

It was 1976. Over 40 studios had already passed on his script, including Disney. Fox only greenlit the project because they wanted Lucas for other films. Nobody at the studio expected to make money on a space opera with no stars, so when Lucas offered to cut his directing fee from $500,000 to $150,000 in exchange for merchandising and sequel rights, Fox said yes on the spot. Movie merchandise was a dead business. Fox had lost money on Doctor Dolittle lunchboxes a decade earlier. They thought they were getting the better deal.

Lucas couldn’t even find a toy company that wanted in. Kenner, a division of cereal company General Foods, finally bought the licensing for a flat $100,000. Then Star Wars opened. Between 1977 and 1978, Kenner sold $100 million worth of toys off that $100,000 investment. They couldn’t make enough for Christmas ’77, so they sold empty boxes with IOUs inside, promising to mail the action figures later. Parents paid real money for cardboard and a promise.

Nobody around the production saw any of this coming. Alec Guinness, who played Obi-Wan, privately called the script “fairy-tale rubbish.” But he was shrewd enough to negotiate 2.25% of royalties instead of a flat fee. About 20 minutes of total screen time earned his estate somewhere between $50 million and $100 million. Lucas himself was so convinced the film would flop that he offered Spielberg a bet while visiting the Close Encounters set: swap 2.5% of each other’s profits. Spielberg took it. That handshake has paid him around $40 million.

And then the money started compounding. Lucas poured his Star Wars profits into ILM, the effects house he’d built for the film. When its computer graphics division got too expensive to maintain, he sold it to Steve Jobs in 1986 for $10 million. Jobs renamed it Pixar. Disney bought Pixar twenty years later for $7.4 billion. Then in 2012, Disney came back for the rest, buying Lucasfilm itself for $4.05 billion.

Total franchise revenue today sits around $46.7 billion, over $20 billion from merchandise alone. The filmmaker 40 studios passed on is now worth $5.3 billion according to Forbes. Fifty years ago today, cameras rolled on a desert in Tunisia.

The $350,000 pay cut that made it all possible might be the best trade in business history.

[Mike Phelan Coaching @MP_Coaching_1]

📱 Performance Analysis via mobile phone and role model integration @whitehavenafc under 15s @Mike_Phelan_1

✅Can the two players connect

✅Can the receiving player create space

✅Will the pass delivered (weight) allow play to flow

✅ Head up and attack the goal

[Cumberland FA ⚽️ @CumberlandFA]

We had over 50 coaches join us at @whitehavenafc last night for our @MP_Coaching_1 Masterclass! ✨

Huge thanks to the team at MP Coaching, and to Whitehaven AFC and their fantastic U13s team 👏

[Cumberland FA ⚽️ @CumberlandFA]

Tonight, we go again with an event at Raydale Park, Gretna, taking place from 6:00pm – 9:00pm! 🔜

Don't miss out - click below to register your place ⬇️

https://t.co/NqgdExKC67

[David Horrocks @HorrocksDavid]

@TheBurnleyWay Bad pass from Fleming & poorly timed run from Foster

Foster did the first bit staying blindside of the defender he then needs to check & slow like Kane would the defender then gets into more trouble & keeper would be stranded in no man’s land & goal is then large for foster

[Mike Phelan @Mike_Phelan_1]

Looking forward to meeting and talking to the grassroots community over the next 3 months.

To see if we are in your County register to the Mike Phelan Coaching App

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[THOMAS PICKLES @picklesthomas]

Hi, @AlanPaceBFC. Where have the standards gone? There were more mistakes in the programme today. Obviously we're atrocious on the pitch so rectifying that should take priority. But there are hundreds of Burnley fans who would write for the club with skill, passion and accuracy.

[Mike Phelan @Mike_Phelan_1]

Looking forward to the final session in the @WestRidingFA series.

This session will look at timing and connections between players

Register here 👇🏻

https://t.co/wK4jl9CQqa

[Luke O'Nien @LukeONien]

To any young kid reading this…

I’ve doubted myself in every league I’ve ever played in.

Ryman Prem.
Conference South.
League Two.
League One.
Championship…

And even right before my first Premier League start last night.

That’s not weakness.
That’s being human.

That’s being alive.

When I was growing up, I thought Premier League players were superhuman.

Like they never felt doubt.
Like they never felt nerves.

The truth is…. it’s often the opposite.

Social media won’t tell you that sometimes you step out there with no confidence. That’s normal. That’s ok!

You now have to then step out there with courage.

Confidence feels good.
Courage doesn’t.

But you do it anyway. Show courage enough times…. You build confidence.

Here’s the mindset that’s carried me for 31 years.

When it goes well:

I worked for it.
I earned it.
Well done.
Watch it back.
Get better.

When it doesn’t:

I know I prepared the best I could.
It didn’t go exactly to plan. That’s football.

But Well done.
Watch it back.
Get better.

That simple recipe gave me a special moment last night.

Leading the team out.
Playing alongside a group that fights for every ball.
Celebrates tackles.
Gives everything for the city of Sunderland.

And sharing it with supporters who never gave up, even after four tough seasons in League One.

So if you’re a young player feeling doubt…
Low confidence…
Or like you don’t believe in yourself…

You’re not alone.

Every player feels it.

Confidence isn’t something you’re given.

It’s something you build.

Bit by bit.
Day by day.
With courage.
With work.
With learning.

Anything worth building takes time.

But that’s what makes it so worthwhile!

Thank you @SunderlandAFC ❤️🤍

[David Horrocks @HorrocksDavid]

@WeAreTheFSA He’s been ruled offside as a part of his body (a part that you can’t use in the game of football unless you are the designated goalkeeper & are in your area) is offside

So where’s the advantage he’s gained

There isn’t one

What a contradiction of a rule if ever there was one

[David Horrocks @HorrocksDavid]

@AdamCrafton_ He’s been ruled offside as a part of his body (a part that you can’t use in the game of football unless you are the designated goalkeeper & are in your area) is offside

So where’s the advantage he’s gained

There isn’t one

What a contradiction of a rule if ever there was one