About this episode
Rob Edwards discusses the challenges faced by Hamilton Academical Football Club and his role in its management.
102. Saving the Accies We're joined by Rob Edwards, founder and CEO of Morley Sports Management and the new owner of Hamilton Academical Football Club. Hamilton Accies and their supporters have been through the ringer over the last few years. The way the club was ran by the previous ownership groups was amateurish, and little infrastructure was put in place to show that the club was in any way modern. Last year, Hamilton Accies made the decision to move away from Hamilton and instead play in Broadwood, a stadium in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. With tensions increasing with supporters' and an owner who was becoming aggressively hostile towards the existense of the club, it was announced that Hamilton were hours away from liquidation. Rob and MSM stepped in officially in January 2026, but it's been far from smooth sailing, and the existence of Hamilton Accies still very much hangs in the balance. Subscribe to The Footbal Heritage Extra on Patreon for £3 per month and get an extra podcast every week. https://www.patreon.com/cw/FootyHeritage About Us Website footballheritage.co.uk Email hello@footballheritage.co.uk X @_footyheritage BlueSky @footballheritage.bsky.social Instagram…
People in this episode
Host: Football Heritage
Guest: Rob Edwards
Topics covered
- football club ownership
- supporter relations
- club management
- liquidation threat
- sports consultancy
Keywords
- Hamilton Academical
- Rob Edwards
- Morley Sports Management
- football club
- liquidation
- supporters
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Morley Sports Management, Hamilton Academical Football Club
Places: Hamilton, Broadwood, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
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