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NEW Series Two! The Fan Engagement Pod returns to a regular slot, with an episode once a month on the first Monday of the month. Some will be chats and interviews with special guests, others we’ll be looking at an issue in-depth. Find out more at fanengagement.net Series One Episodes including conversations between Kevin Rye and a guest who works in Fan Engagement, or who brings insight to the subject. Plus, BasChat, where Fan Engagement consultant and expert, Bas Schnater and Kevin Rye, talk about tactics, delivery and how you make Fan Engagement connect to Fan Experience, and Did They Ask The Fans with sports marketing guru, Tim Crow. Read more about our work at fanengagement.net and subscribe. Think Fan Engagement works with
Think Fan Engagement hosts The Fan Engagement Pod, a sports show with 96 episodes published.
It's been four years since the Premier League announced that every club in the competition would have to have a Fan Advisory Board. It wasn't long after the collapse of the European Super League, around the time the fan-
January 2026 - This is the first ever episode of the pod, and the second most popular episode we've ever recorded. Dan is now at Eleven Sports Media running Global Partnerships Development. Find him on LinkedIn as Daniel
January 2026 Part one As we head towards a new season (2022/2023), I lay out the position we appear to be in when it comes to Fan Engagement as part of the government’s Fan Led Review. This is after all the context for e
Series 2 Episode 4 is all about our research paper, ‘Establishing Fan Engagement as a core value in the Football Industry during a New Era of Regulation’, with my colleagues Natasha Simms and Andrea Rossi. It’s a slightl
This episode is with James Gibbins, Experience & Engagement Director and part of the senior leadership team at Walsall Football Club. In it we talk about a wide range of subject, from personalisation to in-person engagem
This week it’s Aarayaman Banerji, Head of Football Governance at LCP. In it we discuss what the impact of the Independent Regulator is likely to be on fan engagement, looking at: Overview of what the regulator is likely
We’re returning the pod to a regular episode. From now on we’ll be publishing an episode once a month on various subjects. This week is a chat between me and my new colleague Natasha Simms, our new Fan Engagement and Com
This year’s fan engagement index comes on the verge of the biggest shakeup in the way football is run in decades. The new independent regulator for football will for the first time see clubs regulated in part for their f
Join Everton FC, Lincoln City FC, Manchester United & Chelsea Supporters Trusts, plus Rhion Jones, Consultation Guru and Lane Clark and Peacock on the 14th May in London for Life with Football Legislation; Preparing for
This episode is the first of what I hope will be several with the UK’s expert on consultation, Rhion Jones. Known professionally as the Consultation Guru, we’ve been collaborating for some months now as the Football Gove
Welcome to the Fan Engagement Pod. Don’t forget the first event of the Fan Engagement Network is on the 26th July at Bristol Rovers. It’s a joint event with Rovers and CEO Tom Gorringe will be speaking. If you work or vo
This episode is with Aaryaman Banerji, author of the Civitas report, Governing the Beautiful Game, The Future of Football in Civil Society. Aaryaman produced the report as Lead Football Analyst at Civitas, a political th
This is our first face-to-face recording, done at the RSA in John Adam Street, just off the Strand in London, where I’m a fellow. Apologies for some background noise at times. This episode is with Kat Law and Martin Cloa
This episode is a chat with Deborah Dilworth, Head of Women’s Football at the Football Supporters Association. Our paths very nearly crossed, as she joined Supporters Direct not long after I left, though then working in
This episode is a chat with Gerard Lawlor, Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Football League. Gerard has been CEO since 2021. Professionally, he was in the hospitality industry as a chef for years, but crucially, a
This episode discusses policing, at risk fans. We look at how to change the approach of dealing with anti-social behaviour and problem fans from one of removal and banning, to education and helping them to become better
Part one As we head towards a new season, I lay out the position we appear to be in when it comes to Fan Engagement as part of the government’s Fan Led Review. This is after all the context for every discussion about ref
It's a Fan Engagement Index 2020/2021 season special. As well as running down the table from 92 to 1, we chat with special guests including club CEOs, directors, supporters' trusts and fan groups, and experts in the fiel
This episode takes a stark look at what it's like in the middle of a crisis with Adam Keely from Oldham Athletic activist group, Push The Boundary. It was recorded in mid-December, before the owner, Abdallah Lemsagam, pu
This week we’re chatting with Geoff Wilson, expert in engagement at a strategic level across sports businesses and organisations. He’s the owner of Geoff Wilson Consultancy, which focuses on Sports Organisations/NGO's, B
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