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Goals and Own Goals with special guest Chris Cairns. Great segue from gold medalist swimmer Mark Henderson. Wonderful conversation including the demands for excellence of Jordan, Brady, and Malcolm Marshall. Laughs re Totti and Amsterdam cafes in 2000; The Test and the future of great sport content. Premflix! And why pay top $ for Newcastle? “Calling an audible :D”. 

Olympic gold medalist swimmer Mark Henderson shares his personal journey to success and glory. Mindset, discipline, coaching, teamwork. Unique and emotional access to an elite athlete’s make-up, also then transferred to Wall St. Mark recounts his altruistic mentoring platform for young sportspeople; The Athlete’s Village. Could sport deliver the next generation of politicians?  We think so. 

Giles "The Captain" Morgan welcomes aboard retired England Rugby Captain and Rugby World Cup winner, Lawrence Dallaglio.  Together they muse the true meaning of sport, what it means to be a fan, and an insight into what was ultimately the best day of sport Lawrence has ever witnessed. Pour some grog, sit back, and enjoy a truly special half hour at the Captain's Table.

The lads discuss how the dominoes will fall in the sport reset. Sport has globalised commercialised and polarised in the last generation. How will this unwind now? How should clubs and rights holders get ahead of this? And who will making huge mistakes?

This week the boys welcome back golfer, bon vivant and all-round good guy Eddie Pepperell to the podcast. The conversation covers the proposed "Premier League", Patrick Reed’s archaeological digs, how golfers entertain themselves under quarantine, and Eddies new podcast- "The Pepper Pod". We also find out why Eddie would choose to be locked down with Bryson DeChambeau and an uncanny impression of...

This week on The Captain’s Table, Giles “The Captain” Morgan welcomes former track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy on board The Rive Gauche. 6 times Olympic gold medalist and 11 times world champion - Chris is undoubtably one of Great Britain’s most successful ever athletes. A proud Scot - Chris shares his love of Scottish Rugby, who his heroes were growing up in Edinburgh and what it was like to face The H...

Analysing the coronavirus disaster for sport. Where to now? Which dominoes fall? How does sport come out the other end? The lads wind the tape forward. Goals and Own Goals around Agnelli elitism, losing to Atletico, Rory’s principles, Charles Barkley generosity vs Frank Williams selfishness, and losing the best voices in sport. 

A more serious and in depth discussion this week from the lads to discuss the impacts of coronoavirus on sport and economics. Football financier Fausto Zanetton explains how big finance is changing sport in every way, and how that actually works at the sharp end. Agnelli and super leagues et al. Passion vs cold rationality.

This week on The Captain’s Table, Giles "The Captain" Morgan welcomes former Welsh Rugby Union and Great Britain Rugby League superstar Jonathan Davies on board The Rive Gauche. A light-hearted 35 minute chat around the galley table where Jonathan shares his passion for sport, Cornish pasties & who his own 70s Welsh rugby hero was growing up in South Wales.

The boys talks about coronavirus and sport, and where the dominoes will fall. The unfairness of gender fluid sports, and drugs cheaters revisited. Adam Levine and Sharapova. Magnificent sports rage cursing from Jim McLean to F1. The usurping of the BDO and disruption lessons from the Hearns family. Boxing costumes and denim fashion disasters. And Rocky revisited with ice hockey goaltenders.

The lads welcome football insider Duncan Castles to discuss the seedy underbelly of football. Wee Jim and bribery in Rome, pushing the drugs envelope in Brescia, Ollie’s awfully cosy agent, and “gaming” FFP on a grand scale. Does UEFA have an “out shot”?  Very candid. 

This week, the World Number One golfer Rory McIlroy is welcomed onboard The pirate ship The Rive Gauche by "Captain” Giles Morgan and his ill-tempered parrot Leanne.  What follows is a light-hearted 35 minute chat around the galley table and where Rory shares his passion for Manchester United, Ulster Rugby and who his heroes were growing up in Northern Ireland.

The boys (nervously) laugh at the absurdity of politics and sport including: the best Presidential insults; floating mulligans; forgetting your nation’s anthem; diddy internationals; the rate card for holding Avuero‘s hand; and the future of pensioner’s baseball. If you don’t laugh you’d cry!!

With Grant (009) in absentia saving the world, Roger and Giles "The Captain" play host to the wonderfully elegant and smart Caroline Rowland. From bidding for big sports events to content that now works a new decade, THIS is a fantastic fresh perspective from a person who has absolutely influenced the sector for the last 15 years. 

Giles "The Captain" Morgan invites Irish Rugby Union legend, Brian O'Driscoll, to sit down to the captain's table. Brian tells us the unique nature of being a fan of Gaelic football in Ireland, why stadium burgers are best avoided at live events, where the most terrifying place to be on a golf course is, and how talent is something that you need to be a truly great chef.  All this tasty stuff and...

Our own Saint and Grievesy go well off the beaten track this week discussing twerking and satanism in sport. In theory a discussion on the superbowl, Barstool, Kobe, Rick Rubin and WWE, new golf leagues, the FA Cup, the Maldini dynasty and learning ethics with Saracens. But they got sidetracked. 

The lads chat with Nathan Homer from NowTV (SKY) and debate very very honestly which sports aren’t going to make it as the economics of sports changes. Astonishing!  What sports need to do to survive, with Nathan explaining what was done “inside the ropes” at the Ryder Cup.  And a diversion into Ben Stokes, 25 years after Cantona. What do we want in our sports heroes? And what do sponsors want? 

This week, Giles "The Captain" Morgan welcomes British sports Tv & Radio broadcaster Mark Pougatch to The Captain’s Table.  A light-hearted 35 minute chat around the galley table where Mark shares his passion for football, cricket, England, rum and Sussex County Cricket Club.

The boys have a bitter sweet discussion around cheating, the purity of sport, and the lack of perspective in the woke society. From the beauty of the manchild Totti, to the macho belligerence of Koepka. It’s the art v science, good v evil, episode.

A new series brought to you by the team at Are You Not Entertained sees Giles "The Captain" Morgan at The Captain’s Table where he welcomes aboard England Rugby World Cup winning legend Jason Robinson.  A light-hearted 45 minute chat around the galley table where Jason shares his passion for Leeds United, Wigan, England Rugby and.... Lionel Ritchie?!

The lads welcome James Elliott on the “how f*cked is sport” episode. No punches pulled in discussing who wont make it as business models change and who will! The FA, betting not welcome, Amazon CPMs and data, subs arbitrage. The eternal appeal of watching guys laying into each other. And of course the risks of saying no to Ari Gold.

Grant and Roger, in their own inimitable way, choose their sporting Goals and Own Goals for 2019 and peer into the future to see what the New Year has in store for us.

The lads have a Christmas chat with one of sport’s true disruptors from the new generation: Joe Markowski of Dazn. Discussing the lessons of working cross culture in sport in Japan, Europe and the States. The importance of making the most of your “break” and finding yourself with great mentors. Debating fiercely, at 30, the future of boxing with top guys like Skipper and Gleasure. Great insight in...

The boys host the legendary multi sports administrator Ian Ritchie. Forthright discussion on the Damned United, West Ham, Wimbledon, Rugby. Focussing on salary caps, media/fan balance private equity, introducing tech whilst protecting tradition. And recruiting top people. Wonderful insight from a top top operator. 

One of our most authentic chats. Roger and Grant discuss Mexican boxers, Dazn, the return of the Old Firm, Patrick Reid and bunkers, asking football to play politics and solve racism, and the simple pleasures of Craven Cottage with your dad.