Marine CEO James Leary on being in the eye of the FA Cup storm
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 7 January 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Matt Slater bring you an FA Cup special as they're joined by the CEO of Marine AFC, James Leary, ahead of their huge 3rd round tie against Tottenham on Sunday.
It's a game that will see their players furloughed if they don't stay in the competition, it's a game that has changed the future of this 8th-tier club forever, and we speak to James to find out exactly what it is like to be running a non-league club part-time in the midst of a global pandemic and deal with the challenge of facing a Premier League team.
Newport County are a club who know a thing or two about causing an FA Cup shock in recent seasons and ahead of their game against Brighton we are joined by chairman Gavin Foxall, a man who has a lot to say about the difficulties of the last year, his hope for the future and the importance of clubs to their communities.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Mark Chapman. Welcome to the Business of Sport podcast on The Athletic. |
| 0:09.2 | Each week we'll take you behind the curtain into the world of football business and other sports across the globe. |
| 0:14.8 | And alongside me today from The Athletic, his football news reporter Matt Slater. |
| 0:19.1 | It's an F-A Cup special today ahead of the third round this weekend. |
| 0:22.8 | We're focusing on two of the Minnows set-to-face Premier League clubs. |
| 0:26.4 | We're joined by the CEO of Marine AFC James Leary |
| 0:29.7 | and the chairman of League 2's Newport County, Gavin Fopsall. |
| 0:35.9 | Right now you can subscribe to The Athletic for just £3.99 a month and enjoy great analysis |
| 0:41.7 | and in-depth features from the very best football writers around as well as add-free versions |
| 0:46.6 | of all our podcast. Just head to theathletic.com slash Ornstein and Chapman to sign up. |
| 0:55.0 | Marine AFC then head into this weekend. |
| 0:57.3 | F.A. Cup third round tie against Tottenhamers, |
| 0:59.3 | the joint lowest ranked side left in the competition. |
| 1:02.6 | They play in the Northern Premier League. |
| 1:04.5 | That's the eighth tier of English football. |
| 1:06.8 | There won't, of course, be any fans in attendance, |
| 1:09.2 | but the TV cameras will be there on Sunday evening. |
| 1:12.4 | And joining us now is the Marine CEO James Leary. |
| 1:16.4 | Thanks for joining us, James. |
| 1:18.2 | I would imagine at the moment you are run off your feet. |
| 1:21.8 | It is chaos. |
| 1:22.9 | Absolutely mad. |
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