Back to basics with Kevin Rye

We’re returning the pod to a regular episode. From now on we’ll be publishing an episode once a month on various subjects. This week is a chat between me and my new colleague Natasha Simms, our new Fan Engagement and Communications Associate, who was appointed in the summer. In it we go ‘back to basics’, asking what is fan engagement, what some of the misconceptions are about it and how fan engagement has evolved since the first Fan Engagement Index in 2019. We also discuss some of the challenges for supporters’ trusts, and fan advisory boards in particular, and I give my view on what I think a newly appointed fan engagement officer at a football club should focus on in their first six months in the job. Don’t forget to book for Life with Football Legislation; preparing for meaningful fan engagement & consultation at the Wesley Hotel, Euston on the 5th of November. Go to fanengagement.net/events to read more and signup. We’ve got special ticket deals when you buy two together. Like, share and

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Back to basics with Kevin Rye is an episode from The Fan Engagement Pod by Think Fan Engagement.

This episode is 36:14 long.

This episode was published on Sep 15, 2025.

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