London live show tickets and UEFA delays its decision on domestic games abroad

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0:59Hello and welcome back to the Friday edition of the Stadio podcast. I'm Musa Kwonga. I'm Ryan, hun. Ryan, how are you doing? I'm all right, thanks, man. How are you? I'm good. Very well, indeed. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I mentioned this in the chat, but nothing beats like an amazing cab driver. Every now and again, you meet someone just an absolute diamond. So this guy offered me like, get in the cab, and it's like a 10-minute journey. And he was like, oh, yes, brother, it's late at night, so I'm driving, and I'm fueled by my Turkish tea. You know Turkish tea? I was like, yeah, yeah, I know it.

1:33And he was like, oh my God. He goes, well, do you want some? And he gives me like this delicious cup of Turkish tea with a slice of lemon. And it made me think about all the great cabbies I've met in recent years, including the one that got me to the airport in like record time. And I'd left my old passport. I used my old passport, my new one. And I was like, oh my God, like this is a, this is a magic moment. It's one of those times you're like, I love this city, man. Like, please take care of it. I was talking to a friend and I was saying, so often you have these amazing spaces and cities and interactions.

2:06I wish sometimes human beings fought harder for this good stuff. But yeah, that was definitely the good stuff.

2:13Ryan Hunn: Yeah, man. A couple of bits of admin. Tickets to our first two shows at the Southbank Centre in London are on general sale now. If you go to the link in the description, you can purchase tickets for December the 4th, which is our first one. there it's a Thursday and Sunday March the 1st you can buy tickets for both if you like doors are about 7.15 the show starts about 7.45 and it'll probably last about an hour and a half for those asking but yeah be quick because yeah we don't want anyone to miss out they'll be our biggest live shows yet but yeah we'd love to see you there so anyone in London December the 4th March the 1st come and see us at the Southbank Centre link the link is in the description to buy tickets.

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3:48I think that's it yeah?

3:50Ryan Hunn: yeah that's it today first of all I want to shout out Bran beating Manchester United in the Women's Champions League. First leg qualifier. We were saying with Lota. It's no joke. It's always a big fish that gets caught up. It's no joke. Yeah. I mean, they should still come through the second leg, United, but it's a team which should have the tools, but nothing guaranteed. And like we said, like someone always, someone who catches one in the first qualifying round. Other bits of news. Chelsea were hit with some charges from the FA. 74. The FA released a statement to which Chelsea released their own statement saying, Chelsea FC is pleased to confirm that its engagement with the FA concerning matters that were self-reported by the club is now reaching a conclusion.

4:32Ryan Hunn: The club's ownership group completed its purchase of the club on 30th May 2022. During a thorough due diligence process prior to completion of the purchase, the ownership group became aware of potentially incomplete financial reporting concerning historical transactions and other potential breaches of FA rules. Immediately upon the completion of the purchase, the club self-reported these matters to all relevant regulators, including FA. The club has demonstrated unprecedented transparency. Incredible. Great band name, Unprecedented Transparency. Is it though? No, terrible band. Good name for an EP.

5:07Ryan Hunn: Good name for an EP. They demonstrated unprecedented transparency during the process, including by giving comprehensive access to the club's files and historical data. We will continue working collaboratively with the FA to conclude this matter as swiftly as possible. we wish to place on record our gratitude to the FA for the engagement with the club on this complex case the focus of which has been on matters that took place over a decade ago so very much just being like no no that was the previous guys guys guys previous guys but also to be fair to Chelsea this was something that has been widely reported that they they highlighted when they bought the club which was why they were negotiating a fee that was a price that was lower than the original asking price for the club because they knew that down the line they were going to get stung for this stuff because they highlighted it in their research before purchasing the club so look i know it's very easy to a lot of people were just like whoa what a shock like you know i think it's actually fair play to chelsea here the current group who did bring this to the fa in the first place because they knew they were just going to get done for it i just think a bunch of lawyers are going to talk about this and it'll just pass through it doesn't seem like yeah it's not um it doesn't seem like a thunder strike like some other charges against them here's a tip for you there's a podcast out there with fans waiting to be your next customer they tune in every week they trust the host and that host wants to talk about brands like yours in their own words to their audience the problem is you just haven't been introduced yet we're a where that introduction happens.

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7:03So yeah, the other news, it's a slightly dry week for football news. regulatory news um is uefa has delayed its decision over whether to play well give permission for two games we played abroad villarreal barcelona in the us and milan como in australia and i i have sympathy for como because como imagine envisaging oh yeah we're gonna go let's not game around the corner in milan and that all of a sudden oh whoa hell like just

7:33Ryan Hunn: taking like a local derby away match you probably could unless you took it to like auckland you couldn't take it any further away. Yeah, actually UEFA delayed the decision because of big backlash from four major supporters groups that got their act together and mobilised. Shout out to them going, look, what are we doing here? I don't think it's the thin end of the wedge, it's like the thick end of the wedge, but because the wedge is very much advanced in the chase for profit in football, but they've delayed the decision and they're going to consult fan groups. So let's see how that plays out. But that's the state of play at the moment.

8:02Ryan Hunn: The executive committee of UEFA, they said they wish to ensure that it has the view of all stakeholders before coming to a decision. There are many issues to resolve and as the European governing body, UEFA has a responsibility to take all such factors into account. The football supporters of Europe said they welcomed the decision, saying that it reflected their desire of preserving the integrity of European football. UEFA has recognised the strong opposition expressed by millions of supporters across the continent as well as those of many other stakeholders who have spoken about out against these plans.

8:34Ryan Hunn: do we need to have a discussion about how we feel about this or is it quite clear how we feel about this because i was actually having a conversation with a few people recently about this very thing about the the process of or the the thought process of taking domestic league games abroad i think as americans they were far less wedded to the idea of like you know well how is this sacrosanct why should why are home games you know it happens in xyz sports i was like yeah i know it happens in XYZ sports but they were also with the understanding that by doing so you would lose a huge amount of essence of what makes those fixtures special in the first place right right you only get Barcelona at home guaranteed once a year yeah social event yeah yeah yeah the fear for me and maybe this is just stating the complete obvious it's not necessarily taking these one individual fixtures that's it then it's a number of leagues I can imagine are probably looking at this very closely and just waiting for them oh we're very it's very clear which leagues are really yeah interested yeah we've talked about this before in football and we've used the phrase like the toothpaste is just so far out of the tube this just strikes me as another example of this that once once that initial cap is taken off it's just squeeze i think i think a lot of people have looked i think a lot of people in football have looked with envy at these touring bands like touring bands that yeah they go abroad and go like oh look those bands can go on touring and gather crowds there and pick up revenues in different parts of the world imagine if we were able to maximize our revenues by playing in these different places yeah they can yeah they do yeah but preseason yeah yeah they can but the jeopardy of it like i think there's something about having a league fixture because like pre-season tour like who's locked in like look at look at the you know the summer tournament it's not the same when a club doesn't have something on the line if you're talking about revenue i think that the revenue is just as easily generated out of season no a champions league final like if you have like a big fixture let's say you do like a final four type thing you look at like the american final four and you create a real mini tournament around it and like all eyes are on it and celebrities come and everything yeah but we're not talking about that though we're talking about a specific league game we'll be talking about but this is what this is what it leads to this is what i think it's in gen this is what i think is the attempt it's like weaning people because you're not going to go straight from this to to that you're not it's going to be something that is going to be an incremental shift towards like the super league it's been an incremental shift where within five years like the super league thing didn't come out of nowhere it's gone away it's coming back again the champions league is resembling something like it and it's basically like a 20-year 10-year project towards in a dream world we'll have uh the semi-final and the final champions league in one city and it'll be a big like celebrity thing and and i i really think that's what some people envisage for football people like infantino or whatever i don't think this ends well for anyone no no i don't think it does it was like we were talking about the other day with the media stuff in sport just because something works for say like on the NBA take two or three games to Paris or London or wherever or the NFL take a sporadic games around when you only meet people twice and it's that formula that makes the leagues what they are when you start removing that and you start chipping away at the actual if you want to get kind of uh really really boring about it when you're chipping away at the sporting integrity of the competition then yeah which invalidates it to some level now just because the club who maybe is giving up home advantage is okay with that it doesn't mean that it makes it any any more valid totally that was a preview of today's episode of stadio if you want to join up for ad-free podcasts extra podcasts access to the stadio social club and more you can join us at patreon.com forward slash stadio

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