
The Footballco Business Podcast
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The Footballco Business Podcast focuses on the media and marketing behind the beautiful game. Featuring guests from some of the biggest brands and rights holders as well as content creators and creatives, each show offers unique insight, whether that’s on engaging young football fans and soccer culture in the US, or innovative media strategies and shirt design.
Listen to the latest show every fortnight or delve into the extensive archive for evergreen insight.
Latest episodes
C.P. Company's Lorenzo Osti joins us to discuss how the brand created by his father ended up being adopted by the UK's casual football subculture, why they partnered with Manchester City, and how he's continuing his father's legacy at C.P.
Brent Koning is Dentsu's EVP for global gaming and spent six years at Electronic Arts, where he was Commissioner of the EA Sports FIFA Global series and was the first employee of EA’s football esports team. Brent joins us to build a winning gaming strategy for his own fictitious football club.
Our guest on this show is Mohammed Basrawi, GM for Marketing Communications and Content for the Saudi Pro League. Mohammed joins us to discuss how the Saudi Pro League is growing its audience outside of leveraging the popularity of marquee players.
From the biggest derbies and club history to innovative media deals and eye-catching celebrations, this show looks at what’s driving fandom both inside the Kingdom and in growing markets.
Our guest is the man behind 'Brand Beckham', Simon Oliveira. Simon joins us to talk about building the Beckham brand and how you create a modern footballer brand today.
In this episode, we bring you the More Women in Football panel from the Social Football Summit, which took place in Rome in November last year. The panel features Budreya Faisal, President of Banaat FC, Morgan Brennan, Head of Footballco's women's football brand, INDIVISA, and Zoe Johnson, Managing Director of Women and Girls at Brighton and Hove Albion.
Fashion and sport culture journalist Daniel-Yaw Miller joins us to discuss the biggest collabs and stories of 2024, his predictions for this year and builds his dream team of fashion ambassadors.
We're joined by the CEO and MD of Serie A USA, Andy Mitchell, to discuss how he's helping Americans fall in love with Italian football. From the power of Pulisic to US owners and the importance of having a pizzeria on every street corner, Andy discusses how Serie A cultivates this fandom.
We're looking back at how video games have changed how fans engage with football and the titles that influenced the industry and our relationship with the sport. Our guest is Richard Moss, the author of the recently released 'A Tale of Two Halves—the History of Football Video Games 1982-2010'.
From tourism and brands to Netflix and stadiums, we discuss Saudi Arabia’s bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup with Hammad Albalawi, Head of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation FIFA World Cup 2034 bid unit.
From the New York Yankees to Pleasures and Off-White - we speak to AC Milan's CMO, Tania Moreno, about the club's football and fashion strategy and what made Business of Fashion call AC Milan 'The football team that finally got fashion right'.
We run through SportsPro's list of the world’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes with help from SportsPro's Ed Dixon and Sam Carp
How to create club-owned podcasts with Sport Social's with Jim Salveson | Matt Tasker on creating Manchester United's first podcast.
Our guest on this show is Emily Heath, global brand director for Rexona at Unilever. Emily joined us to discuss Rexona's work in women’s football, from their Breaking Limits program and barriers faced by girls trying to progress in sports to the brand’s UEFA and FIFA partnerships and their focus on young female players.
Google's Kate Johnson on Google's women's football strategy, lessons from the Olympics and inspiring women in sport
Managing and marketing a club in one of the most dangerous cities in the world with club president Luis Rodriguez.
Acid FC's founder, Ed Cowburn, on trends in kit design, the role of creatives in football, why smaller clubs are setting the creative benchmark, and what it's like designing the kit for your hometown club.
Michael Yormark, the president of Roc Nation Sports International, about being part of Jay-Z's Roc Nation empire, how the agency differentiates itself and the importance of the Ballon d'Or for Vini Jr. 's career.
Euro 2024 Special with SportsPro - The most marketable players, the media wins and the biggest marketing and media stories from Euro 2024
England to Bob Marley - How Admiral invented the replica football shirt industry and pivoted to award-winning colabs
Mike and Marco were on stage with Footballco's PR Manager, Paul Rayment, to discuss the Juventus Creator Lab - the club’s new approach to creation, where creatives with different talents - designers, video makers, writers, influencers, streamers, social media creators - join forces in a single production centre in the heart of the Juventus headquarters.
We speak to Las Vegas Lights owner and MLB six-time All-Star, Jose Bautista about plans for the Lights and what it's like running a club in Las Vegas
On this episode, we’re speaking with Inigo Diaz de Cerio, International Area Manager of Real Sociedad. Inigo joins us to talk about growing fandom at home and abroad and the impact the club’s run in the UEFA Champions League had on its brand.
On this episode, Alex talks with Jenny Mitton, Managing Partner and women’s Sport Lead at M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment. Jenny has extensive experience in women's sport, including football, rugby, and cricket, having worked with some of the biggest brands and rights holders in the space.
Hear how Charlton Athletic are seeing the benefits on and off the pitch and using EDI to create a unique proposition for brand partners looking to reach young football fans.
On this show, we're talking with the team behind the CBBC football documentary series 'The Academy', a show for preteen children that focuses on the young players at Southampton FC's academy.
On this episode, we were invited to record at Manchester City’s Studio 1 to discover how the club’s creative content and production hub, City Studios, which includes a purpose-built facility in the heart of the club’s training grounds has supercharged the club’s branded content and fan-first video output.
How putting fans first, rejecting VAR and foreign money made the Allsvenskan the most popular league in Sweden
The strategy behind and impact of megastar footballers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ft. KSA Ministry of Sport, Saudi Pro League, SAFF, and Lega Serie A
Crystal Palace and Mailroom Creative Agency: The evolving relationship between fashion and football