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45, Season 3 - AYNE Special - Part 2

AYNE 45, Season 3 – A Special on “Shaping the future of sport: beyond Covid” – Part 2

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams | David James - Tom Harrison - Angus Kinnear

7 Jun 2021

In the second part of this 3-part series – in partnership with global executive search firm SRI – Grant and Roger are joined by their Managing Partner, David James and by Tom Harrison CEO of the ECB and Angus Kinnear CEO at Leeds U. We hear from the inside how difficult it is to manage in this industry in 2021. Events, dear boy, events. Listen how challenging it is to balance all the different stakeholders and forces of disruption. From the absolute inside. A wonderful insight.

42, Season 3 - the Big Interview with John Inverdale

AYNE 42, Season 3 – 20 May 2021

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams - Giles Morgan | John Inverdale

20 May 2021

Roger, Grant and Giles welcome veteran sports broadcaster John Inverdale on to The Big Interview – brought to you by PumpJack Dataworks. John has been one of the UK’s most recognised sports presenters on both Radio and TV and covered all the world’s major sporting events. John looks back on his career and shares his thoughts on where the world of sport is going and lessons it must heed.

39, Season 3 with Colin O'Donnell

AYNE 39, Season 3 – 29 April 2021

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams | Goal - Own Goal (with Colin O’Donnell)

30 Apr 2021

Our podcast is about the fans’ point of view. Authentic and unvarnished.  We discuss a seminal week for football as honestly as we can. What’s next the European Super League shambles? Do the players or the fans carry a responsibility for what has happened? Or are the rich clubs to blame?

38, Season 3 - the Big Interview with Jefferson Slack

AYNE 38, Season 3 – 22 Aprile 2021

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams - Giles Morgan | Jefferson Slack

22 Apr 2021

The lads welcome Jefferson Slack, Managing Director at Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team, to discuss his amazing career in sports, leading up to his current role working for Lawrence Stroll. We look back at the 90s with Michael Jordan, Italian football, Wasserman/IMG and where now for the big agencies. Oh, and we mention something about a breakaway football league!
In association with PumpJack Dataworks.

35, Season 3

AYNE 35, Season 3 – 1 April 2021

Giles Morgan - at the Captain's table | Graeme McDowell

2 Apr 2021

Graeme “G-Mac” McDowell – one of the most popular and successful Northern Irish golfers in recent times – joins the Captain. A lifelong Manchester United supporter, restauranteur and a man synonymous with recent European Ryder Cup glories. Graeme expresses an authentic passion for sports events and recalls his first times as a fan in places like Wimbledon and American football’s stadia.
In association with Loch Lomond Whiskies.

34, Season 3 - the Big Interview with Sam Renouf

AYNE 34, Season 3 – 25 March 2021

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams - Giles Morgan | Sam Renouf

25 Mar 2021

The lads welcome Sam Renouf, CEO at Professional Triathletes Organisation. PTO is challenging the current triathlon landscape. Sam, therefore, shares his views on what it takes to bring a sport out of the stale status quo. The sport needs to enter into a new era of athlete recognition, alternative funding strategies, narrative building, and data science. Sam proves a worthy commentator and avatar for someone trying something truly revolutionary in the world of Triathlon.
In association with PumpJack Dataworks.

32, Season 3

AYNE 32, Season 3 – 12 March 2021

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams | Goal - Own Goal

11 Mar 2021

Grant and Roger discuss first and foremost about refs and bad governance in sport: changing rules mid-season; technology ruling form over substance; what are referees adding to the game today? Moreover, football index, NFTs and gamification, Bryson, Barca trading whilst insolvent, and Serbian football stadium torture… and will Fulham stay up?

31, Season 3

AYNE 31, Season 3 – 4 March 2021

Giles Morgan - at the Captain's table | Jason Leonard

4 Mar 2021

Jason Leonard, the English former rugby union player, is the Captain’s illustrious guest of this episode. Jason is one of the finest prop forwards ever to appear for England. Winning 114 Caps over a 14 year career, he was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014. He furthermore is a former President of the Rugby Football Union and the current Chairman of the British & Irish Lions. A rugby legend. And exceptional company in bar.
In association with Loch Lomond Whiskies.

29, Season 3 - AYNE Special - "Shaping the future of sport" - in partnership with SRI

AYNE 29, Season 3 – A Special on “Shaping the future of sport: beyond Covid” – Part 1

Roger Mitchell - Giles Morgan | David James - Annamarie Phelps - Jo Coates

24 Feb 2021

In this 3-part series – in partnership with global executive search firm SRI – the Captain and Roger are joined by their Managing Partner, David James and by Annamarie Phelps, Chairman of the British Horse racing Authority and Jo Coates – CEO of U.K. Athletics. The conversation of this first episode revolves around the challenges and the opportunities facing the world of sport today. Innovation, technology, creating narratives, business models, data, talents, abilities needed to manage change and so much more food for thought.

26, Season 3 - Bitter Sweet Symphony meets Pat Nevin

AYNE 26, Season 3 – 8 February 2021

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams, Billy Sloan | Pat Nevin

9 Feb 2021

The lads are joined by Pat Nevin to discuss how music and football intertwined in his career. Songs that changed lives, concerts missed still regretted, how the Walkman changed dressing room culture forever, the great musicians of the past and the new generations, the songs one wished to have written and so much more!

25, Season 3

AYNE 25, Season 3 – 3 February 2021

Giles Morgan - at the Captain's table | Jamie Roberts

4 Feb 2021

Jamie Roberts, the brilliant Wales & British & Irish Lion player, joins the Captain this week to share his love of sport, beyond rugby. A life-long ManUnited supporter, a qualified medic and watch collector, Jamie shares with AYNE his deep ineptitude for golf in the most public arena: Wentworth Golf Club!
In association with Loch Lomond Malts.

23, Season 3 - AYNE Special

AYNE 23, Season 3 – A Special on “The repricing of sports risk”

Roger Mitchell - Giles Morgan | Zone7 - Pumpjack Dataworks - Control Risks

21 Jan 2021

Giles and Roger got on a call with 3 true experts in data and risk management. Nick Goggans, Tal Brown and Daniel Heal come from 3 eclectic data-led companies: Zone7, Pumpjack Dataworks, and Control Risks. We just pressed record and called the episode: “The Repricing of Sports Risk”.

20, Season 3 - Bitter Sweet Symphony

AYNE 20, Season 3 – Pilot – Bitter Sweet Symphony with Billy Sloan – part 2

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams - Billy Sloan | Bitter Sweet Symphony

4 Jan 2021

This is part two of the first episode of Bitter Sweet Symphony, the AYNE’s show exploring in depth the links between sport and music. Legendary music journalist Billy Sloan continues his incredible chronicle of his lifetime of friendships and stories with the biggest names.

19, Season 3 - Bitter Sweet Symphony

AYNE 19, Season 3 – Pilot – Bitter Sweet Symphony with Billy Sloan – part1

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams, Billy Sloan | Bitter Sweet Symphony

30 Dec 2020

Bitter Sweet Symphony is AYNE’s new show. This first episode is an introduction to our vision: exploring in depth the links between sport and music, speaking to the insiders and the stars. The legendary music journalist Billy Sloan tells us about his lifetime of friendships and stories with the biggest names.

17, Season 3

AYNE 17, Season 3 – 17 December 2020

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams - Giles Morgan | The Groundsmen

17 Dec 2020

The Groundsmen discuss the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and what it should be in 2020. Is football in any way controllable in a world of feral fandom? And what about the juxtaposition of untrained celebs risking serious physical damage in boxing with the tsunami coming at rugby and football on brain damage? Intense discussion, as always.

14, Season 3 - the Big Interview

AYNE 14, Season 3 – 24 November 2020

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams - Giles Morgan | George Pyne

24 Nov 2020

George Pyne is a titan for the US sports industry. One of the real movers and shakers in the global financial arena, he is first of all a genuine sports fan. George is now running his own equity funds company, called Bruin Sports Capital. How is he setting out his stall for intense change?
In association with PumpJack Dataworks.

13, Season 3

AYNE 13, Season 3 – 19 November 2020

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams - Giles Morgan | The Groundsmen

19 Nov 2020

The Groundsmen have a robust conversation around why sports is special, compared to other entertainment content. Or is it? Content-led business models are starting to come to the local football clubs: can reality tv shows play a strategic engagement tool for sports? And how do you tell, if you don’t know your fans behaviours? Existential stuff. 

12, Season 3

AYNE 12, Season 3 – 12 November 2020

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams | Goal - Own Goal

13 Nov 2020

Grant and Roger take their monthly journey to seek out the beauty and absurdities of sport. Grant’s fuming about Fulham’s unfortunate missed penalty vs West Ham last week. The Masters’ week and Celtic legend Chris Sutton’s moving interview about heading and dementia. Dazn’s challenging times and politics, more and more present in sports. And much more.
From the sublime to the ridiculous. Always with a chuckle!

10, Season 3

AYNE 10, Season 3 – 29 October 2020

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams - Giles Morgan | Al Guido

29 Oct 2020

Al Guido is a sports fan from Philly. His dog is called Rocky! He is now also one of the most powerful people in the industry, running the 49ers and Elevate Sports Ventures. He is an investor in Leeds United. In this episode, he explains his passions and approach to sports. “Art and science”. A rare insight, from one of the top global sports podcasts around.
In association with PumpJack Dataworks.

8, Season 3

AYNE 8, Season 3 – 15 October 2020

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams | Goal - Own Goal

15 Oct 2020

This week’s GoG looks at the increasingly jaw dropping events in sport, wherever you look. From the vicious hardball politics around football, to cycling doping, Nadal, unbelievable court cases, Wrexham and long-oarsmen, Wigan and lion tamers, bull riding on an aircraft carriers. And much, much more. If you don’t laugh, you’d cry.

3, Season 3

AYNE 3, Season 3 – 17 September 2020

Roger Mitchell - Grant Williams | Goal - Own Goal

17 Sep 2020

Grant and Roger romp around the stories of recent days from the ridiculous to the sublime. F1 and the last exciting Italian Grand Prix; American football’s dystopian start of this season; Zaniolo’s sad injury; Canelo Alvarez’s suing DZN; Foden’s and Greenwood’s scandal; Nole Djokovic and Serbia discrimination; Yaya Touré and sexy workers; the Cleveland Steamer; Amazon and rugby; Fulham FC.