Episode 577 - We're only making plans for Nigels

Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast

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Sports & Recreation, Football, Premier League, Arsenal, Gunners, Soccer, Sports, Sport

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🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

On this week's show we have two guests called Nigel. First, Nigel Phillips of the Arsenal Supporter's Trust to discuss a report they issued this week about the potential financial implications of Covid-19 and the shutdown of football on Arsenal. We talk about revenue streams drying up, playing behind closed doors, the money that the club spend each month without any income, the famous cash reserves, the reported 'cash injection' from KSE and what to expect when football does eventually return.

Then I'm joined by Nigel Mitchell, who many of you know as the man at pitch-side during Arsenal home games. We chat about getting the radio bug, what a typical match day is like for him, interviewing legends, doing a dream job for any Arsenal fan and loads more.

Follow Nigel Mitchell @MrNigelMitchell

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a brand new R-Splug R-Scast right here on R-Splug.com.
0:26.2	How are you?
0:27.2	Hope you're well.
0:28.2	Hope you end yours.
0:29.2	Well, safe, healthy, doing okay, etc, etc.
0:34.2	Here we are another Friday, another podcast, another week has gone, another week of lockdown,
0:38.8	another week of stories and news and another week in which we're still non-the-wise or
0:44.3	about lots of stuff, least of all football, even if there has been some sort of clarity
0:50.6	from other parts of Europe we saw the news from France, for example, that the Prime Minister
0:56.4	there said that no sport, no mask gatherings can take place until September, which is effectively
1:02.2	broad and end to professional football, the seasons anyway, and league, and league do.
1:09.5	And from what we see, PSG have been confirmed champions and they've decided promotion and
1:16.3	relegation.
1:17.3	In some cases it's probably more cut and dry than in others, but it strikes me that potentially
1:22.7	with so many games left to play, despite the fact this is an unprecedented pandemic, etc.,
1:28.5	there is room for league election if you're on the wrong end of a decision, which means
1:32.9	you'll be playing football in a lower division.
1:36.3	And the idea of them trying something like that in England, because of the money that's
1:41.0	at stake, the difference between the Premier League and the difference between the championship
1:45.3	and all the money that's involved in the Premier League, I just don't know how they can make
1:49.2	any of those decisions like if they decide to give Liverpool the title, which is an inevitability.
1:54.6	If football continues, Liverpool are going to be champions and deservedly so.
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