What the footie happens behind the scenes in football? From the boardroom to the backroom staff #WhatTheFootie investigates how the business of football works. Once a month (on 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 May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Jacob Martin, Member at WAGMI United the new owners of Crawley Town Football Club
In this exclusive, Paul and Alex discuss why WAGMI United bought Crawley Town Football Club, their plans for the club, growing the fanbase globally, building the football operations, the football x crypto boom, NFTs, working with Preston Johnson, Eben Smith, the ownership team and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Alex Culvin, Head of Player Relations @ FIFPRO, the worldwide representative organisation for professional footballers.
In this exclusive, Paul and Alex discuss the challenges that Alex faced in her own playing career, the big issues that players face in the modern game, the difficulties with the international match calendar, athlete activism, how players can push for more and challenge federations and fight off the media narrative around what footballers can and cannot do and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is all about buying a Premier League Club and valuations.
With the news that Chelsea is for sale for £3bn, I delve into where the growth opportunities lie and where the American bidders see untapped potential. Forbes recently valued Chelsea at $3.2bn, making them the 25th most valuable sports team and way behind several US franchises.
I delve into why US franchises are so valuable and why their owners have an appetite for English football.
For further insight into this topic and the sub-topics mentioned check out previous episodes with with Anna Mitchell, Simon Gubisch, Laurie Pinto, Daniel Beckley , Steve Madincea and Kieran Maguire.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Dr Dan Parnell, CEO @ Association of Sporting Directors and Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool where has worked with some of the best Sporting Directors in the game such as Michael Edwards, Stuart Webber, Dan Ashworth, Kevin Thelwell and more.
In this exclusive, Paul and Dan discuss the the challenges that Sporting Directors face, why it is important for them to be on the board, the fan/media scrutiny, how you measure success, Kevin's new role at Everton FC, how Liverpool FC have built one of the best models in the game and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Dale Vince, Chairman at Forest Green Rovers, the World’s greenest club and the League 1 leaders.
In this exclusive, Paul and Dale discuss the challenges of running an EFL club, why sustainability and financial sustainability are important aspects of the modern game, ownership tests, regulation in football, the 3pm Blackout, working with the UN and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
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.