Bournemouth's Jack Stacey: juggling football with a six-year degree

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Defender combines playing with studying business and economics, a journey sparked because he had no Wifi

“There was a point last season where I let it get on top of me a bit,” says the Bournemouth defender Jack Stacey, sharing a story symbolic of the sacrifice sometimes required when juggling a business and economics degree with a burgeoning football career. “We were playing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on the Saturday and I had an assignment due on the Monday. We ended up winning 1-0 and a few of the lads were going into London for a meal to celebrate. I had to say no because I had to go home and finish my assignment … there are a few times that has happened,” he adds, smiling.

Stacey is five years into a six-year Open University course – “I can almost see the finish line now” – that he started while on loan from Reading at Exeter City, when home was a wooden cabin at Fingle Glen golf course near Dartmoor, where the club sometimes house new signings. “When you are in League Two, you always have to think long term. There was no wifi there so I couldn’t go and watch Netflix or play PS4 so I started looking into other options, and I’d already done my A-levels so it was something that appealed. After training, I enjoy having something to help switch off from football. I work Monday-Friday, an hour to an hour and a half each day, so I get the weekend off. I would advise any player to look into it and see if it’s for them or not.”

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/28/bournemouth-jack-stacey-juggling-football-with-a-six-year-degree

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