33. Administering The Game

Football Ruined My Life - A podcast by Jon Holmes, Patrick Barclay, Colin Shindler, Paul Kobrak - Fridays

The former Chairman of the FA, David Bernstein, joins Colin, Paddy and Jon for an honest discussion on the failings of governance in football. He tells of how his attempts at reform of the FA were constantly thwarted and how the FA lost any battle they tried to fight against the overwhelming power of the big clubs once they had divested themselves of the old Football League. The discussion ranges from the days of Alan Hardaker and the great figurehead for thirty years, Sir Stanley Rous, to today, when the FA’s influence over its own Premier League is so drastically reduced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices