Podcast appearances and mentions of alex fynn

Kevin and Kieran speak to Alex Fynn, author of numerous books on football and "spiritual godfather of the Premier League". Follow Kevin on X - @kevinhunterday Follow Kieran on X - @KieranMaguire Follow Producer Guy on X - @guykilty Follow The Price of Football on X - @pof_pod Send in a question: questions@priceoffootball.com Support The Price of Football on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/priceoffootball Check out the Price of Football merchandise store: https://the-price-of-football.backstreetmerch.com/ Visit the website: https://priceoffootball.com/ For sponsorship email - info@adelicious.fm The Price of Football is a Dap Dip production: https://dapdip.co.uk/ contact@dapdip.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martin Cloake and Alex Fynn join Mike Leigh to look back at the win at Burnley, the limp League Cup exit and discuss their new book 'Still Dreaming'. Help Mike's new team out, become a member of O Elvas CAD at https://oelvascad.pt/loja/membership/ Get £2 off Still Dreaming as discussed on this show at https://hawksmoorpublishing.com/book/still-dreaming-another-year-in-the-life-of-a-premier-league-club Spurs Show Live - Weds Sept 27th with Gary Mabbutt. Get your tickets here: https://billetto.co.uk/e/spurs-show-live-with-gary-mabbutt-tickets-871771 For exclusive Spurs Show merchandise including new Sonny, Conte and new beautiful retro designs go to https://the-spurs-show-store.creator-spring.com   Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net  For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow  spursshow.net  @spursshow  Support us at season.spursshow.net  Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh  A Playback Media Production- contact us here too for show sponsorship playbackmedia.co.uk  Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Premier League launched as The Premiership in 1992 and football in England was transformed. But as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the start of this global phenomenon, we shouldn't forget that football did exist PPL - Pre Premier League. In the decade prior to the formation of the league, the 1980s, football's fortunes ebbed and flowed, but it left an indelible mark on the players and supporters who fell in love with the game prior to its Premier League existence.It was a world of one club men like Steve Perryman and Trevor Brooking who were icons of the English game. But the fans still revered the greats of the past like Pele, Cruyff and Charlton who had forged their reputations in previous eras. New managers like Alex Ferguson were trying to make their mark, and established managers like Keith Burkinshaw were winning trophies but fearing for the more commercial future as new leaders in the boardroom - men like Irving Scholar at Tottenham and David Dein at Arsenal - were re-shaping the structure of the game in response to tragedy and opportunity, supported by advisors like Alex Fynn. Foreign players like Ossie Ardiles were starting to make their mark, and managers like John Lyall were assessing the merits of bringing more into the English game. Agents like Jerome Anderson were scouring Europe for new players whilst starting to support their clients' desire to secure a better financial present and future, and coaches like West Ham's Tony Carr were trying to develop the skills in players that seemed to be disappearing in a league that became more muscular and direct in style. Media coverage was limited, but a new breed of journalists like Henry Winter were joining the ranks of the football press to bring a new insightful style of match reporting, and radio stations like LBC - led by Steve Tongue - provided the best access to the Saturday experience in the home.LBC was also the place that my dad, Ken Goldman, began his football journalism career and his archive of interviews from this era provides an incredible insight into football in England in the 1980s. In this extended episode you'll hear from all of the people above, whether they were interviewed in the 80s or sharing their recent memories of this period. I fell in love with football in the 1980s, and it was a joyous and emotional journey of revelation and reflection for me to go back to the decade that provided the platform for the Premier League that is now celebrating another milestone. I hope you enjoy the journey too!Finally many thanks to everyone who contributed as an interviewee and who helped me to connect with so many insightful and helpful people.  

Here Comes Pod now has a sibling - Here Comes Sports Pod, with interviews from the world of sports in general and football in particular. And there is no better place to start than with a look back at the tumultuous events of April 2021, and the short lived European Super League, with football consultant Alex Fynn. Alex picks out the three games that changed European football, his role in the establishment of the Champions League which set the ESL in motion and the reasons why the ESL failed. Enjoy

This week we talk to Alex Fynn the former Saatchi and Saatchi adman turned author who played influential roles at two pivotal moments in football’s recent history. In the 1980s Alex was commissined by the FA to write a blueprint of the Future of Football, a document that ultimately led to the formatin of the Premier League. It was a piece of work that caught the eye of Silvio Berlusconi, then owner of AC Milan among many other things, who asked Alex to write a similar plan to reorganise European club football. We talk about both of those experiences, and what Alex learnt about himself and the nature of power in sport. We can recommend Alex’s most recent book, One Step From Glory, written with the journalist Martin Cloake, which is all about Tottenham’s journey through to the 2019 Champions League Final in Madrid.

Host Ricky Sacks was joined by Jason McGovern along with co-author of 'One Step From Glory' Martin Cloake as we reminisced on last season's Champions League journey for Tottenham Hotspur which took us to the final and book explaining in great detail why this was not being celebrated as a failure. Lifelong fans Alex Fynn and Martin Cloake draw on their backgrounds within the book in football business and politics to examine how Spurs reached the final against all odds. The story of a football odyssey, peppered with informed insight and comprehensive match reports. #THFC #COYS #TOTTENHAMHOTSPUR #TOTTENHAM #HOTSPUR #SPURS #LWOS

We welcome a special guest, a major figure in English football. Alex Fynn, a former FA adviser, was one of the architects of the Premier League - before becoming one of its biggest critics. His new book explores the history and culture of Tottenham Hotspur, in part through classic match reports, culminating in last season's pulsating Champions League run. His views on English football and the England team are forthright, outspoken, and deeply held, and he shared them with us in an absorbing conversation.

TOPICSCreating the first ad selling tickets for Tottenham in the mid-80s with “Mrs Riddlington and Peter Cook”But “advertising can’t compensate for a poor product”The story of Spurs in the Champions League last seasonIs Mauricio Pochettino the fulcrum of the club?The usefulness of an ‘English culture’ at the Premier League clubWhat is the ‘Spurs Way’ and is it a help or a handicap?Assessing Daniel LevyWhy it is wrong to sell the naming rights to White Hart LaneWhy it is NOT wrong to treat your club as a brandThe strength of Man United’s brand and having the ‘Theatre of Dreams’Why the football system is wrong and fans pay too muchThe inmates, ie the players, have taken over the asylum, which is the Premier LeagueHow Tottenham have bucked the trend on paying player wages and keeping a team togetherThe Man United v Manchester City comparisonAre local rivalries a distraction these days?The news stories about the Champions League re-organisation and the need for change“No-one cares about the second-rate clubs”Why the German set-up could be the basis for a new Champions League structureWhy it is optimistic and unrealistic to expect sporting institutions like the EFL to change themselves in light of recent crisesAlex’s plan for regional football and why it will never be implementedDoes English sport have a particular problem is reforming itself?

Mike Leigh welcomes Martin Cloake and Alex Fynn for today’s show. We discuss the extraordinary North London Derby, and chat about Martin and Alex’s very exciting new book: One Step From Glory. Want some free beer? Go to MatchPint.co.uk/app and use code ‘SPURS’ to join the The Spurs Show league. Make your predictions on televised Premier League games and your perfect prediction will win you a Budweiser, with other monthly prizes available, like Premier League matchday tickets and much more. **YOU MUST BE OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK BEER OR HAVE PERMISSION FROM YOUR GREAT-GREAT GRANDPARENTS** Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Upcoming guests include Phil Beal, David Tossell, Garth Crooks and Steve Archibald. Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net Spurs Show Season Ticket holders get priority access to our Crooks and Archibald Xmas Party (as well as a free ticket) and individual tickets avaialbel from season.spursshow.net For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow spursshow.net @spursshow Support us at season.spursshow.net Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2019 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright

Mike Leigh welcomes Martin Cloake and Alex Fynn for today's show. We discuss the extraordinary North London Derby, and chat about Martin and Alex's very exciting new book: One Step From Glory. Want some free beer? Go to MatchPint.co.uk/app and use code ‘SPURS' to join the The Spurs Show league. Make your predictions on televised Premier League games and your perfect prediction will win you a Budweiser, with other monthly prizes available, like Premier League matchday tickets and much more.  **YOU MUST BE OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK BEER OR HAVE PERMISSION FROM YOUR GREAT-GREAT GRANDPARENTS** Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Upcoming guests include Phil Beale, David Tossell, Garth Crooks and Steve Archibald. Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net AND.. how about a night with Rafael Ven der Vaart? On the 19th September Mike Leigh will be interviewing the man, live in Edmonton! Tickets are selling fast so get to millfieldtheatre.co.uk to reserve your seat! For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow  spursshow.net  @spursshow  Support us at season.spursshow.net  Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh  Engineered by Leon Gorman  A Playback Media Production  playbackmedia.co.uk  Copyright 2019 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright  Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOPICSHow far away is the Premier League from the vision he put forward in his part of the original blueprintWhy he is unhappy to be called the Spiritual Godfather of the Premier LeagueHis original structureBasing the Premier League on ‘events’ not run-of-the-mill gamesThe importance of smaller divisions creating interestWhy there had to be free-to-air gamesWhy the recommendations that made the money were taken and the ones that grew the game were ignoredThe relatively modest size of the first Sky dealThe ways Sky have changed the gameThe three key drivers for satellite TVThe value of the television spectacularHave we reached a saturation point?Why Alex feels big clubs deserve more of the TV revenueThe crucial differences between the German and Premier LeagueLimiting squad and guaranteeing English squad membersThe struggle to appoint a CEO for the Premier LeagueIs there a Premier League bubble?His original thoughts on a European Super LeagueWhy “they were wrong then and they are wrong now”The problems with group stagesWhy it is time for a European LeagueHow a new European League might work and the issues surrounding itThe stumbling block of reducing the size of the Premier LeagueFinding enough room in the schedule‘FFP has failed and it is never going to work’The possibility of fans turning against footballLINKSAlex Fynn on TwitterAlex’s talk on his European League proposal in London on February 28Alex Fynn’s books on AmazonArticle: The birth of the Champions League

Host Boyd Hilton is joined by Josh Landy, Charlie Eccleshare and the legendary Alex Fynn where the guys discuss the great result in the league and look ahead to the North London derby this weekend.Tonight's podcast was filmed by France's premier sports channel SFR Sport 1, where the podcast is enjoyed by a growing audience since we added subtitles. Boyd can be seen on french televisions this weekend speaking français magnifique.“Arsenal, the making of a super club” can be bought at our special discount rate from www.visionsp.co.uk when you enter the promo code AW at the checkout.Sign up to a new kind of fantasy football at fanduel.co.uk with our promo code GUNNERS, FanDuel will refund your entry fee up to £10 if you lose!arsenalpodcast.net Produced by Josh LandyEngineered by Oli Slack A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Boyd Hilton is joined by Josh Landy, Charlie Eccleshare and the legendary Alex Fynn where the guys discuss the great result in the league and look ahead to the North London derby this weekend. Tonight's podcast was filmed by France's premier sports channel SFR Sport 1, where the podcast is enjoyed by a growing audience since we added subtitles. Boyd can be seen on french televisions this weekend speaking français magnifique. “Arsenal, the making of a super club” can be bought at our special discount rate from www.visionsp.co.uk when you enter the promo code AW at the checkout. Sign up to a new kind of fantasy football at fanduel.co.uk with our promo code GUNNERS, FanDuel will refund your entry fee up to £10 if you lose! arsenalpodcast.net Produced by Josh Landy Engineered by Oli Slack A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk

Boyd Hilton is joined by Sidekick Josh Landy, Arsenal Supporters club's Tim Payton and author of Arsene and Arsenal, Alex Fynn. The boys talk Groundhog Day, Aaron Ramsey's wonder strike, and losing to the Stoke trolls. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boyd Hilton, Josh Landy, Alex Brooker and Alex Fynn talk books, Davina McCall and our deadline day dealings. Has Wenger finally built a league winning squad? Will Danny Welbeck be our next big thing? Will we regret not signing a central defender? Produced by Josh Landy A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Get our FREE apps at arsenalpodcast.net

Despite an unbeaten week the mood has changed somewhat. I discuss the opening two games, as well as chat to author Alex Fynn about his new books, Arsene Wenger, the club's new found prowess in the transfer market and more. Also includes ice-bucket challenges from a couple of old friends and the usual waffle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Boyd Hilton is joined by Footballistically debutant Jack Jay to welcome the return of the Oracle of Arsenal that is Alex Fynn. The boys get to the bottom of the David Dein dilemma and the Wenger's silent struggle. Alex Flynn also discusses his new book 'Arsenal: The Making of a Modern Superclub', a must have for all Gooners. Don't forget that you can get a special discounted price on Alex's book from www.visionsp.co.uk using the code 'fynn' to grab yourself a bargain!

Boyd Hilton and Dan Baldwin are joined by co-author of "Arsenal: The Making of a Modern Superclub", Alex Fynn to discuss what really is going on off the pitch at the Emirates. A must listen for any Gooner.

Episode 103 - Alex Fynn on Arsene Wenger, Man in the Bar, tale of the unexpected and more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.