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Pádraig Harrington - 3 times Major winner and one of Ireland's most successful ever golfers - joins us on the first of a two-part Series sponsored by Falcon & Associates.  We cover his career, his thoughts on what is happening in the world of golf right now and his pride in being an Irish Olympian.

The usual petty and ill-informed sports conversation, together with some occasional cultural, geopolitical and high finance chat. Its Goal Own Goal

The usual petty and ill-informed sports conversation, together with some occasional business, geopolitical and high finance chat. Its Goal Own Goal

The usual petty and ill-informed sports nonsense, from princely squabbles to honour in footy. Dart mania to sport nepotism... it's Goal Own Goal.

In the final Groundsmen Conversations of 2022, Grant, Roger and Giles reflect on the recent World Cup and the implications for major sporting events in the future. We also look back on a year which has seen extraordinary performances on the field - and where the commercial landscape and real-politik of sports continues to shift and evolve. Wishing all our listeners a happy, festive holiday and loo...

The usual petty and ill-informed sports nonsense, together with some serious geopolitical and high finance chat. Its Goal Own Goal.

This week with the Groundsmen is respected BBC golf journalist Iain Carter, hopefully to allow AYNE to offer balance on the other side of the LIV debate.  Punchy exchanges also on Ranieri sacking at Leicester. Brought to you by Sportsdigita

It's GOG again...or better. From the Sublime (Doddy Weir) to the Ridiculous (FIFA, IOC, Ronaldo). Congrats to Tom Harrison on creating the Hundred.

International golfer and former World Number One, Lee Westwood, joins the lads this week where we discuss his love of football, horse-racing, and the politics that abound in professional golf. His perspective on LIV Golf, the breakaway tour he joined in May 2022, is simply fascinating and provides a balance to the argument that is raging in the game right now. Honest and forthright - this show is...

Sport's grumpy old men are back for this week's GOG. Discussing the not unexpected calamities in crypto and Twitter. With an eye also to Qatar and the imminent World Cup.

Simon Halliday joins us for the Groundsmen Conversation this week. Simon is a former England, Bath and Harlequins rugby player, ex Chairman of European Professional Club Rugby and current CEO of the Sporting Wine Club.  This is a an in-depth discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing Rugby Union and whether the game is adapting in a world where sports administrators are facing more h...

The Groundsmen are joined this week by one of the world's most respected tennis correspondents, Mike Dickson. Mike has been a leading sports writer for the Daily Mail for many years covering a myriad of sports including cricket, The Olympics, and tennis. We discuss the challenges facing tennis with the rise of Padel & Pickleball and what the authorities perhaps need to focus on in the future to ma...

This week the lads host Steve Kuhn, the Texan driving forward the US fastest growing sport of pickleball. His new league is attracting major investment as he adopts the IPL and MLS playbook. DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU ARE "LONG" TENNIS. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

The lads return for a GOG episode this week.  From the poignant to the pathetic, from economic theory to Erling Haaland, from fascism to 4-4-2. If you didn't laugh, you'd cry.

On the Groundsmen this week, we are joined by Ed Smith - sport's modern day polymath.  A former England Cricketer, National Selector, Author, Lecturer, Historian and Columnist - Ed's perspective on the world of sport is both illuminating and unique.  A must-listen. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

This week we are joined by Jon Ridgeon - CEO of World Atheltics.  A former Great Britain Olympian - Jon has been charged with the role of transforming the world’s oldest and most participated sport and to make it more relevant for the 21st Century.  Recorded in front of a live audience at the inaugural Sport Summit in Lake Como. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

The groundsmen discuss the themes from Sport Summit Como, and in particular how the intense volatility in the finance markets will affect sport.

The Groundsmen dedicate this week to really getting under the hood of OneFootball and its founder Lucas von Cranach. This company is too big to be misunderstood. Hopefully we've shed some light. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

The Groundsmen are joined by Theo Westerman - owner of the winning horse at the 2022 Palio di Siena - one of the world's oldest sporting events.  This was a remarkable achievement on so many levels.  Theo is only 25.  There has only ever been one foreign owner of the race.  Most impressively, his horse, Violenta Da Clodia, recorded the fastest time in history.  Theo shares the history of this most...

Andy Nicol and Giles Morgan are joined on the Generations podcast this month by members of the mighty Hastings clan.  Gavin Hastings - Captain of Scotland and the British Lions.  His brother Scott - centre for Scotland and the British Lions.   Gavin's son Adam - Scotland flyhalf and Kerry-Anne Hastings - Scottish Hockey International and daughter of Scott.  In a brilliant show, we explore the impo...

"Not Your Boyfriend's GOG" this week as the lads eviscerate women footballers attitudes, Giggs, Brooklyn Beckham. Its a man's game after all. Special mention to Grant's vicious takedown of the Hundred.

This week The Groundsmen welcome  Georgie Wilkinson, Dunlop Masters Superbike racer to discuss how she fell in love with racing, her goals for the future and how she hopes to inspire a new generation of young women to follow their sporting dreams. There’s also time for Roger’s story of one amazing night in Napoli. Come for the inspiration, stay for the madness. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

Goal Own Goal at its eclectic best. From Vin Scully to Nancy Pelosi; from Brittney Griner to Bill Russell to Magic Johnson; from Gary Lineker to Fantasy Football. And so much more. Oh and LIV again! Ill-informed knock-about sport chat. And why not.

The Michael Caine of the football finance world, Laurie Pinto, joins the Groundsmen to discuss the world of sport M&A, valuations, and macro-finance. And we discuss Laurie's penchant for Vegas poker and money chess. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

MidSummer Groundsmen reflect on the events of the summer in sport. Mainly around the Barbarians at the Turnstiles of the world's golf Tours. Brought to you by SPORTDIGITA.