IS HASHTAG UNITED FOR SALE?? - How To Run a Football Club Ep1
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- First episode of my new podcast series revealing how different football clubs are run, from the good, the bad, to the ugly! Who do you want me to talk to next? ► Subscribe: bit.ly/subSPEN
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Let me know what you think of this new show guys. Will be available on audio platforms asap. This first ep is Hashtag United focused but the rest will all be about different interesting clubs from the world of football, be it online, non-league or professional. Feel free to comment below if there's any specific guests you'd love to see come on! Merry Christmas!
I’d like to see Chris MD come on
would love to see some championship or L1/L2 owners!
Andy Holt from Accrington, Marc White from Dorking and an American guy called Haralabos Voulgaris who took over a lower league Spanish side would all be solid guests.
Upload it & I’ll watch it, simple 👌
Please make these regular. Whether about Hashtag (as much as possible please) or the wider football picture, I can see this being a fascinating series. Pretty sure there's a huge audience for this kind of thing and I'm sure you already know that.
Spencer FC coming back is the Christmas present we didn’t know we needed
spencer fc content ? christmas has come early 🔥
RUclips commenting on a RUclips video interesting
On the topic of someone taking over the reins of Hashtag United at some point in the future, I completely understand that it's necessary in order to push the club forward, but I'd be more than a little fearful of it. As it stands, I'm 100% confident that the club is being overseen by someone (actually a team of people) that will never make a decision that is not in the best interests of the club itself. That's a very strong and unique quality to have in your identity, which resonates with a lot of fans. My concern would be that any future person or group that takes on the role would not have such a strong commitment, or maybe even they in turn may choose to pass the club on again to someone that goes against that.
That being said, I know it can't simply continue as it is for ever. I'm just concerned about the "cost" of progress. I'm already committed to the journey and I'll be along for whatever ride there is.
I thought Hashtag was a gimmick until I watched some of Spencer’s old videos discussing the club, and especially his background with non-league football and making videos about non-league. I really think a major mistake would be made if a sale was sanctioned for Hashtag United.
He’s said before he’d rather exist in 50 years than rush promotion to the EFL in 5. I hope he keeps that mindset going and doesn’t get caught up in what could happen if he sells
@@TylerAven10 they have massive sponsorship brands for their level the women are 2 tier behind the tpp the gaffer is my uni teacher its crazy how big they've grown to have a women's team in the second tier next year hopefully is crazy
Realistically if Hashtag are going to majorly kick on from this point it needs outside investment, which of course is by no means a guarantee of success. Many rich idiots plow money into a club with no return. Anyway, over the course of the years listening to Spencer I can't see him ever giving up majority control. It was his dream to own and run a football club, not some ego driven thirst for recognition and glory you see in the lower leagues.
He never said someone else would take over just said they need investors
Such high quality content, not in terms of camera lighting etc, but the actual information, detail and in depth analysis from you both. Honestly inspirational, keep it up chaps
I think I speak for a lot of viewers when I say I'll be back for every single one of these episodes you put out. Good insight, great storytelling, unique perspective. Nothing else like it on RUclips. And Manjdog will always be the Hashtag GOAT in my eyes.
I think attendance will improve hugely over the next 10 years or so. As you say, a lot of the audience is kind of in that 15-20ish range. I think over the next 10-15 years that group will start working and have money and be able to attend games regularly and once that first generation of hashtag supporters gets to the age where they can go to games regularly then the attendance will improve a lot
42:24 I don’t know whether the women’s team already have a dedicated channel and I know there’s logistical considerations but the team definitely need Hashtag to do a BBC & Sky to normalise the women’s team to the main audience. Either by having the goals and an update on their league position before each men’s match which then would still allow the option for people to skip it (a bit like how people have sponsored content at the start of the vid) then direct them to subscribe to the women’s channel for extended highlights. Then when the women’s channel takes hold you can drop it to the end so people don’t get spoilers or if it’s got a good enough following drop it from the main vid completely.
Think it’s one way to prepare for the championship and help both maximise the benefits of having a women’s team reaching the championship.
Let’s face it I won’t be the only one who doesn’t take much interest purely because unlike with the men’s team, I’ve just not had the easy access to matches whilst I’m watching the team I’m already invested in. So make it easy for me and I probably will follow the fortunes of the women’s team like I do the men’s. And I’m a Bradford City supporter.
This looks incredible!! Let’s get Spencer FC to 2,000,000 SUBS 🤩🤩
New series alert 🚨
Sensational work from Spen. The greatest to ever do it! 🐐
The growth I’ve witnessed is incredible! I was a school kid when I started watching Spencer and Hashtag, since I’ve finished college AND university and now work in a school myself! I remember watching the OG videos vs Google and Coca Cola and being inspired by it. Now you’ve actually joined the football league and are SMASHING it! Admittedly I haven’t been down in a while and I haven’t been watching as much as I used to, but I really love the club and the journey! I hope to one day see you guys in the Premier league 🙏🏾! Keep it up Spen Doggy Dog & rest of the Hashtag team/family 👊🏾💎! #LivingLegend
Would love to see a series where you fly around Europe to the different leagues and clubs and interview them on how they become successful. Zealand did a video on the Faroe Islands league and it was amazing
Cannot WAIT for a series like this!
Oh this is the content I've needed Spencer. Hook it to my veins, give me more. Already I want an episode with Ben Foster!
This was such a good watch. Some of the stuff that goes on in non-league has opened our eyes. The money involved is insane. Even in Step 6, the money involved is mental.
I think it's awesome that you guys really value women's football. As the recent World Cup showed, there's a huge market for women's sports, and more clubs are starting to realise this. I follow the Australian A-Leagues pretty closely, and I think its women's league is more competitive than the men's comp. They also recently renamed the competition to share the A-League name (hence A-Leagues), so they're on par with each other in terms of recognition.
This was very good video and eye opening for everyone from the inside & outside of the club.
The previous five years was perfectly planned out. Isthmian Premier is where we belong and I can see us being here for a while until the right time to go up which imo is 2-3 years time.
I always wanted to play for hashtag while watching them in person, I got that dream became reality when I joined Hashtag Inclusive and look what I achieved with them.
I already talked about women championship licenses with some people and thinking if we win the league and deciding not to go up is okay with me cos I knew it’s a gamble that could go right or massively wrong.
I made new hashtag friends/family every past seasons and I can see it will keep growing every new season. It’s our job to make our home games is the place to come again.
Finally, the most important words always stay in everyone mind about this club is SUSTAINABLE and UNIQUE! Trust this process and we will have an incredible future! UP THE TAG!
Good man Matt!
Spenny boy. I can't believe how much hashtag has grown over the last few years and I genuinely believe that hashtag can go further❤
i m here from the first day
thank you for memory
i m from BOSNIA and HERCEGOVINA
i was awake all night when you played TST
i just love everything you do
al the best
Absolutely love this Spen doggy dog. As someone that used to photo bomb pictures, doing the Hashtag symbol, and watched you guys religiously before you went into the pyramid, it's remarkable to see how far you've come.
I'd love for you to have Stephen Howson on, to speak about the ins and outs of his team "Stretford Paddock FC". I think you've spoken on it before, but it's a club birthed from the Social Media world like yours, but it's whole financial model couldn't be more different, with it being a fan owned entity. Would be great to hear about the similarities and differences in the 2 worlds.
I love it whenever one of your pods come up, they are always a remarkable listen. Don't go changing.
I came for the career mode content back in the day. But I’ve stayed for some of the best quality football content on RUclips. Well done lads
From Ohio, been following all the way since the beginning.
Clear you’re pretty astute businessmen, and that’s nothing to sniff at.
Keep humble and passionate, and I’m sure more fans like myself will come.
Been since 2016 never looked back thank you spence for making my childhood
Really looking forward to this! I have been watching Hashtag since its inception, and seeing the club grow has been great to witness. Always loved the more in-depth videos as well. Its a great thing to learn about, and I'll be there when the crowd funding starts ;)
I haven't been tapped in over the last 5 years or so, but I was there at the very beginning. Crazy to hear how far you guys have come already.
Good to have you back mate!
Spencers quality is top - but this is exceptional, even from you. Looking forward to more episodes!
Thanks for the extra information about our club. Loving this club is only getting more and more exciting. And to think we have never experienced relegation yet and when it happens it will be brilliant to cause we will be the first Hashtag Utd fans to experience it
Darragh McAnthony - Owner of Peterbrough would be a great guest to have on lads. Great video btw, really good insight into the club as a fellow Non League follower
Since your first game in non-league I’ve dreamt of coming - still haven’t yet. Your current home is a 2hr 30min drive for me but one day I hope to come and vlog at Hashtag United one of my main goals always wanted to come 🤞
Come over!
Newer fan here, Hashtag are quite far from my home... Not so far from grandparents though. And the railfan in me is thinking that attending a game would allow me to tick off Fenchurch Street in my quest to visit every station in the UK during my lifetime!
i played quite a few women in sunday league when i was a kid (im 20 now) they would completely blend and fit in with the game and often be some of the better players. Opened my eyes when i played a game against my first woman.
Completely the same, there were only 2 girls in my league when I was at under 14s/15s and they were good players
Spen this is exactly what i’ve been hoping for from you
great to see you guys back here. i love Hashtag Utd and it's history. for the podcast, what about getting Piqué to be interviewed by spencer? he has a nice project at Andorra FC that has cultural and social roots in that region. should make a very interesting case study.
Pique and Spencer are good friends tbf
Oh yesss Spencer FC back and with such a high quality video as well 😍
Watched the whole podcast, I loved it boys; one part I wanted to mention was I’m someone who’s followed from the start of hashtag and Spencer before that so it would be upsetting to see Spencer not be the chairman could going down a Bundesliga/German club style of running a football club work for the future where it’s almost “fan owned” but still run by Spencer
Watched since day 1 fellas. I'm a Kent boy myself, toyed with the idea of coming down with couple of my pals for years. Time to send the feelers out.
Get yourself down mate!
This has been a long time coming! Uncle Spen has been missed! Class watch as usual.
Great insight guys. Make us love you more.
After some years of hiatus, i`m back in the hashtag fold! Awesome show! Merry christmas - and don`t go changing!
Welcome back!
Been an OG since FIFA Playa days; I’m turning 20 tomorrow. It’s been a real pleasure having Spence and Seb as role models in the RUclips football space.
Got 10 seconds into this video and this is looking like it’s gonna be a beautiful series. Spenny the 🐐
Loved the behind the scenes discussion. Looking forward to the new series!
What I would love is for you to hit the Dana White model, not that I love the guy's politics, but the dude got in at the start, then teamed up with two super wealthy dudes, pushed on, then sold to a mega-corporation but stayed on as President. He then gets the wealth in the billions to affect change, while knowing he has the backing of the Reeboks and Zuffas of the world to provide long-term sustainability. I'd love that for you and Hashtag, for the financial might from outside to push the club forward, but for you to always be the talisman for as long as you are happy to do so.
I really hope Spen stays in charge through whenever the first relegation is. Need Spen (and company) enthusiasm and dedication to withstand that, whatever level that may be.
and to even further prove to people that it’s a sustainable model, not a flash in the pan. There will be tons of bad days that I don’t think the club, on the pitch, has had yet- and I think someone as dedicated as Spen and Seb would be perfect to get us all through it.
We need a vid with mark white (dorking wonderers)
Yeah would love to make that happen!
I second that. Would be a dream guest.
Yessss
I would suggests an episode with Paul Jones the director and manager of FC Isle Of Man could be an interesting one. A club set up similar to Athletic Bilbao just after hashtag and two leagues behind hashtag who also have a different way of entering the non-league scene
Athletic
I love what you have done with Hashtag as a grassroots group of clubs, particularly getting into the youth clubs and supporting them. We have a local semi-pro organization where I am from that consistently assists our youth football programs by offering extra training sessions, tryouts for travel teams, etc. and they have been so helpful getting more kids into the sport in a place where American football and basketball are really the bigger sports. Keep doing what you are doing and I look forward to seeing what other great opportunities come your way. #UpTheTags
So good to have Spen doggy dog back! Hyped for this podcast.
Loved this pod, looking forward to the future episodes on other clubs
I haven’t been on this channel for 3ish years and the progress made blows my mind. Well done gents
Did you try and get East Thurrock as your home? All the family and historical links make so much sense.
Instead it goes to Romford who aren’t in the area at all!! Would love to hear Spencer’s thoughts / whether they tried!!
I think a good idea is to get someone from Sudbury to come on and talk about last season and how they’re doing in their new league. Personally think that would be nice to see from rivals last season for the title to respectful rivals?
I think women's football will rocket soon.
I remember watching them about 7/8 years ago and thought all of the typical "they aren't that good, not very impressed".
I watched the most recent world cup and wow, they are so much better it is amazing.
I have been keeping up with the West Ham Women team and they are great, the most recent game they got a red card in the 95th then scored the equaliser in the 98th.
Even though they are second bottom, they are still very entertaining.
Adding onto this, imagine seeing hashtag in a women's champions league in the 2030s (that's how long I think it will take to compete with top teams)
I would try get tickets to them games just to support it the whole idea.
Would love to hear from a professional scout. What their job is like, how they approach scouting talent etc.
Awesome Video Concept idea as always Spenny! Smashing it man 💙
it might be a stupid idea but if you have the online fans and not the like ground folk would it be possible to stream the games and give the live chat a voice something like tts just with like the main interactions. if you dont overuse it it could complement the stadium noises nicely. like get a nice sample size from the crowd over some time and then integrate those sounds into a natural sounding choir
The google pixel 8 features actually sound amazing to be fair
Love these behind the scene videos spen, keep it up.
Please get Marc White, owner and manager of Dorking Wanderers currently in the National League - they’ve/he’s had 12 promotions in 24 years and they are the most uniquely run club in the UK (apart from Hashtag of course)
Yes
Love this 👏👏
My guy!
I would be so interested in being one of the fan owner. Someone who could invest in the club as a fan. I've been a member on youtube for more then 2 years now and the idea of being able to pump couple 10k's in it to be part of the ownership is very nice!
On the topic of groundsharing and the landlord getting bar money, etc. how have Bowers and Pitsea benefited (or not) from Hashtag's success of late?
Love it, always wanted a podcast from you since your one a few years back!
Would be interesting to dive in more with the owner of Peterborough, he is on talksport a fair bit so does Media, also maybe Simon Jordan if you could, him discussing hashtag etc and his palace time would be interesting
so stoked you guys are talking more about the women’s league and backing your women’s team all the way!! 💖💖
Quality content this mate. Great insight to what actually goes into running a football club. Looking forward to more of the same 👌
Great video! love hearing out the insights of a club like Hashtag and seeing the passion in the way you talk about it is great too.
More vids like this please.
Love the manji mention
Mark Noble has to be a guest. That would be great cheers
Greg also sent me off in a football trial 20+ years ago, he won't remember 🤣🤣
Simon Needham-Enfield FC is the team/Owner mystery death chat
Love the club! Never missed a game that the club has played and would love if there was an opportunity to give back to the club. Would you guys ever consider a fan investment round?
You guys should try and speak with the Exeter City directors, fan own club with very similar principles it seems with Hashtag
What a series :D
Lmfao there hasn't even been to time to watch the whole video since Spen uploaded
What you have done with Hashtag United is amazing. Its good to see non league football teams being covered on YT.
Been watching hashtag and Spencer fc since day one and can't underestimate how much hash tag has given bk to me mentally and enjoyment
Absolutely brilliant video... So much intersting info about both Hashtag and stories about football in the non league system... Hope you make many more of these.
I don’t own a football club and I’m not even a business owner but this was so insightful
Been watching Hashtag since the start. It’s been an amazing journey and this is a great idea to show the insides to running the club. Cant wait for more
In my opinion the most logical move is to invest the majority of efforts into the women’s game. The potential is the highest at this early stage in both the hashtag scene and women’s football with fan engagement for the men’s game being cemented with traditional teams.
Bloody love this format, Spen and Seb are brilliant together and almost brotherly ;) . Really love it
This may be a weird take or even a bit late for me comment, but i think an interview with someone like Darren Eales, former president of my local club Atlanta United, would be interesting because he can compare the way football is runned in America vs the UK, as he is now the CEO of Newcastle United.
Amazing episode Spencer⭐️ Looking forward for the next one! Huge fan from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
I’d love for you to sit down with Simon Jordan, might be a reach but I know he’s done a few podcasts before. I listen to him most days on talkSPORT and I think he speaks a lot of sense and I know he’s a big advocate for sustainable football clubs
P.s. love the content and I’ve been a Hashtag follower from the start
Love it spen, a Birmingham city player/coach from the 2010/11 Carling cup win era would be interesting, the club was a mess back then and has only recently got back on track
Loved the video guys it was very insightful as always and I love what you guys are doing for women’s and youth football in Essex. But just one question have you reported the manager who threatened your players to the Essex FA or just the FA in general?
Early Christmas present!
Great episode gents, you have to get on Marc White x10000
I’m not a super rich american I’m prolly below middle class, but if I ever get the money I will buy 49% of the club fund it and let spen doggy dog and sebby boy run it
Incredible video and insights into the club and non-league. This could be an amazing series. Good guest would be Gary Neville and Salford since he was heavily involved with that. Use those connections at Sky to pull a few strings perhaps
I really enjoyed this. For me, videos like this serve as an opportunity to step back and marvel at all you've achieved and I hope it does the same for you guys.
Brilliant concept for a new series 👏🏽 you guys should chat to a Marske United member who are the same level as Hashtag but up in the north east and also play in the infamous yellow and blue! A lot going on at that club at the minute
FINNALY A SPENCER SERIES
Hi Spencer, A video I would love to see is Devs and the other coaches talk about what they think a good football coach is and their opinions on the role of a manager and a coach. Im interested in this type of video because I want to become a football coach and hope one day I might be at Hashtag
Good for you mate
Genuinely wish you all the best!
@richardpaul474 thank you wish you all the best and happy holidays
I think National League North/South might be a tough level to get past for the club. But time will tell
Spencer have you ever thought of the idea of being sponsored by Prime they are really growing with there new partners and it could be a really good duo with prime and hashtag
Very nice listen on Apple podcast
Thank you 😊
Do consider a groundshare at barking fc or Aveley fc
Or with grays athletic next season in Thurrock
Someone who I think would be good on the podcast (could be different to get on) is Bolton Wanderers owner, Sharon Britton. A female club owner with a very similar ideology of running a football club, just at a higher level. I think that would be a very interesting conversation
A good person to have on is marc white at dorking, hes the owner/manager. Hes a massive character and plays in the national league with my club Chesterfield. He'd love to be on. My clubs owner would be good as well as we are charity ran, with local investor's, weve previously been in playoffs to get championship in last 10 years,we had bad owners and dropped like a stone until we got taken over 2 years ago.
The national league will be the financial struggle if you ever get there due to the stadium requirements etc, league 2 is real grass pitch
Elite content as always