E37 Andrew Croker

This week Richard and Sean head to the Wimbledon home of sports business legend Andrew Croker to talk about his life and career. It’s a story that boasts an extraordinary cast of extraordinary characters such as Rupert Murdoch, Mark McCormack, Horst Dassler and Len Blavatnik among many, many others, stopping off at the great landmark moments of the past 40 years, from the 1966 World Cup through to the birth of Sky Sports, the launch of the Premier League, the first dotcom and Frank Lampard’s role in the advent of VAR. This is the final podcast of 2019, so it’s time to wish all our regular listeners a very Happy Christmas, we really appreciate your support over the course of the year. We’ll be back in the first week of January for the first podcast of 2020.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.