{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ad61f219c48ea3eb213a753/6ae2247a2744d62b2f67bc14?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Coventry City Owner Doug King: Head and Heart – What It Really Means to Buy a Football Club","description":"<p>After 30 years trading commodities, Doug King was looking for a way to give back when the chance to buy Coventry City came up. This April, the Sky Blues returned to the Premier League for the first time in 25 years. Host Jamie Cunningham asks Doug what it really takes to buy a football club, run it properly, and leave it in a better place than he found it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>The plan to give back that led him to a football club</li><li>Why it was always Coventry or nothing</li><li>What eight-dollar oil taught a young commodities trader</li><li>The bright idea that reunited the club with its stadium</li><li>The toughest call of his ownership, and why he faced the fans live</li><li>Recruiting like a trader: chasing four-to-one odds, and why player trading is the only model that makes sense</li><li>Building a winning culture by caring for players and their families</li><li>Winning back three generations of missing fans</li><li>Why he&#39;s not in it forever, and what he wants to leave behind</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Stay for E1H Overtime, where founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Doug before a quickfire round with producer Dawn Barnable.</p><p>E1H: The Sports &amp; Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Find our guest, and E1H, online:</strong></p><p>Doug King: <a href=\"https://www.ccfc.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Coventry City</a></p><p>E1H: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/105811430/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a> | <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/e1hpodcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-cunningham-68b30aa9/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Cunningham</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnbarnable/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dawn Barnable</a></p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e1h-the-sports-entertainment-entrepreneurs-podcast/id6824843495\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen on Apple Podcasts</a></p>","author_name":"E1H"}