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🗓️ 26 August 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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0:00.0 | The athletic. Hello I'm Mark Chapman welcome to the business of sport on the athletic |
0:14.7 | joined as ever by the athletics Matt Slater and we'll look at a trio of football |
0:19.1 | clubs today with contrasting fortunes. We're going to start north of the border with Hibernia, |
0:24.0 | who sit top of the Scottish Premiership |
0:25.8 | and we'll talk to their own and Ron Gordon |
0:28.2 | about the unique challenges of trying to run a successful football club in Scotland and compete at the same time with Celtic and Rangers. |
0:36.1 | Then we'll move down to League 2 in England with two clubs you've had turbulent summers, |
0:40.9 | Swindon and Rochdale. Both clubs have been embroiled in ownership |
0:44.8 | roused and face financial difficulties. So we'll talk to the Swindon CEO Rob Angus and also the |
0:50.9 | Rochdale Chairman Simon Gage. This is the business of sport on the athletic. |
0:59.8 | Well start in Scotland it's been a good start to the season for Hibs. |
1:03.0 | They found themselves top of the table, even though it's early in the season. |
1:06.4 | We'll start in Scotland, it's been a good start to the season for Hibs. |
1:09.4 | They found themselves top of the table, even though it's early in the season and we're joined by their owner |
1:14.7 | Ron Gordon Ron thanks for joining us just take us back to the start then and what |
1:19.4 | attracted you to become the owner of Hibbs back in 2019? |
1:23.6 | Well, I mean, for starters, to be honest with you, |
1:25.6 | Hibbs is a fantastic club. |
1:27.0 | It's just a really incredible club in terms of its heritage, |
1:31.2 | history, its fan base, the assets that are in the club already. |
1:36.3 | Easter Road Stadium is an incredible venue. |
1:39.4 | Then we also have an 80 acre training center and facility that is not fully developed but also gives us a tremendous amount of potential. |
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