E117: Project Big Picture

Today we pick over the remains of Project Big Picture, the controversial report in to the future of English professional football, that was instigated by the owners of two of the Premier League’s biggest clubs, Liverpool and Manchester United. Our guests are Dan Johnson, former Director of Communications for the Premier League and Joel Seymour Hyde, the UK managing director of the sports marketing agency Octagon.If you enjoy the Unofficial Partner podcasts, you should sign up for the weekly newsletter via the website, where we develop the threads of the conversation in more depth. Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartnerWe publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday. These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport. Our entire back catalogue of 500 sports business conversations are available free of charge here. Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner’ on Apple, Spotify and every podcast app. If you’re interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series and live events, you can reach us via the website.