🎙️ About the Club Development Podcast The Club Development Podcast is a podcast all about the development of sustainable community sports clubs across the UK. Our podcasts will cover a range of news, stories, guidance and funding information to help support clubs in their growth and development. 🏟️ About Club Development Consultancy While Club Development Consultancy can’t guarantee success on the pitch, we can show you a route to succeed off it as one of UK's leading sport club consultants. ...
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CDC S01E03: Raza Sadiq, Founder and Chair @ Active Life Club
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📻 About this episodeOur guest on this episode of the Club Development Podcast is Raza Sadiq, the founder and chairperson of Active Life Club, a charitable organisation empowering young people through sport.Last week, Raza was awarded with the Lifetime Contribution award by Sport Scotland for his outstanding dedication to supporting young people in …
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CDC S01E02: David Fallon, Head of Development @ Scottish Athletics
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📻 About this episodeWe spoke to David Fallon, Head of Development at Scottish Athletics. David is responsible for two strategic pillars of Scottish Athletic's work, facilities and clubs. We spoke about his career in sport to date and the support he and his team provide to athletics clubs across the country, including their upcoming Club Leaders Aca…
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CDC S01E01: How One Club Are Being Forced Out Their Home To Make Way For West Ham
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We kick off our new Club Development Consultancy podcast with a fascinating interview with Andy MacRae, General Secretary of Bealonians FC who are currently petitioning Redbridge Council to keep their club at Oakfields Playing Fields. Bealonians FC have been in the London Borough of Redbridge since 1936 and are the largest grassroots football club …
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Club Development Scotland meets... SNAP Sponsorship
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In this 'Club Development Scotland meets' episode, Andrew chats to Mark Covington, CEO of SNAP Sponsorship (https://snapsponsorship.com/) about how clubs can attract and develop their sponsorship offering to businesses through the platform.SNAP Sponsorship helps clubs promote their opportunities to a wider audience while sharing best practices when…
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Club Development Scotland meets... Supporters Direct Scotland
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In this episode I talked with my colleague Alan Russell who leads Supporters Direct Scotland, to talk about the recently-published project report from their study on volunteering in football "Giving volunteers the space to make a difference".The report is the culmination of a project which took place during lockdown, funded by SD Europe.Read the re…
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We talked to Mike McInnes about his book "Man the Footballer: Homo Passiens", available from the Blizzard bookshop (https://theblizzard.co.uk/homo-passiens-man-footballer/news/). Why would human beings choose just two legs for transportation rather than three, or even four? There can only be one explanation, according to Mike. He offers a radical h…
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We met this week with Steven Lawther, author of "Arrival: How Scotland's Women Took Their Place on the World Stage and Inspired a Generation" - now available for pre-order from Pitch Publishing at https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/arrivalIn the 1970s women's football in Scotland was unrecognised by the SFA and there was no national team. Arriv…
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This week, in the long-awaited return of Behind The Goals, we talk to James Atkins (https://twitter.com/footballpsl) - the man behind Planet Super League, a football tournament which brings the family together to help the planet and your football club.Planet Super League sets a number of different activities for you and your family to do. The more …
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CDS chats Community Asset Transfers with Stuart Haw
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In this week’s podcast we’re speaking to Stuart Haw, a PhD researcher looking at Community Asset Transfers in the sports sector. Community Asset Transfers are something you might already be familiar with, but equally, you might just be hearing about them for the first time. CATs could be increasingly relevant to sport organisations as recent resear…
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Club Development Scotland meets... Oxford City
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In this week’s podcast, we speak to Mick Livsey, Commercial Director of Oxford City FC. This episode is a case study in how best to bring commercial income by getting it right ‘off the pitch’.We discuss the club’s extensive work in the community, including the delivery of a refugee league, the provision of 300 free meals a day during the lockdown a…
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Club Development Scotland meets... Our Club Lotto
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In this week’s podcast, we speak to David Alexander, Operations Director of Our Club Lotto, a white label lottery platform available to clubs across the UK.In the podcast we discuss how clubs can use Our Club Lotto to generate funds for their work and ask for best practice when it comes to encouraging sign ups.You can find out more about Our Club L…
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Club Development Scotland meets... My Club Hub
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In this episode of the podcast we speak to John Cleisham about My Club Hub, a platform which helps volunteers involved in the running of sports clubs effectively run and govern their organisations.We came across My Club Hub and John a couple of years ago when a club we support signed up to the platform and we’ve enjoy a very good relationship since…
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Club Development Scotland meets... The Scottish Football Partnership & Trust
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In this week's podcast we speak to Stuart McCaffrey, Chief Operating Officer at the Scottish Football Partnership & Trust, about the huge level of support the organisation's has provided Scottish football with since starting in 2000. We also chat about Stuart's transition from playing professionally with the likes of St Johnstone, Inverness and Mor…
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Club Development Scotland meets... Deveronvale Community FC
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In this episode of the Club Development Scotland we speak to Kevin Stewart, chairman of Deveronvale Community Club, winners of the Scottish FA’s 2020 Community Club of the Year. We discuss the club’s response to the COVID19 crisis and the setup of ‘The Hub’, created to support vulnerable members of the local community.If you find the Club Developme…
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Club Development Scotland meets... Fantastic Fanatics
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In this episode, we speak to Barry Munro, co-founder and Operations Director of Fantastic Fanatics, a platform designed to help clubs raise vital income to support their work.Fantastic Fanatics, which was developed in Scotland, enables sports clubs to generate funds when their own members shop, eat out, book hotels and lots more.Clubs simply just s…
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Club Development Scotland meets... Responsiball
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In this podcast, we spoke to Mia Salvemini of Responsiball about their rankings and how SPFL clubs fared in the 2020 edition of it.We discussed how clubs in the SPFL Premiership ranked in terms of governance, environment and community compared to other major leagues around Europe and beyond.Mia highlighted examples of good practice in the fields of…
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After a LONG break, it’s the return of Behind The Goals! This episode is a topical one – looking forward to next week’s General Election and what the main political parties are promising to do if election. To see their football and sport-related promises in context you can read their full manifestos online:• Green Party: https://campaigns.greenpart…
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We welcome former international manager Justin Walley onto this week’s podcast. Justin was the manager of Matabeleland who participated in last year’s CONIFA World Cup, a tournament for nations not recognised by FIFA. We talk about Justin’s time in Zimbabwe, the fall of Robert Mugabe, Bruce Grobbelaar joining Justin’s coaching team and what it’s li…
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Kenny Jamieson (@kennyjamieson) joined us to talk about Falkirk FC's 'Back The Bairns' fan ownership campaign. So far, they have gathered pledges of more than £600,000 towards their fundraising target, which will be used to acquire a majority stake in the football club.Kenny was a great guest, and the podcast finished with one of the most in-depth …
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Brian McClair needs no introduction, but we gave him one anyway ;-)We spoke to him about his playing career, which saw him play for Aston Villa, Motherwell, Celtic, Manchester United and then finally a return to Motherwell - and 30 caps for Scotland.During the conversation Brian spoke about fans, and the connection he felt to them as a player - and…
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Happy New Year to all our listeners!Getting us back in the swing after the festive break, we got back in the saddle with a night out at the FansBet Star Sixes. Our sponsors put on a great show, and while Scotland fans will be disappointed with the eventual result - sharing 3rd place with the Republic Of Ireland - the atmosphere in the Hydro, partic…
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Bobby Williamson is best known for his association with Kilmarnock, where he finished his playing career and began his managerial career during a 12 year spell when they reversed their 1980s decline, becoming established in the top division where they have remained ever since. Bobby went on to manage Hibernian, Plymouth Argyle and Chester City, bef…
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The 2018 Football Collective (www.footballcollective.org.uk) conference, a gathering of researchers working on football-related projects, met at Hampden Park last month. We were there to connect with the collective, and Andrew gave a presentation on "Fan Ownership in Scotland" which can be found at www.slideshare.net/andrewjenkin1/fan-ownership-in-…
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Chris Smith makes replica football stadiums from Lego (his version of Pittodrie has been particularly popular north of the border: http://brickstand.com/index.php/2015/09/10/pittodrie/), and has set up FC Brickstand - a virtual team who compete in the Diorama Conference, funded by their virtual supporters (sign up at http://www.fcbrickstand.com/)We…
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In episode 39 we are joined by historian and writer Daniel Gray, who has published a number of books exploring the development of football in Scotland and further afield.We talked about three of his books in particular: "Black Boots and Football Pinks: 50 Lost Wonders of the Beautiful Game" (https://amzn.to/2OSRosD), "Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Deli…
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After an extended break, Behind The Goals is back! And we're doing it in style - we've taken the podcast on the road again, this time to Warsaw for a beer festival.Whilst in Warsaw we did a bit of ground-hopping - taking a tour of the national stadium, drinking beer responsibly in the Legia stadium (where the beer festival was being held), and taki…
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This week we bring you highlights from #SDSSummit2018 - our annual event for Scottish football supporters, brought to you this year in partnership with FansBet (www.fansbet.com)This year's event was held at Fir Park, Motherwell, to celebrate "Supporter Ownership At The Top Of Our Game". Hear from the three keynote presentations from The Well Societ…
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Martin Myers (@FIFAmatchAgent) spoke to us about his background organising overseas fundraising trips for football teams and football supporters, his work as a licensed FIFA Match Agent, and his current role as Chair of the Scottish Futsal League (@ScottishFutsal)Find out more about futsal in Scotland at scottishfutsal.co.uk, and head along to The …
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35: ArabTRUST - The Dundee United Supporters Society
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This is the first Behind The Goals road trip! We visited the ArabTRUST (@arabtrust1909) at Dundee United, and learnt about some of their achievements over the years – investing over £300,000 in the club and supporting the youth development and community trust initiatives. We then spoke to ArabTrust chair Susan Batten, and met with Kay and Michelle …
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We are joined this week by Fansbet, who sponsor the Scottish Supporters Network. Founded by match-going football fans, they operate a betting platform which shares their net profits with the fan community.Fansbet have committed to sharing 50% of net profit from players who can choose an established group in the football supporting community to be t…
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33: Phil Differ - "Billy Bremner and Me"
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Phil Differ has written for most of Scotland's best-loved comedy shows over the last 30 years, and this year brought his one-man show "Billy Bremner and Me" to the Edinburgh Fringe.In his show he talks about his teenage dreams of following in Bremner's footsteps from St Modan's High School to the very top of the game - only to find that his own med…
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32: Bala Sport - Fairtrade Footballs
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Angus Coull of Bala Sport talked to us about their campaign for fair trade products in sport. They began with a vision to promote the use of fair trade footballs, but found that there were very few available - so made their own! They now produce footballs, futsal balls, rugby balls, netballs and volleyballs.Listen to find out the difference that fa…
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Duncan Smillie is the owner of Glasgow Rocks, Scotland's only professional basketball team.We spoke to him about what attracted him, a passionate football fan, to the sport and about the fan experience at basketball. We also found out a few things that football could learn from the sport...द्वारा Andrew Jenkin & Alan Russell
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Landing in your ears 24 hours earlier than normal, this week we bring you our long-awaited review of "United Passions", the movie financed by FIFA during the peak of the corruption scandal.A perfect warm-up for today's World Cup Final, here is your chance to hear FIFA's own version of their history - with misrepresentations, stereotypes and omissio…
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29: Jesse Cole of Savannah Bananas
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The podcast has gone yellow this week for a very special episode of Behind The Goals - or should it be Behind The Home Runs?Jesse Cole (@YellowTuxJesse), owner of the Savannah Bananas (@TheSavBananas) spoke to us about their unique approach to running a baseball team. Playing in the eighth tier of baseball in the US, the team started from scratch i…
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Oliver Holtaway shared the Bath City story with us - they have been in community ownership for a year, following a two year campaign known as "The Big Bath City Bid".Listen to find out about the ups and downs of the bid - and how they enlisted the help of a famous fan to make it a success!द्वारा Andrew Jenkin & Alan Russell
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Kevin Rye, formerly of Supporters Direct and now working independently helping supporters and football clubs to engage with each other, joined us for a chat.Kevin has written a free book on fan engagement (available from www.faninsights.co.uk) which is a great starting point for anyone looking to improve the quality of conversations happening at th…
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Steven Lawther joined us to talk about The Roary Club, a campaign to get more young supporters hooked on following Raith Rovers.Based on research carried out by his company, Red Circle Communications, Steven identified a typical lifecycle of a football supporter, and created the Roary Club to address two challenges - how to engage young children at…
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This week, Andrew met with photographer Colin McPherson (who tweets at @germanocean and blogs at www.colinmcpherson.com) to talk about his work as a photographer and as a football writer. In the first issue of Nutmeg magazine he wrote about his experiences as a supporter when the club he supported left him behind.Rate and review us on iTunes! Tweet…
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This week we hear one of the greatest but least-known stories in Scottish football - Jimmy Bone's achievements in Zambia with Power Dynamos FC, the first team from southern Africa to win the Cup Winners Cup - a fascinating conversation that could have gone on for a lot longer!Enjoy.द्वारा Andrew Jenkin & Alan Russell
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Gordon Waddell, sports columnist for the Sunday Mail, joined us to talk about his recent article "Dave King is not the answer to Rangers’ problems but the fans are" (https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dave-king-not-answer-rangers-12402442), in which he makes the case for supporter ownership at Rangers. The article provoked a…
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This week we are joined by Ally Palmer, editor of the excellent Nutmeg football periodical. Since 2016 it has been published every quarter in a format somewhere between a book and a magazine. Unsurprisingly, given Ally's background as a newspaper designer, each issue is a beautiful addition to any bookshelf, and the long-form articles cover a huge …
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Andrew and Alan talk to the newest member of the Supporters Direct Scotland team, Jason Barber, about his involvement with Dunfermline Athletic over the years - from becoming a young fan, through the formation of the Pars Supporters Trust and fundraising for the Centenary Club Lifeline, and the Pars United rescue of the club from administration.Rea…
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Erin Fulton (@PAS_Erin), Volunteers and Interns Manager for PAS joined us to share her insights into how football clubs can make best use of their volunteers whilst also making sure that its a fulfilling and enjoyable for the volunteers themselves.PAS (www.pas.org.uk) are an Edinburgh-based organisation which helps empower people in Scotland to sha…
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19: Nick Igoe on Football Finances
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Nick Igoe, finance specialist for Club Development Scotland and Supporters Direct - and former finance director at West Ham - joined us for a masterclass on the basics of football finances. We talked about financial issues for every level of club from grassroots community clubs up to elite level professional clubs.behindthegoals@hotmail.com@SuppDir…
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18: Austin MacPhee of AM Soccer Club
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This week we visited AM Soccer Club, the community football club in North East Fife set up by Austin MacPhee, who is also assistant manager for Hearts and Northern Ireland. A fascinating character, he told us about his career as a player, about the experiences which inspired him to set up AMS, and his perspectives on the game.AM Soccer Club have be…
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Andrew and Alan talk about the SD Scotland Index - an overview of the ownership of Scotland's 42 senior clubs, and of their approach to supporter engagement and transparency.The index was conceived as an extension of the work Alan did for Raith Supporters Trust to improve their members' understanding of the ownership of their club structure. In thi…
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This week we bring you the first in a series of Club Development Scotland (www.clubdevelopment.scot) podcasts.Andrew spoke to John Alexander and Philip Jones about some of the alternatives to limited companies that you can consider for the incorporation of your club.behindthegoals@hotmail.com@SuppDirectScotland…
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15: Jim Adie of Hibernian Supporters Ltd
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Hibernian Supporters Limited (http://hiberniansupporters.co.uk/) was formed in partnership with the football club at the beginning of 2015. Its purpose is to widen the ownership of the club by purchasing new shares, which would enable the current holding company’s shareholding in Hibernian to be diluted below 50%.HSL board member Jim Adie joined us…
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