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Our podcast is about the fans' point of view. Authentic and unvarnished.  We discuss a seminal week for football as honestly as you can.

AYNE welcomes the immensely experienced 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!

The groundsmen reflect on sport finally climbing aboard the data train. Just in time for things to change again! A close up look at the Masters and is it all Zuck and Jack's fault?

Grant and Roger unpeel the onion of fandom in 2021. What does it all mean now? From the death of Claude Callegari, to following Fulham and Celtic, to March Madness. And would Jack Charlton have thrived in today's football?

The Captain is joined this week by Graeme "G-Mac"  McDowell - one of the most popular and successful Northern Irish golfers in recent times.   A lifelong Manchester United supporter, restauranteur and a man synonymous with recent European Ryder Cup glories - this show is not to be missed.

Brought to you by Pumpjack Dataworks, the lads welcome Sam Renouf, CEO at Professional Triathletes Organisation. PTO is challenging the current triathlon landscape and Sam shares his views on what it takes to bring a sport out of the stale status quo and into a new era of athlete recognition, alternative funding strategies, narrative building , and data science.  All this while navigating pitfalls like doping scandals, traditional media bias, and facing pressure from the "this isn't how it's done" crowd. Sam proves a worthy commentator and avatar for someone taking the big risks to buck the trend and try something truly revolutionary in the world of Triathlon.

Our Groundsmen pick apart the future for PE funded rugby; new basketball leagues for GenZ, challenging NCAA; skiing and funding scandals, the tragedy of doping in U.K. sport tarnishing 2012 legacies; f1’s bright future; Fifa statute of limitations. And Marvellous Marvin.

Grant and Roger let off steam about refs, Football index and gamification, Bryson, Barca trading whilst insolvent, and Serbian football stadium torture... and will Fulham stay up?

On the show this week is former rugby player Jason Leonard - 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, 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.

Alec Scheiner of Redbird joins the Pumpjack Big interview. A packed 60 minutes covering SPACs, Fenway, Toulouse and a multiclub strategy, XFL, Wasserman, NFL media, and sport being the ultimate people business.