Henri Lansbury: “I Knew I Had Cancer… But I Didn’t Want to Stop Playing”

Henri Lansbury: “I Knew I Had Cancer… But I Didn’t Want to Stop Playing”

Published on Jul 16
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That Peter Crouch Podcast
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<p>On this week’s episode of <em>That Peter Crouch Podcast</em>, the lads are joined by former Arsenal and Nottingham Forest midfielder <strong>Henri Lansbury</strong>—a man known for his composed playmaking style, his Premier League journey, and now, his unexpected new life as a lawn-care entrepreneur.</p><br><p>Henri gets candid about a life-changing diagnosis—<strong>testicular cancer</strong>—and opens up on how he discovered it, why he kept it quiet during his career, and how football dressing room culture shaped his response. In a powerful, funny, and refreshingly honest chat, Henri explains the moment he realised something was wrong, the speed of his surgery, and how football banter helped him process it all.</p><br><p>The lads also dive into Henri’s career journey through Arsenal’s elite youth system, wild loan spells at Scunthorpe and Norwich, and his glory years at Forest. There’s even time to talk about <strong>robot lawn mowers</strong>, silent discos, and how Henri went fr...