1071 Media, co-founded by former England manager, will create three shows for the broadcaster
Sky Sports has partnered with 1071 Media, a production company co-founded by Sir Gareth Southgate and Jimmy Worrall, on a trio of new shows.
The pair will work on three long-form social-first shows, all about different aspects of football. These will be two new formats alongside 1071 Media’s existing football property, The Football Boardroom, which launched earlier this year. The latter will be renamed The Football Boardcast, and continue to go out on its own channels as well as Sky Sports’.
The Football Boardcast is a weekly show hosted by former top executive at Liverpool, Chelsea and Aston Villa, Christian Purslow, and football journalist Henry Winter. It aims to take fans inside the money, power, and politics that shape the modern game.
The two new formats will be The Football Dugout and The Football Data Room.
Presenter Mark Chapman and former England defender Conor Coady will host The Football Dugout. It will have weekly episodes that feature conversations with managers, players, coaches and sporting directors, exploring the technical and tactical side of the game, and be filmed in The Pod, a mobile studio that will travel to the guests. It will have its own YouTube channel as well being available in audio-only.
The Football Data Room will launch on the Sky Sports Premier League YouTube channel, and be hosted by Sky Sports Saturday Social presenter, Joe Thomlinson, alongside football analysts, Statman Dave and Jamie Osman, formerly of West Ham United and Ipswich Town. It will have up three 20-minute episodes will be released each week, spanning match reviews, previews, and opinion-led discussion on the numbers and trends behind modern football.
CEO of Sky Sports UK & Ireland Jonathan Licht said: “As the home of sport for fans across the UK & Ireland, this partnership reflects our ambition to provide more choice and entertainment beyond the live action and bring different voices, fresh perspectives and expanded insight into the game.
“We have years of expertise, an unmatched passion for sport and huge reach. Combining that with 1071 Media’s creativity and insight, we can create compelling new football content and take it to fans wherever and however they choose to engage with the game.”
Southgate said: “It has always been 1071 Media’s intention to combine exciting new concepts with the leading thinkers in sport to educate, inform and entertain fans. With the launch of three football shows covering the boardroom, the boot room and the data room, we hope fans gain greater insight into the business, the tactics, and the analysis to explain how the game really works. We couldn’t ask for a better partner than Sky Sports, who have set the standard in broadcasting for decades. Together, we can bring supporters everywhere closer to the conversations that shape football, with expert voices and a fresh perspective on the sport they love.”
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