Today, we're launching a brand new show called Expected Goals, hosted by Matt Cutler and Maggie Murphy.
Together Matt and Maggie will explore the business of women's football.
Matt Cutler is the former editor of SportBusiness and was Director of Communications at Two Circles. As the head of Unofficial Partner Productions, Matt led on our hit series, The Pirates Versus The Premier League and the more recent Last Orders, on football's relationship with the pub.
So he's the perfect person to be running the show alongside Maggie Murphy. Maggie was formally chief executive officer of Lewes Football Club and has been one of the most outspoken and most interesting contributors to the debate on the evolution of professional women's football over the last five years or more. She was a board member of the FA Women's Super League and Women's Championship Board, as an elected club representative onto that body. Before that she was director of public policy and sport integrity for the Sport Integrity Global Alliance and senior global advocacy manager at Transparency International.
So we're in good hands.
Expected Goals will sit outside of the usual Unofficial Partner channels.
You'll find it on the Sport Social Network and in all the usual places, including Apple, Spotify and your favourite podcast app.
Just search 'Expected Goals'.
If you'd like to contribute questions and queries to the show, get in touch.
You can email Matt at Matt@UnofficialPartner.co.uk.
So listen to this setup episode and then tune in every Wednesday.
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