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  AYNE 826 - Goal/Own Goal 23.07.2026 1ώ 38λ

  This week’s Goal/Own Goal swings from the Open Championship’s pure sporting theatre to Bryson DeChambeau’s full-bore nonsense, with Grant and Roger tearing into the difference between actually winning and simply making everything about yourself. From there it’s a sharp, slightly brutal World Cup post-mortem on Messi, legacy, dignity, and the tiny human vanishing act that can sit behind genius, all wrapped in the show’s usual mix of sport, ego, and righteous irritation. It's Goal/Own Goal.
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  AYNE 825 - The Confessional: Charlie Methven 19.07.2026 1ώ 22λ

  In this episode of The Confessional, Roger Mitchell sits down with Charlie Methven for a sharp, candid conversation about leadership, football, and the hard lessons that come with both.  Charlie reflects on the personal cost of a life lived on the move, the tension between honest words and public perception at Sunderland, and why he believes the game is shaped as much by identity and feeling as by facts and numbers.  He also opens up about the responsibility that comes with transformation, the trade-offs behind ambition, and the value of saying difficult truths even when they’re uncomfortable. Brought to you by Lockeroom.
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  AYNE 824 - Goal/Own Goal 09.07.2026 1ώ 22λ

  This week’s Goal Own Goal is a World Cup special that kicks off with Roger’s overcooked summit-wine haze and Donald Trump somehow ending up in a fight with Giorgia Meloni, before the real debate lands: whether England’s win over Mexico was the birth of belief or just one of those classic moments that tempt English football into another grand, doomed act of self-confidence. Grant and Roger chew through the red card, altitude, the Norway banana skin, France looming in the distance, and why World Cup football is always really about whether your top boys can deliver when the pressure turns the whole thing feral. Brought to you by Lockeroom
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  AYNE 823 - THE CAPTAINS TABLE - Jon Miller 02.07.2026 44λ

  Jon Miller - President of NBC Sports Programming joins The Captain this week. One of the most influential and powerful executives in North American sport - Jon Miller is the man responsible for NBC”s and Peacock’s extraordinary sports broadcasting - including the Olympic Games, The English Premier League, the NBA and NHL. We learn about Jon’s own passion for sport - golf, tennis and American football - and his own talent - for sand up comedy. The sow is brought to you by Fortnum & Mason and The Sponsorship Doctor.
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  AYNE 822 - Citizen AYNE: Mike Darcey 29.06.2026 1ώ

  Roger Mitchell and Mark Oliver welcome Mike Darcey, former strategic brain behind Sky and ex‑CEO of News UK, for a deep dive into the messy frontier where sport rights, streaming and regulation collide. Using Rupert Murdoch’s quiet war on the NFL as a starting point, they unpack 60 years of antitrust logic, why “no single buyer” rules gave fans more packages but not always better value, and whether in an era of apps, clips and ubiquitous coverage it’s time to let one player own the whole shop again or accept that regulating modern media might simply be impossible to do well.
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  AYNE 821 - Goal/Own Goal 25.06.2026 1ώ 4λ

  This week’s Goal Own Goal is a special World Cup edition that starts with Trump somehow picking a public fight with Giorgia Meloni and ends with England suddenly playing like a 1990s Premier League side under Tuchel instead of suffering through another Southgate straitjacket.  Grant and Roger chew over England–Croatia, the weird thrill of not knowing which England will turn up, the fine art of not antagonising Italian women, and why “results merchants” on the touchline eventually get found out when the football stops being any fun.  Brough to you by Lockeroom
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  AYNE 820 - The Confessional: Ray Ranson 21.06.2026 1ώ 14λ

  In this episode of The Confessional, Roger Mitchell sits down with Ray Ranson for a frank conversation about the move from football to business, and the harder lessons that came with it.  Ray reflects on the ruthless side of life in deals, the pressure of keeping a game face, the painful lesson of backing a pioneering sports tech deal that had the vision but not the pricing power to match.  It’s a conversation about ambition, regret, and the cost of getting things wrong before you finally learn how to get them right. Brought to you by Lockeroom.
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  AYNE 819 - Goal/Own Goal 11.06.2026 1ώ 4λ

  This week’s Goal Own Goal swings from Roland Garros heat exhaustion and prize-money grumbling to the usual grand tour of football’s modern absurdities: Celtic’s managerial politics, Arsenal’s latest lesson in defending like their lives depend on it, PSG’s triumph, women’s football still waiting for the promised mass audience, and FIFA’s relentless mission to turn the World Cup into a luxury product for people who don’t actually enjoy football. Grant and Roger do what they do best here — tear into the financial hype, skewer the ego-driven suits, and remind everyone that the game still works best when it stays messy, tribal, and gloriously uninterested in being a “platform." Brought to you by Lockeroom
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  AYNE 818 - THE CAPTAINS TABLE - Jon Dutton 04.06.2026 36λ

  Season 3 of The Captain’s Table focuses on the movers and shakers of the sports industry. This week, The Captain is joined by the real Sheriff of British Sport, Jon Dutton — not of Yellowstone fame, but the current CEO of British Cycling and soon-to-be CEO of Team GB, the British Olympic Association. We learn about Jon’s passion for Rugby League, Rugby Union, and Cycling, as well as his unique leadership style that has taken him to the top tier of British sport. The show is brought to you by Fortnum & Mason and The Sponsorship Doctor.
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  AYNE 817 - Citizen AYNE: Peter Hutton 01.06.2026 1ώ 5λ

  Roger Mitchell and Mark Oliver are joined by Peter Hutton – a man who has worked for three modern moguls, Murdoch, Zaslav and Zuckerberg – to unpack what sport really means to big media in 2026. From Eurosport and the Olympics to Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount and the Saudi Pro League, they dig into whether spiralling rights fees have become a “survivor tax”, why bundling and streaming are reshaping the old playbook, and if the real endgame now is not buying the rights, but buying the sport itself and the power that comes with it. Brought to you by 54.
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  AYNE 816 - Goal/Own Goal 28.05.2026 1ώ 13λ

  Arsenal’s title charge, Celtic’s ugly finish, and the Southampton spying mess anchor a week where football’s rawest instincts beat the PR fluff. The World Cup cash grab looms, sport’s dressing-room power games are laid bare, and the whole thing ends back where it belongs: with football, chaos, and no one getting out alive. Brought to you by Lockeroom.
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  AYNE 815 - The Confessional: Ant Arena 24.05.2026 1ώ 2λ

  Roger Mitchell sits down with Australian entrepreneur Ant Arena for a candid conversation about ambition, setbacks and what happens when a big idea hits the real world. From building Aura, an AI-driven sports streaming platform, to battling government delays, cash flow pressure and deals that slipped away to bigger players like Microsoft and Sony, Ant reflects on the lessons that came with the journey and the people who stayed with him through it all.
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  AYNE 814 - Goal/Own Goal 14.05.2026 1ώ 7λ

  Grant and Roger dive into a vintage Old Firm weekend and a three‑way Scottish title race, with Hearts crashing the party while a clueless Labour leader suggests Celtic and Rangers should politely cheer for each other.  From there they go big picture: Rangers’ lost menace, clubs rebranded into asset‑class logos, and Roger’s new essay asking whether football should change for Gen Z or die with its soul intact. Along the way there’s a heart‑stopping Kentucky Derby win for the first female trainer and a heartfelt tribute to the incomparable Alex Zanardi. It’s Goal/Own Goal, brought to you by Lockeroom.
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  AYNE 813 - Citizen AYNE 04.05.2026 1ώ 15λ

  Roger Mitchell and Mark Oliver launch Citizen AYNE, a new AYNE series inspired by Citizen Kane, by rewinding to the white‑heat of the dot‑com boom and Roger’s time running the Scottish Premier League. Using their first deal together as a live case study, they unpack how tech money, over-excited broadcasters and new investors created a “boom on a boom” in media rights, why today’s AI and chip-stock frenzy feels eerily similar, and how modern moguls like Bezos and Ellison now sit where Malone and Murdoch once did in deciding the future value of sport. Brought to you by 54.
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  AYNE 812 - Goal/Own Goal 30.04.2026 1ώ

  Grant’s racing the clock to make a tee time at Sunningdale, but first he and Roger pull apart the future of LIV and Saudi money: Neom’s burning cash, the tallest‑building curse is flashing red, and suddenly golf’s easy money era doesn’t look so easy.  From there it’s London in flames — Clear Lake buzzword merchants, Spurs hiring a “lead psychologist” on LinkedIn, Karen Brady discovering that nobody gets out of football’s C‑suite alive, and why West Ham’s brutal honesty is buying them goodwill while Chelsea drown in management‑speak. Its Goal/Own Goal, brought to you by Lockeroom.
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  AYNE 811 - The Confessional: Giles Morgan 26.04.2026 1ώ 10λ

  In this episode of The Confessional, Roger Mitchell sits down with Giles Morgan to explore a lifetime at the sharp end of sports sponsorship — from wielding HSBC’s global checkbook to reinventing himself as the Sponsorship Doctor. Giles reflects on how his Hong Kong glory years brought lasting regret of choosing career over time with his children, and the humbling reset that followed.  He also lays out a lifetime’s thoughts on sponsorship: why perimeter boards and AVE were always the wrong north star, how true value lies in “tribe-to-tribe” relationships between brands and fans, and why the Lions–Howden partnership should be seen as a playbook for data-led, emotionally honest activation rather than just logos on shirts.  Brought to you by Lockeroom.
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  AYNE 810 - Goal/Own Goal 16.04.2026 1ώ 16λ

  Grant binge‑watches 24 hours of Masters coverage as Rory hangs on to claim back‑to‑back green jackets. From there he and Roger jump to Arsenal’s title nerves, German ultras nicking and burning flags, Infantino’s tone‑deaf World Cup cash‑grab, and why real, messy fan culture and lower‑league chaos still feel infinitely more honest than the leveraged “sport as asset class” fantasy. Along the way: Marie‑Louise Eta makes history as the first woman to take charge of a men’s team in any of Europe’s top five leagues, and an Italian prank call goes wrong. It’s Goal/Own Goal, brought to you by Lockeroom.
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  AYNE 809 - THE CAPTAINS TABLE - Alan Gilpin 09.04.2026 41λ

  In Season 3 of The Captain’s Table, the Captain is focusing on meetings the leaders of the international sports industry - to find out what their own passions for sport really are and the lessons in leadership they have learnt from working in the industry. In the first episode of the new Season, we are joined by Alan Gilpin - CEO of World Rugby. Brought to you by The Sponsorship Doctor and Fortnum & Mason.
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  AYNE 808 - Goal/Own Goal 02.04.2026 1ώ 5λ

  Grant drags a “punchy” Roger out of bed to unpack Tiger’s latest DUI‑style crash, meme‑ified into a “Tiger Woods bull market indicator,” and the slow, brutal death of AMC’s diamond‑hand apes.  From there they rip into The Athletic’s Jimmy Savile hand‑wringing, the ignored courage of Iran’s women’s team, and the elite outrage over Nigel Farage at Ipswich and Ratcliffe at United—asking why half the country’s views are treated as obscene rather than democratic reality. Brought to you by Lockeroom
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  AYNE 807 - The Confessional: Tal Brown 29.03.2026 1ώ

  Roger Mitchell: In this episode of The Confessional, Roger Mitchell sits down with Tal Brown — Israeli-born Silicon Valley AI entrepreneur, former army intelligence tech architect, and the man behind Zone7’s groundbreaking injury-prediction platform — for a deeply human conversation about integrity, sacrifice, and what it costs to chase your ambitions across continents. A true “third culture kid,” Tal reflects on leaving family behind to go build in the Bay Area, and the reality of being an Israeli and a Jew in 2026. Tal (and Roger) also reflect on selling B2B sportech into a sector that often doesn’t actually have the desire to change. This alone is essential listening  for all those hoping to make a career in sport innovation. Raw, honest, principled, and quietly philosophical — this one stays with you. Brought to you by Lockroom.