{"id":26846,"date":"2026-03-11T03:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/coffee-dogs-football-a-walk-with-alphonse-areola-bbc-sport\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T03:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:57:32","slug":"coffee-dogs-football-a-walk-with-alphonse-areola-bbc-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/coffee-dogs-football-a-walk-with-alphonse-areola-bbc-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee, Dogs &#038; Football: A Walk with Alphonse Areola | BBC Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wh9r5oQHGfM?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>West Ham United goalkeeper Alphonse Areola joins BBC Sport&#8217;s Betty Glover for a walk and talk about his love of dogs and how the Hammers are staying positive through a tough spell.<\/p>\n<p>Follow more on the BBC Sport app and iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:40 Meet Alphonse Areola&#8217;s dogs<br \/>\n01:01 Viral Dog Moment at Training<br \/>\n01:21 Football Pressure &#038; Mental Breaks<br \/>\n01:41 Life as a Goalkeeper<br \/>\n02:15 Why Goalkeeping?<br \/>\n02:31 Handling Role Changes<br \/>\n03:10 Career Highlights &#038; Experience<br \/>\n04:22 Childhood in Paris<br \/>\n05:06 Life at Home: Music &#038; Family<br \/>\n06:06 Football as a Lifeline<br \/>\n06:50 Greatest Achievements<br \/>\n07:54 West Ham Team Dynamics<br \/>\n08:40 Nuno\u2019s Management Style<br \/>\n09:45 Staying Positive &#038; Performing<br \/>\n10:14 Nuno\u2019s Goalkeeper Background<br \/>\n10:51 World Cup Aspirations<br \/>\n11:22 Team Success &#038; Personal Goals<br \/>\n11:36 Closing Thoughts &#038; Farewell<\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE so you never miss out on our best videos<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f\u27a1\ufe0fhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/1sFodyu <\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>Find us here: <\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/x.com\/BBCSport<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsport\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bbcsport<\/p>\n<p>#premierleague #westham #football <\/p>\n<p>Dogs, pressure and West Ham\u2019s fightback | Walkies with Alphonse Areola | BBC Sport<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wh9r5oQHGfM\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham United goalkeeper Alphonse Areola joins BBC Sport&#8217;s Betty Glover for a walk and talk about his love of dogs and how the Hammers are staying positive through a tough spell. Follow more on the BBC Sport app and iPlayer. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:40 Meet Alphonse Areola&#8217;s dogs 01:01 Viral Dog Moment at Training [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26848,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26846\/revisions\/26848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}