A documentary special - UP Productions' Matt Cutler explores the changing relationship between two cultural institutions in the UK: football and the pub.

The pub has an important place in both professional and grassroots football.

As the place friends and family meet before the game, and dissect a win or loss afterwards.

Where old school friends reserve a table under the big screen to catch-up on a weekend.

And where Sunday League teams - many who operate thanks to patronage from their local pub - congregate, celebrate and commiserate.

However, the number of UK licensed premises fell below 100,000 for the first time since records began in 2023 – and in the first quarter of 2024, pub closures increased by 51%.

And it's already having a major impact on football fan culture.

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Applications for the next intake on the 2024 Leadership in Sport Masters are open.

The Leadership in Sport Masters is designed for sports industry executives to study part-time alongside their careers.

The programme is co-delivered by Loughborough University London and the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH), experts in leadership education.

Loughborough University is ranked best university in the world for sports-related subjects (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017-2023).

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