We Love You Football, We Do
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago -Fair Game puts the burning issues in the world of football under the spotlight
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Episode 16: Question Time - Football Special
June 27, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 67 MBExactly one week before the 2024 General Election, Fair Game brings together a Question Time-style panel to discuss the future of football: - Clive Betts (Labour), former chair of the all-party Parliamentary Football Group, and member of the Football Supporters' Association. - Paul Athans (Conservative), Everton season ticket holder. - Dominic, Lord Addington (Liberal Democrats), previously sat on the National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee. - Dr Christina Philipou, one of...
Episode 15: Shaka Hislop - Show Racism The Red Card
June 20, 2024 00:00 - 42 minutes - 49.3 MBGraham Miller speaks to the former Reading, Newcastle, West Ham and Portsmouth goalkeeper Shaka Hislop. Shaka enjoyed a great career, playing for Kevin Keegan's 'Entertainers', the team that finished second in the Premier League two years running. He also played in memorable play-off and FA Cup finals for Reading and West Ham, and at the World Cup finals for Trinidad & Tobago. He tells us about his experience and observations of racial abuse in public, and even in the dressing room...
Episode 14: The changes to the Owners and Directors Test
May 09, 2024 00:00 - 42 minutes - 49.2 MBAs the Football Regulator Bill continues its journey through Parliament, we look at the progress so far, the changes that have been made to the original white paper and the contradictions that still need to be addressed. Graham Miller is joined by Fair Game CEO Niall Couper, Bart Huby, the head of Football Analytics at LCP and Nick McGeehan, a co-founder of FairSquare, which investigates sport, geopolitics and business. Follow Fair Game on X (yes, we still call it Twitter), Facebo...
Episode 13: David Bernstein - 'The Government may extract defeat from the jaws of victory'
February 27, 2024 00:00 - 34 minutes - 39.8 MBWhile we wait for the Football Governance Bill, we talk to David Bernstein, who was chairman of Manchester City between 1998 and 2003, and then chairman of the FA between 2011 and 2013. David has written a book about his time at Manchester City, 'We Were Really There' will be published on March 11, charting the beginning of the journey from the third tier in English football to where they are today, European and World champions. As you will hear in this episode, David has interest...
Episode 12: Who Should Be Football's Independent Regulator?
December 11, 2023 00:00 - 46 minutes - 53.6 MBThe Times Chief Football Writer Henry Winter, PoliticsHome reporter Tom Scotson and our very own Niall Couper join Graham Miller to discuss the latest on the appointment of football's independent regulator. The realities of the regulator's relationship with the game are starting to take shape and in this episode we cover a lot of ground, discussing the likely shape the regulator will take, who could be appointed, and how important it is to convince Premier League clubs of the valu...
Episode 11: The Fit And Proper Persons Test
November 04, 2023 00:00 - 45 minutes - 52.3 MBWith the King's Speech expected to announce the implementation of a football regulator, we take a closer look at the Fit And Proper Persons Test and ask how it should be modified to ensure clubs have better ownership. In this episode, Graham Miller talks to Chris Blackhurst, former editor of the Independent and author of The World's Biggest Cash Machine, a book that examines the Glazer family's impact as owners of Manchester United; Martin Calladine, author of The Ugly Game and Fit...
Episode 10: Keith Hackett on the current state of refereeing
October 25, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes - 56.6 MBHow often do we get to hear football fans discussing the game with a top referee? In this episode, Graham Miller and Niall Couper talk to Keith Hackett, a man who is every bit as passionate about football as we are. Keith was one of the very best for 15 years and just like us, he wanted to smash his TV screen in frustration when he saw the disallowed Liverpool goal at Tottenham. He tells us the officials in that game did have the power to stop the game and correct the VAR mistake. ...
Episode 9: Are clubs rewarded fairly for developing future stars?
October 20, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 49.7 MBBrody Peart was a key player of Basingstoke Town. His parents are lifelong fans, he was a mascot at the age of two, his aunt is the club secretary, his grandfather is the kit man and his grandmother is on the club's board. At the age of 17, having progressed through Basingstoke's academy and junior teams, he joined Premier League club Brighton in July 2003 but Basingstoke didn't receive a penny for the transfer. The current rules prevent Brighton from paying any compensation, althou...
Episode 8: The Good Governance Code
October 11, 2023 22:54 - 38 minutes - 43.8 MBThis week, Fair Game begins consulting on our Good Governance Code report. Graham Miller discusses the code and the wider importance of Good Governance throughout football with Radojka Milevic, Mark Middling and Greg Campbell. Mark and Greg worked together on designing the code, while Radojka is the independent chair of the Charity Governance Code. Mark is assistant professor in accounting at Northumbria University, Radojka and Greg are both partners at the management and recruitme...
Episode 7: Football Club Chaplains
August 14, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 49.2 MBHave you ever looked at the list of your club's employees in the programme, or the Who's Who page on their website and wondered what the Club Chaplain's role is? Graham Miller went to The Valley to meet Charlton Athletic's chaplain Matt Baker, West Ham United's Philip Wright and Neil Durling from Tonbridge Angels. Three very different clubs, but their chaplains all have important roles to play for players and fans alike and Matt, Philip and Neil gave us a fascinating insight into t...
Episode 6: Andy Burnham
August 04, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 37.2 MBAs the 2023/24 football season is about to begin, we speak to the mayor of Greater Manchester (and Everton fan), Andy Burnham. Andy was part of the Football Task Force in 1998 and went on to become Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, so he brings us his wealth of knowledge on some of the key moments and decisions that led to the current financial flow in English football, plus some of the feelings about this possibly being the last season of football at Goodison Park. ...
Episode 5: Fair Game Index Launch
July 17, 2023 15:00 - 41 minutes - 48 MBThe results of the Fair Game Index 2023 are out! All 92 league clubs have been measured, and it is the first chance for any of us to see a snapshot of how clubs compare on Financial Sustainability, Good Governance, Equailty Standards and Fan Engagement. You can see which teams finished top in each of those categories and how your club fared at www.fairgameuk.org/fair-game-index-2023. In this episode, Mat Haylock gives us an insight into the top team from the Index, AFC Wimbledon, ...
Episode 4: The emotional AFC Wimbledon story
July 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBWhen the Football Association allowed Wimbledon Football Club to move to Milton Keynes, the club’s supporters went through an emotional journey. We discuss the grief, anger and ultimate euphoria that led to the formation of AFC Wimbledon and its rise to the Football League with former Dons Trust board member Niall Couper, former Wimbledon player Ian Cooke, the secretary of the Wimbledon Old Players’ Association Mick Pugh and current Dons Trust board member Mark Lewis.
Episode 3: Female-Friendly Football
June 20, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week, we hear the final discussion from Fair Game's Female-Friendly Football Clubs Conference. Natalie Atkinson, CEO of FC United talks with Lucy Powell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about the opportunities open to the incoming football regulator to improve the experiences and involvement of women in all aspects of the game.
Episode 2: The Darlington Story
June 15, 2023 08:49 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBGraham Miller delves into the fascinating story of Darlington and how the club weather the storm of multiple bad owners. Joining us are Wayne Raper the former chair of the Supporters Group, and David Steel the vice chair of the Supporters Trust.
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June 08, 2023 13:13 - 4 KBDavid Pleat talks all things Luton with Fair Game's Graham Miller. Tune in
Episode 10: Five Live Interviews Niall Couper
April 27, 2022 00:00 - 8 minutes - 5.62 MBNiall Couper, Fair Game's CEO, gives his view on the Government response to the Fan-Led Review
Episode 9: Fair Game warns football is on the brink
April 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 minute - 730 KBNiall Couper, CEO of Fair Game, explains why we need to act quickly to save football - and why we can't delay any more - we need an independent regulator now. In 2020, 52% of clubs in the top four divisions were technically insolvent
Episode 6: Fair Game gives Government response a C+
April 26, 2022 00:00 - 59 seconds - 697 KBNiall Couper, the CEO of Fair Game, gives his verdict on the response from the Government on 25 April 2022 to the Tracey Crouch Fan-Led Review. While giving it a cautious welcome, with no hard timeline concerns remain that it could get condemned to gather dust in the House of Parliament library - never seeing the light of day.
Episode 7: Fair Game explains the need for changes to financial flow
April 26, 2022 00:00 - 2 minutes - 1.56 MBNiall Couper, CEO of Fair Game, gives a detailed explanation about why the financial flow in football needs to change
Episode 8: Fair Game calls for a Sustainability Index
April 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.34 MBNiall Couper, the CEO of Fair Game, explains the Sustainability Index. The index will rate all clubs on four criteria: Financial Sustainability, Good Governance, Equality Standards and Fan & Community Engagement. And simply the higher the score the more money they get
Episode 5: In The Wider Interests Episode 5: The Global Press
September 13, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBThe New York Times' Tariq Panja and France Football's Philippe Auclair talk to Kevin Borras about the European Super League, parachute payments, FFP and owners and directors "fit and proper" tests in other parts of the world.
Episode 4: Fair Game podcast 4 non league special The fourth episode of In The Wider Interests, a Fair Game podcast.
August 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBEpisode 4 host Kevin Borras is joined by Tonbridge Angels chairman David Netherstreet; Maidstone United co-owner Oliver Ash and Ebbsfleet United CEO Damian Irvine. The topic of discussion was how Fair Game can help the Kent non-league scene, potential ramifications from last season's curtailment and the benefits of synthetic surfaces.
Episode 3: The third episode of In The Wider Interests, a Fair Game podcast.
August 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBEpisode 3 host Kevin Borras is joined by three directors of Fair Game: Niall Couper, who is on the board of AFC Wimbledon's Dons Trust; Julian Jenkins, former director of Sales and Marketing for Cardiff City and ex-CEO at Swiss club Servette; and Natalie Atkinson who was most recently Managing Director at Oldham Athletic and was previously CEO at Curzon Ashton and Southport. The trio discuss sustainability, the definition of success, the Fair Game ethos and the changing perception ...