Supporting the Pyramid: Does England's Elite Football Need its Base?

As the coronavirus continues to roil its way across the world, causing devastation in its wake, there is no area that is not affected.

Football is no different.

But to talk about an amorphous entity “Football” is one thing. The reality is quite different.

In English football, we like to talk about the football pyramid - a metaphor which conjures up the idea of a communal egalitarianism, a base springing from the grassroots and lofting its way all the way up to the Premier League.

With lower league football rocking on its heels, we ask: is there really such a thing as the football pyramid? And what does the top have to do with the bottom?

Guests:

Michael Calvin (@CalvinBook) is a best-selling author whose books include The Nowhere Men, Living On The Volcano, No Hunger In Paradise and State of Play. He also hosts BT Sports Football Writers Podcast.

Ollie Bayliss (@Ollie_Bayliss) is a Journalist, Football Commentator and Presenter of The Non-League Show on BBC Three Counties Radio.

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The music for this episode was provided under the Creative Commons license by Blue Dot Sessions.

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