Unofficial Partner Podcast
Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. Our guests are a who's who of the international sports industry talking about the big issues.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 503
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
E163: Paul Nolan’s career advice
Paul Nolan was headhunted to The FA by then CEO Adam Crozier, a decision that kick started Nolan’s career as one of the most influential people in the field of sports recruitment, leading to the crea…
00:47:03 |
Tue 11 May 2021
E162: Patrick Nally’s Olympic diaries
This is the second instalment in a series of podcasts looking at how the sports business has evolved over the past half century in the company of Patrick Nally, one of a small handful of people who c…
01:22:55 |
Fri 07 May 2021
E161: Tom Harrison
Tom Harrison is a former professional cricketer who now runs the game in the UK. As CEO of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Harrison overseas every element, from the amateur club game, thro…
00:46:01 |
Tue 04 May 2021
E160: The Last Stand with Gundeep Anand
Today we talk to Gundeep Anand, who is the force of nature behind The Last Stand, the UK street football tournament created to unite communities and break down cultural and religious barriers through…
00:45:03 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
E159: Re-Thinking Sport Ep2
This is the second episode in our series created with Portas, the global strategy consultancy dedicated to sport and physical activity.The conversation today focuses on the specific opportunities and…
00:45:41 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
E158: The Super League WTF
There’s never been a week like it in the football business. So we’re talking about the launch, the short life and the excruciating collapse of The Super League with guests Sujit Jasani, managing dire…
00:48:16 |
Fri 23 Apr 2021
E157: Closing the Visibility Gap
Today sees the launch of ‘Closing the Visibilty Gap’ an important piece of new research in to the commercial future of women’s sport in the UK.It’s been carried out by the Women’s Sport Trust in part…
00:51:45 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
E156: Euro 2021 on social media
The conversation today uses the upcoming UEFA Euro 2021 soccer tournament as the way into a debate about the value and best use of social media content. Our guests are Daniel Kirschner, co-founder of…
00:35:26 |
Fri 16 Apr 2021
E155: Ebru Koksal
This is the next in our series where we talk to women about the sports business, with regular co-host Laura Weston, the global pr consultant who’s a Trustee & PR lead Women’s Sport Trust and Trustee …
00:54:32 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
E154: Football as a platform
This is a conversation about how the digital economy is changing how football clubs define themselves, either as digital platforms or ecommerce vehicles. And we look at how the financial markets enco…
00:47:15 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
E153: How sports PR changed
Today we’re talking about job of public relations and communications in sport, how it works and when it doesn’t, how it’s evolved and where its going, as sport increasingly becomes a digital content …
00:47:47 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
E152: Re-Thinking Sport: What’s important now
This is the first episode in a new series in collaboration with Portas, the leading global strategy consultancy dedicated to sport and physical activity.Portas has surveyed more than a hundred chief …
01:08:29 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
E151: The Man Utd shirt
This is an episode of What Just Happened? our regular news review series, where we take apart a recent story from in or around the sports business.This week, it’s the announcement of Manchester Unite…
00:51:35 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
E150: The Bundle #10
This is episode 10 of The Bundle, our regular deep dive in to the media rights markets around the world with co-host Yannick Ramcke.The current conversation is dominated by the huge new NFL domestic …
00:56:07 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
E149: Ricardo Fort
Until last month, Ricardo Fort had the job of deciding where Coca Cola’s vast sports marketing budget was spent.
This is one of the most powerful roles in sport, because the soft drinks giant is omni…00:55:28 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
E148: Did Facebook just change direction?
What is Facebook’s plan for sport? The social media giant chose not to bid for live NFL rights in the US and recently announced they were backing away from their existing UEFA Champions League and La…
00:49:48 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
E147: Inside the Wrexham takeover
Perhaps the biggest, most interesting, surprising sports business story of the last year has been the takeover of Wrexham football club by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.Like you, …
00:41:45 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
E146: Ken Goldin and the future of sporting memorabilia
The market for sports memorabilia and collectibles has grown rapidly during the pandemic, and is currently a $10billion industry and our guest today is at the centre of it.Ken Goldin is founder of Go…
00:37:49 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
E145: Channel 4 cricket
This winter, Channel 4 has been broadcasting the test series between India and England live in the UK. It’s the first time test cricket has been live on UK television since the 2005 Ashes, one of the…
00:59:07 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
E144: The Making of Pele
Today we’re talking about Pele, the greatest footballer ever, discuss. And specifically the new documentary film of his life, released on Netflix this week.
The film chronicles Pele’s life on and off …
00:42:46 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Unofficial Partner. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.