27. How To Run A Financially Sustainable Club? Commercial Director @ Bristol Rovers | Tom Gorringe
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BEHIND THE SCENES: Commercial Director & Board Member @ Bristol Rovers, Tom Gorringe. The pandemic and Project Big Picture has accelerated the importance of clubs becoming financially sustainable. Stoke did it in Prem and Brighton and Burnley have been doing it.  Tom and the directors at Rovers are not waiting on the Premier League to save the day, with a bailout, they have taken active steps and communicated a long-term sustainable strategy with their fans. A huge part of this strategy involves improving the infrastructure around to club to lead to youth and player development in a way that has worked wonders for clubs like Brentford and Southampton.Key Timestamps: 04:21: Life at Portsmouth - being the first Prem club to go into administration. 08:13: Life at Cardiff - the switch from blue to red & Vincent Tan walking into a pub in Cardiff. 14:11 Life at Brighton - best run club in the country. 17:19 Building Rovers - youth development and scouting, the effects of the pandemic, Project Big Picture, the salary cap and more.
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