Gareth Southgate: Changing the Game for Young Men review – Cuddly reassurance is favoured over deep analysis
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter In eight years as England manager, Gareth Southgate took the team to two major international finals, as well as a World Cup semi. And yet his legacy as one of the national team’s most successful leaders remains contested. Was he too meek? Did he squander a generational chance to bring silverware back to Wembley? And was he too fixated with draining the macho atmosphere that has long surrounded the Three Lions? These questions will continue to spark debate, but it is the latter cause that provides inspiration for Sir Gareth as he tackles his first television documentary, BBC One’s Gareth Southgate: Changing the Game for Young Men. Almost two years on from leaving his job as England manager, Southgate has a new mission: to improve outcomes for young men in society. “I’ve raised and highlighted a problem,” he says in this …

