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A documentary special - UP Productions' Matt Cutler explores the changing relationship between two cultural institutions in the UK: football and the pub.
The pub has an important place in both professional and grassroots football.
As the place friends and family meet before the game, and dissect a win or loss afterwards.
Where old school friends reserve a table under the big screen to catch-up on a weekend.
And where Sunday League teams - many who operate thanks to patronage from their local pub - congregate, celebrate and commiserate.
However, the number of UK licensed premises fell below 100,000 for the first time since records began in 2023 – and in the first quarter of 2024, pub closures increased by 51%.
And it's already having a major impact on football fan culture.
Leadership in Sport MA 2024 Applications Open
Applications for the next intake on the 2024 Leadership in Sport Masters are open.
The Leadership in Sport Masters is designed for sports industry executives to study part-time alongside their careers.
The programme is co-delivered by Loughborough University London and the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH), experts in leadership education.
Loughborough University is ranked best university in the world for sports-related subjects (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017-2023).
Find out more sportshumanities.org or contact [email protected]
The pub has an important place in both professional and grassroots football.
As the place friends and family meet before the game, and dissect a win or loss afterwards.
Where old school friends reserve a table under the big screen to catch-up on a weekend.
And where Sunday League teams - many who operate thanks to patronage from their local pub - congregate, celebrate and commiserate.
However, the number of UK licensed premises fell below 100,000 for the first time since records began in 2023 – and in the first quarter of 2024, pub closures increased by 51%.
And it's already having a major impact on football fan culture.
Leadership in Sport MA 2024 Applications Open
Applications for the next intake on the 2024 Leadership in Sport Masters are open.
The Leadership in Sport Masters is designed for sports industry executives to study part-time alongside their careers.
The programme is co-delivered by Loughborough University London and the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH), experts in leadership education.
Loughborough University is ranked best university in the world for sports-related subjects (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017-2023).
Find out more sportshumanities.org or contact [email protected]
Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry.
To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartner
We publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday.
These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport.
Our entire back catalogue of 400 sports business conversations are available free of charge here.
Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner’ on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher and every podcast app.
If you’re interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series, you can reach us via the website.
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A documentary special - UP Productions' Matt Cutler explores the changing relationship between two cultural institutions in the UK: football and the pub.
The pub has an important place in both professional and grassroots football.
As the place friends and family meet before the game, and dissect a win or loss afterwards.
Where old school friends reserve a table under the big screen to catch-up on a weekend.
And where Sunday League teams - many who operate thanks to patronage from their local pub - congregate, celebrate and commiserate.
However, the number of UK licensed premises fell below 100,000 for the first time since records began in 2023 – and in the first quarter of 2024, pub closures increased by 51%.
And it's already having a major impact on football fan culture.
Leadership in Sport MA 2024 Applications Open
Applications for the next intake on the 2024 Leadership in Sport Masters are open.
The Leadership in Sport Masters is designed for sports industry executives to study part-time alongside their careers.
The programme is co-delivered by Loughborough University London and the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH), experts in leadership education.
Loughborough University is ranked best university in the world for sports-related subjects (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017-2023).
Find out more sportshumanities.org or contact [email protected]
The pub has an important place in both professional and grassroots football.
As the place friends and family meet before the game, and dissect a win or loss afterwards.
Where old school friends reserve a table under the big screen to catch-up on a weekend.
And where Sunday League teams - many who operate thanks to patronage from their local pub - congregate, celebrate and commiserate.
However, the number of UK licensed premises fell below 100,000 for the first time since records began in 2023 – and in the first quarter of 2024, pub closures increased by 51%.
And it's already having a major impact on football fan culture.
Leadership in Sport MA 2024 Applications Open
Applications for the next intake on the 2024 Leadership in Sport Masters are open.
The Leadership in Sport Masters is designed for sports industry executives to study part-time alongside their careers.
The programme is co-delivered by Loughborough University London and the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH), experts in leadership education.
Loughborough University is ranked best university in the world for sports-related subjects (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017-2023).
Find out more sportshumanities.org or contact [email protected]
Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry.
To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartner
We publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday.
These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport.
Our entire back catalogue of 400 sports business conversations are available free of charge here.
Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner’ on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher and every podcast app.
If you’re interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series, you can reach us via the website.
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