We talk to Martin Knowles about his scouting career so far in football and his exciting project, The Football Directory
By Jamie Smith
05 Jul 2026
In this episode we sit down with Martin Knowles, who has extensive experience in scouting roles, including chief scout positions, to talk about his career so far in football and his fantastic project, The Football Directory.
TFD is a non-league scouting and analysis project designed to give clubs data on players and clubs further down the pyramid, focusing on Step 4 in the Midlands. Martin has big plans to develop the platform and expand it on a much bigger scale, so be sure to check it out.
We thoroughly enjoyed this chat and hearing from Martin, and we hope you like this episode as much as we did.
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