Nutrition in football:
science to practise
Explore our lecture series on “Nutrition in football: science to practise” with Professor James Morton, Professor Michael Gleeson, and Dr James Collins. Across these lectures, the speakers examine how nutrition can be periodised across training, match day, recovery, and the wider football season, while also considering the practical realities of delivering nutrition support in elite football environments. The series brings together evidence on energy demands, carbohydrate and protein periodisation, supplements for performance, and applied practitioner challenges including coach buy-in, player and multidisciplinary working.
What we will cover:
What are the physical and energetic demands of football training and match days?
What we will cover:
What are the physical and energetic demands of football training and match days?
How can nutrition be periodised across the football microcycle?
Which supplements are most effective for performance and recovery in football?
How can practitioners translate nutrition guidelines into real-world strategies?
What strategies promote coach buy-in and player education in nutrition support?
Which supplements are most effective for performance and recovery in football?
How can practitioners translate nutrition guidelines into real-world strategies?
What strategies promote coach buy-in and player education in nutrition support?
Professor James Morton
Professor James Morton has authored over 160 research publications in the fields of exercise metabolism, exercise physiology, and sports nutrition. Alongside his research position, James works in elite professional sport. From 2010-2015, he was the performance nutritionist to Liverpool FC and was also the Head of Nutrition and Physical Performance Lead for Team Sky between 2015 and 2019. James also sits on the Technical Steering Panel for the English Institute of Sport and advises the Premier League in a performance mentoring role.
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Professor Michael Gleeson
Professor Michael (Mike) Gleeson is a biochemist and exercise physiologist with a PhD in energy metabolism, whose academic career has focused on the interaction between diet, exercise, and physiological adaptation. His early research examined how dietary manipulation influences metabolism and performance during high-intensity exercise, before expanding to include the effects of exercise on immune function, an area in which he is internationally recognised.
Over an illustrious career, Professor Gleeson has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in exercise physiology, biochemistry, immunology, and sports nutrition, and is widely recognised as a leading authority in exercise immunology and exercise biochemistry. He co-authored several influential textbooks, including the widely used Sport Nutrition, as well as texts in exercise biochemistry and exercise immunology. Since retiring in 2016, he has written a series of evidence-based lifestyle books for the general public, including Eat, Move, Sleep, Repeat and Beating Type 2 Diabetes.
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Dr James Collins
Dr. James Collins is a leading Sport and Exercise Nutritionist in elite sport. In addition to working with team GB Olympic teams and athletes across three Olympic Games, James has worked as a consultant with England Football, France Football, and Arsenal Football Club. He was also the lead author for the ‘UEFA Expert Group Statement on Nutrition in Elite Football’ published in BJSM in 2021; a paper outlining the latest practical advice for performance in football. James is currently the Managing Director of INTRA Performance Group and a consultant for Chelsea FC.
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