CEO Stories: Former Chasetown boss on history-making FA Cup run
Former Chasetown football club manager Charlie Blakemore relives the club's fairytale FA Cup run of 2007-08 on the latest episode of CEO Stories - the podcast hosted by Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce chief executive Henrietta Brealey.
The episode is available to listen to now on all major listening apps such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Charlie, now the group managing director of Intercity Technology, was in charge of the non-league side for seven years and enjoyed a hugely successful spell which included two memorable FA Cup runs.
The second of those in the 2007-08 resulted in a piece of English football history, with the Scholars becoming the lowest ranked club to reach the third round of the world's oldest and most famous cup competition.
In this podcast, Charlie talks to Henrietta about that fairytale run, the experience of facing Championship heavyweights Cardiff City and how he helped his players raise their game for the big occasions.
He also discusses the similarities between leadership in sport and business, having also held high-pressure roles in aerospace, defence and the technology sector.
CEO Stories is a monthly podcast hosted by Henrietta Brealey, who in 2021 became the youngest chief executive in the Chamber’s history.
A new episode is published on the first Monday of every month.
Throughout the series, Henrietta is joined by a variety of well-known and emerging business leaders, who will reveal what makes them tick, who inspired them and the advice they would give to aspiring CEOs.
Season One of the podcast featured a variety of guests include NEC Group chief executive Paul Thandi, Chamber president and Forensic Pathways founder Deb Leary, McDonald’s franchisee Doug Wright and TV chef Liam Dillon.
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