What the footie happens behind the scenes in football? From the boardroom to the backroom staff #WhatTheFootie investigates how the business of football works. Every fortnight (Mondays) host Paul Musa is joined by agents, directors, players, sports scientists, fans, friends of the pod and more to debate the big topics and answer your burning questions. So be prepared to question everything that you know about the beautiful game. Previous guests include Les Reed, Paul Barber, Dave Bassett, Steve Morrow & Eddie Bonsu.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthefootie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatthefootie
Episodes
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is all about the 3pm Blackout, the rule that means matches in England are prohibited from being shown between 14:45 and 17:15 on Saturdays.
Is it finally time to remove it? How do we protect the pyramid and attendances whilst finding ways to engage the modern day fan? Is the rule outdated, given the savvy and new ways for clubs to generate revenue beyond just matchday revenue?
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with David Webb. David has spent the last 20 years working in scouting, elite talent identification and football operations for clubs like Crystal Palace, Östersunds FK, Spurs, AFC Bournemouth, Huddersfield Town and Southampton FC.
In this exclusive, Paul and David discuss why and how South London continues to produce exciting English talent, why Spurs signed Son, how recruitment and talent ID differs from club-to-club, the importance of alignment with the board and manager, football operations in the UK vs Germany, managing media and fan pressure and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
46 episodes (+3 bonus episodes) and 44 world-class guests which include leading directors, agents, coaches and more. Ever wondered why Paul started the podcast in the first place? Sit back and listen to What The Footie host, Paul Musa, speak about the origin of the podcast, his passion for football and answer the famous 'What The Footie' question.
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What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
This week’s What The Footie Pod is with Daniel Beckley, A&R @ Universal Music. With Wolves being the first UK football club to launch a record label, in this exclusive, Paul and Daniel discuss the business case behind what Wolves are doing and why more clubs should follow suit. As well as the crossover between football and music, our favourite football songs, the rise in footballers producing music, FIFA soundtracks and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
This week’s What The Footie Pod is with Mike Rigg, former Technical Director @ Burnley. Mike has also been in high-profile roles at Man City, Fulham, QPR, The FA & Blackburn. In this exclusive, Paul and Mike discuss what it’s like being a TD at a Premier League club and the biggest challenges they face. As well as working with different types of ownership models, convincing Sergio Agüero to sign for Man City, the challenges of player recruitment, what it takes to build and fix a football club and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
This week’s What The Footie Pod is with Royce Balogun, older brother to Arsenal wondered Folarin Balogun. In this exclusive, Paul and Royce discuss Folarin’s rise from the u23s to making his Arsenal debut. As well as the importance of player care, the weight of pressure that young ballers carry, the team behind his brother, how brands should approach working with players, the best young players Royce has seen in youth football and so much more.
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What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
This week’s What The Footie Pod is with Christian Hurley, Strategy Director @ UMM. In this exclusive, Paul and Christian discuss the YouTube space and the trend around content creators like Chunkz & Harry Pinero linking up with ballers like Jack Grealish & Mason Mount.
As well as Football’s Gen Z problem… are they really losing interest in the current format of football? Do we need FIFA’s new proposals of kick-ins & 30-min halves? Should broadcasters be worried about Gen Z losing interest? Can clubs really go direct and compete with fan channels like AFTV?
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What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
This week’s What The Footie Pod is with Tony Sharkey, agent and CEO @ Football Transfer Forum. In this exclusive, Paul and Tony discuss everything transfers and player contracts related from release clauses to preferred agents.
From the talent in the Championship to the pressure of doing deadline day deals. Sit back and enjoy us ramble on about our love for Brentford’s recruitment model, how getting released at 19 inspired Tony to become an agent and the effects of club finances on deals.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
This week’s What The Footie pod is with Toby Wakefield, brand director for Jesse Lingard & athlete branding expert.
In this exclusive, Paul & Toby discuss the secret behind Jesse’s stellar form at West Ham, what makes the JLingz brand so unique, the media pressure that athletes endure, the unfiltered nature of US sports/athletes compared to the UK, a Jesse Lingard NFT collection, what’s next for Jesse and so much more.
This is the final episode before Paul returns in late July/August from his mini-sabbatical with more content so please do use this time to catchup on our blockbuster episodes, this year, with the likes of Chris Kirkland, Les Reed & Neil Banfield.
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
This week’s What The Footie pod is with sports lawyer, author and podcaster Daniel Geey (Done Deal).
In this exclusive, Paul & Daniel discuss the future of football governance after the European Super League (ESL) fallout, why 50+1 won’t work, is it time for an independent football regulator, salary caps as a form of cost control, the fan-led review & so much more!
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