Oct 27, 2025

Welcome to episode 214 of Sports Management Podcast.

Today’s guest is Spencer Gore – founder and CEO of Gorely Group and the owner & chairman of Chelmsford City Football Club.

He is also the founder and CEO of EMJ (European Medical Journal) & AMJ (American Medical Journal) and EMJ Learnings.

We spoke about:

• The power of daily visualization
• Why process = freedom
• How Chelmsford City plans to reach the Premier League by 2038
• Lessons in leadership, failure, and mindset

And much more!

Time stamps:

00:01 Intro
00:33  How he manages multiple companies & leadership structure
01:58  The gap in the market that led to founding EMJ
05:38  Scaling challenges & importance of process
08:47  Launching AMJ in America — following his dream
10:18  Visualization & daily affirmations
13:01  Hiring for values over skills
15:49  Why he bought Chelmsford City FC
19:38  Reverse-engineering the 2038 Premier League goal
22:43  The 3 critical success metrics for Chelmsford City
28:36  Marginal gains and learning from Clive Woodward
35:03  Failures, mistakes & the “win or learn” philosophy
37:33  COVID resilience — “One day closer” mindset
39:00 Outro

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