I grew up in the 90s and early 2000s playing football in cages in South London. When I wasn’t trying to recreate my favourite Beckham goal, I was watching tennis on the TV or playing rugby on the school fields.

I was sports crazy!

Even then, I wanted to know more. I was fascinated by the why and how?:

Why do historical football clubs fall into financial ruin?
How do sports stars cement their financial legacy?
What are figures behind the world’s biggest sporting events?

 I built The Long Play for people who think about sport in the same way. People who look past gossip and understand the real game is played outside the pitch.

I started The Long Play two years ago with a dream; to bring the business of sport to a million people.

It’s been a crazy journey; from a small idea to winning national awards and seeing the channel hit 120,000 faster than I could imagine.

But the next phase is different; we’re building an independent sports journalism movement powered by you, not advertisers or huge corporations.

This is for fans who want to shape the next phase, not just consume passively.

This is the biggest independent movement in sports journalism in 2026.