Daniel Levy steps down as Spurs chairman

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

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Summary

James Gregg presents reaction to Daniel Levy stepping down as Spurs chairman. Sami Mokbel, Ian Dennis, and Michael Brown join James to react to the news.

Levy was appointed in March 2001 and leaves after Spurs won the Europa League in May to end a 17-year wait for a trophy.

Hear from the founder of Daily Hotspur, Jamie Brown, and former Spurs manager, David Pleat.

Timecodes: 00:50 Why Levy has stepped down 04:55 Levy’s legacy 06:50 What type of chairman was he? 09:45 David Pleat’s on Levy 13:55 What next for Spurs? 20:00 Fan’s perspective from Jamie Brown

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	This is the Football Daily podcast with James Gregg.
0:09.1	Hello and welcome to the Football Daily.
0:11.3	The big news today, Tottenham, have announced that Daniel Levy has stepped down from his role as executive chairman.
0:19.4	He was appointed as the Spurs chairman all the way back in March 2001.
0:24.3	And Levy leaves after the club won the Europa League last season as they ended a 17-year wait for a trophy.
0:31.2	Joining us are the BBC's senior football correspondent, Sammy Mockbell, the BBC's senior football reporter Ian Dennis, former Tottenham
0:38.4	midfielder Michael Brown, former Tottenham manager David Pleat and Jamie Brown from the Daily
0:43.6	Hotspur.
0:44.3	Sammy, though, let's just start with what has happened and what do we know about this
0:50.5	decision?
0:51.6	Yes, James, it's, I have to say it's bombshell, it is bombshell news for sure,
0:56.4	and it's news that has caught, I guess, the industry on the hot today.
1:01.9	But if you work in the realms of London football in terms of journalism and reporting,
1:08.3	many of us would have heard similar soundings or soundings to this
1:12.4	effect over the course of the summer. It's just getting the sort of the detail of that and
1:19.1	standing that information up. And, you know, and today, you know, earlier, maybe about an hour
1:24.5	ago, that, that sort of, that news came to fruition, and it's been
1:27.8	confirmed that Daniel Levy is stepping down from his role as executive chairman.
1:32.3	So what I can bring you tonight, having spoken to some various people connected with the
1:39.7	decision, is that the Lewis family who owned the Tavistock group,
1:45.6	who effectively owned Tottenham,
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