Running a Football Club - George Delves (Rochdale AFC) #29

In this conversation, George shares what goes on behind the scenes in a senior position of a football club. I have known George from back when I was an intern, and back then, George was a coach and head of education. The skills he has picked up over many years working in the game allowed him to pivot to a General Manager role, first at Tamworth, before moving onto Chester, and currently Rochdale. George talks over club finances, ownership, facilities and dealing with unexpected problems. A football club can be an extremely complicated business and so it is with the help of people like George, that things can run as smooth as possible. Hope you enjoy the video and don't forget to subscribe! Books that George recommended: Dichotomy of Leadership - https://amzn.to/44siSg2 Extreme Ownership - https://amzn.to/4730oon ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 0:00 - Introduction 2:04 - George Joins and gives background 7:10 - Transferring skills 9:37 - George's coaching background 11:24 - Moving to Tamworth & what a COO actually does 16:07 - Ownership of Rochdale & Finances 24:56 - Relegation 30:00 - Data Analytics (MRKT Insights) 35:27 - Fan numbers 39:02 - Sports Director Masters Degree 42:22 - Pre-Season & training facilities 46:43 - The average week and George's responsibilities 52:00 - Match Days 53:39 - Advice for working in sport & doing interviews 57:46 - Book & Podcast recommendations 1:00:02 - Future Goals and Summary ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5 FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk