England WILL Win The World Cup 2026?! | Burale on Football, AfterHours & Building a Legacy

England WILL Win The World Cup 2026?! | Burale (After Hours) | DOTS Podcast Can England finally bring football home in 2026? 🇬🇧🏆 In this episode of Department of Talking Sense (DOTS), Sham sits down with Burale, founder of After Hours, football media creator, youth mentor and co-founder of Aspiring Young Minds, for an honest conversation about football, creativity, entrepreneurship and building a legacy. From growing up in Birmingham and pursuing poetry and music, to creating one of the most respected grassroots football media platforms in the community, Burale shares the highs, setbacks and lessons that shaped his journey. And yes… he confidently predicts that England will win the FIFA World Cup 2026. In This Episode: Why Burale believes England will win the World Cup 2026 How After Hours became a leading football media platform The reality of sports journalism and football content creation From music and poetry to purpose and entrepreneurship Building Aspiring Young Minds and mentoring over 300 children weekly Youth development and creating opportunities for the next generation Football culture in Birmingham and the Somali community Documenting grassroots football and preserving history Lessons from adversity, mistakes and personal growth Why execution matters more than perfection The importance of starting before you're ready Football, legacy and building something bigger than yourself Behind the scenes of football media and content creation Australia tours, tournaments and growing communities through sport Advice for young people chasing their dreams 🎙 About The Guest Burale is the founder of After Hours, a football media platform dedicated to documenting grassroots football, sports culture and community stories. He is also the co-founder of Aspiring Young Minds, an organisation helping hundreds of young people through football, mentoring and positive development. Through media, storytelling and youth work, Burale is creating opportunities and preserving memories for future generations. Instagram & Tiktok - afterhours.entt Instagram - abubakr_afterhours ⏱ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Who is Burale? 07:00 Poetry, music and creativity 10:00 Leaving music behind 13:00 The birth of After Hours 15:00 Building Aspiring Young Minds 18:00 Football media and storytelling 20:00 Australia and football culture 25:00 Mentoring the next generation 28:00 The World Cup dream 30:00 England WILL win the World Cup? 33:00 Legacy and family 37:00 Advice for young people 40:00 Dream football media job 🎧 Listen On Spotify and Apple Podcast Department of Talking Sense Podcast 📲 Follow Department of Talking Sense Instagram: @departmentoftalkingsense TikTok: @departmentoftalkingsense YouTube: @DepartmentofTalkingSense #WorldCup2026 #EnglandFootball #EnglandWorldCup #FootballPodcast #AfterHours #SportsMedia #GrassrootsFootball #Burale #DepartmentOfTalkingSense #DOTSPodcast #FootballMedia #SportsJournalism #Entrepreneurship #YouthDevelopment #SomaliPodcast #BirminghamFootball #AspiringYoungMinds #FootballCulture #SportsPodcast #FootballCreator #EnglandNationalTeam #ManchesterUnited #AstonVilla #PremierLeague #WorldCupPrediction #CreativeEntrepreneur #FootballDocumentary #UKPodcast #SportsContentCreator