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Hello there, View from the Lainers.

Now, Danny, Jack, Charlie and James will be back with you twice a week very soon,

but in the meantime, we wanted to point you in the direction of a brand new athletic podcast series

called In the Boardroom, in which Jackie Oatley speaks to people from up and down the football pyramid

about what it's like actually running a football club. As a small taster, this is Jackie's conversation with Leon Mann, co-founder of

the football blacklist, diversity campaigner, and, crucially, a Tottenham fan. And they discuss

Leon's work trying to make various aspects of football more inclusive, from coaching to

club administration to the media. If you like what you hear, you can listen to the other interviews from the series by searching

for In the Boardroom and subscribing for free on Apple, Spotify, and everywhere else you get

your podcasts, including, of course, the Athletic app.

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Hello, I'm Jackie Oatley, and welcome to the latest episode of In The Boardroom, a brand new podcast series from The Athletic.

I've been speaking to influential people who operate at senior levels in football about their experiences of working in the game.

In this episode, we're speaking to Leon Mann, MBE, campaigner and co-founder of the Football Blacklist.

It was founded in 2008 by Leon and Rodney Hines and is designed to help draw positive attention

to the black professionals working in football and to celebrate their achievements.

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