How the FA and the Premier League have hindered England's chances international competition - a personal perspective
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
A seminar as part of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre Public Seminar Series.
Given by: Alex Fynn.
Synopsis
Alex Fynn, as a Director of Saatchi & Saatchi, helped produce the first advertising campaign for a football club for Tottenham Hotspur back in the 1980s. In the 1990s he worked closely with the Football League, Premier League and Football Association on a number of projects.
During this period he had first hand experience of a number of England managers, namely, Bobby Robson, Graham Taylor, Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle, Sven Goran Eriksson, Fabio Capello and Sam Allardyce. In this presentation Alex will present his assessment that key policy decisions by England’s football authorities negatively impacted on the England national team’s chances of international success, and that these decisions continue to undermine the national team’s potential for success to this day. He will conclude by making some recommendations for a clearer, more focused, strategic vision for the national team which he believes is a sine qua non if the English national team is to fulfill the potential of the current very talented crop of England players.
Biography
Alex Fynn is a well-known consultant to the sports’ industry who has also written extensively on the subject of the football business. His clients have included Arsenal, Celtic, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur football teams, as well as the Football League and the Football Association. Through his work he has been influential in the formation of both the English Premier League and the UEFA European Champions League. Previously Alex was a director of the well-known advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, latterly as vice-chairman. He was responsible for a number of major clients including Procter & Gamble. Throughout his career Alex has acted as an advisor on the negotiation of the sale of TV broadcasting rights for a number of clubs and federations including the FA, the Football League, the RFU and the British Athletics Federation.
Reading
- Deloitte (2018). Annual Review of Football Finance. Deloitte.
- Winter, H. (2016). Fifty Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football and Why We Never Stop Believing. Black Swan.
Contact details
- Twitter: Follow Alex @AlexFynn1
Seminar series details
For further details on this seminar series contact:
Sean Hamil
Department of Management
Birkbeck College
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HX
Tel: 020 7631 6763
Email: s.hamil@bbk.ac.uk
Twitter: @Birkbecksport
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