Hold The Backpage

Introducing:

Hold the Backpage

A PJP conference event exploring reputation, regulation, and media accountability in sport.

Join us on 1st July 2025, from 14:00 to 18:00 (with drinks from 18:00 to 20:00), at Saffery Accountants, London.

Across three dynamic panels, Hold the Backpage brings together leading media lawyers, regulators, agents, and sportspeople with first-hand experience of the press spotlight.

Together, they will explore how reputations are shaped and damaged in sport, and how sportspeople and their representatives can protect themselves and their clients from press abuse.

Panel topics:

Media lawyers in sport

Regulators, agents and advocacy groups

Athletes and public figures on media exposure

Speakers including:

Leading media lawyers William Bennett KC (5RB), Rachael Somerset (Level), Felicity McMahon (5RB), Mohit Pasricha (Lawrence Stephens);

Experts Roisin Wood (Non-Exec Director, Irish Football Association), Troy Townsend (broadcaster, ex-pro footballer), Clive Colman and Gary Newbon;

Sky Sports presenter Claire Tomlinson, ex-England international Tony Woodcock, Tottenham legend Paul 'Maxi' Miller  and former Premier League manager John Gregory.