In the 9th episode of the Football Collective Podcast, Sarthak Mondal sits down with football agent, Stephen Dunham to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the football industry.

French culture and sport scholar Dr Jonathan Ervine of Bangor University talks about his love of Philippe Auclair's biography of Eric Cantona. Apologies for the poor sound quality, there are a lot of people using Skype and other video conferencing services at this time. Jonathan, a friend of the podcast, persuasively explains why Auclair's peerless biography gets to the heart of the essence of Eric and what he means on both sides of 'la Manche' (the English Channel).

French culture and sport scholar Dr Jonathan Ervine of Bangor University talks about his love of Philippe Auclair's biography of Eric Cantona. Apologies for the poor sound quality, there are a lot of people using Skype and other video conferencing services at this time. Jonathan, a friend of the podcast, persuasively explains why Auclair's peerless biography gets to the heart of the essence of Eric and what he means on both sides of 'la Manche' (the English Channel).

A short section of Dr Jonathan Ervine's chat about why we all should read Philippe Auclair's peerless biography of Eric Cantona. Full podcast will be available tomorrow at 12pm.

A short section of Dr Jonathan Ervine's chat about why we all should read Philippe Auclair's peerless biography of Eric Cantona. Full podcast will be available tomorrow at 12pm.

In the latest instalment of our 10 x 10 series where 10 writers speak for 10 minutes about their favourite football books, Leeds fan, Sheffield Hallam PhD student, and the creator of this podcast, Josh Dean, talks about Johan Cruyff's autobiography 'My Turn'. Josh says Cruyff's life is so extraordinary that in places it reads more like fiction than real life.

In the latest instalment of our 10 x 10 series where 10 writers speak for 10 minutes about their favourite football books, Leeds fan, Sheffield Hallam PhD student, and the creator of this podcast, Josh Dean, talks about Johan Cruyff's autobiography 'My Turn'. Josh says Cruyff's life is so extraordinary that in places it reads more like fiction than real life.

A bit of internal housekeeping. Chair Dan Parnell assesses the work of the Collective over the last five years and assesses the advances made in the last 12 months. Dan explains why the board have taken the tough decision to postpone this year's conference and how the mentor scheme is just the start of things to come for the Collective.

A bit of internal housekeeping. Chair Dan Parnell assesses the work of the Collective over the last five years and assesses the advances made in the last 12 months. Dan explains why the board have taken the tough decision to postpone this year's conference and how the mentor scheme is just the start of things to come for the Collective.

Liverpool fan Dr David Webber of Solent University talks about his favourite football book: John Williams' 'Into the Red', the story of Gerard Houllier's re-invention of Liverpool. It touches on Houllier, Antonio Gramsci, the Manic Street Preachers and the everyday radicalism re-emerging in modern British football. Not to be missed.