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Category: Premier League

Finance…

Damaging the foundations

20 Apr 202122 Apr 2021
One knock on effect of the potential creation of the European Super League has been the concern over how an similar event in the future would lead to the reduction…
Lewes FC…

Islands in the stream – the digital dilemma

19 Feb 2021
One of the positives of the COVID-19 pandemic for football has been the removal of the ridiculous, archaic Saturday blackout period that has prohibited broadcasters showing live games between 2:45pm…
Premier League

Don’t bet on it

12 Feb 202112 Feb 2021
The link between gambling advertising and football has never been as visible as it is today. Watch any game on TV and you cannot fail to see the gambling ads…
COVID…

Creative Destruction

22 Jan 2021
I'm sure deep down we all get a small amount of pleasure from destructing something. Whether that's the preciseness of a display in a shop, the virgin snow-covered field or…
Barclaycard Premier League…

Many happy returns?

29 Dec 2020
The news in early December that football fans would finally be allowed back into all stadiums up and down the country was long overdue and most welcome on the face…
Premier League…

Return on Investment part 2

27 Dec 2020
One major benefactor from the restrictions placed on the Premier League clubs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the clubs major sponsors. With virtually every game, both…
Finance…

Return on Investment

23 Dec 2020
"Sack the board, sack the board!" We've all heard it in football stadiums, radio shows and social media forums up and down the country.  Yet it is one of the…
COVID…

Fuel in the tank

3 Dec 2020
"We have fuel in the tank to get clubs and sports through this" was the message that the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced on Thursday afternoon in welcoming the news…
Premier League

Happy transfer window opening day

1 Jan 201826 Dec 2017
Hooray!  The Transfer Window opens again today, marking the start of the easiest period for some journalists who can simply make stories up (draw player name from pot one, club…
Premier League…

Marketing 101

28 Dec 201724 Dec 2017
Today we head back to February 2012 and the news that West Ham had turned to GroupOn to try to shift tickets. On Tuesday morning, like every morning, I started…
Manchester City…

The turkey tastes just a little bit better this Christmas

25 Dec 201724 Dec 2017
Winners know that the hard work starts when they’ve achieved their greatest goal. Whilst some have greatness thrust upon them, the vast majority of outstanding sporting individuals and teams go…
Lewes FC…

Tough at the top, tougher down the bottom

24 Dec 201723 Dec 2017
During the Leicester City vs Manchester United game on Saturday night, commentator Alan Parry mentioned the "stresses and strains" on the Premier League players at having to play four games…
Barclaycard Premier League…

Jamie Vardy from Non-League to Premier League – why the feat is getting harder

18 Oct 201718 Oct 2017
It is the rags-to-riches story every footballer dreams of - starting out in the lower echelons of the English game and catching the eye of an unexpected Premier League scout…
Football League…

More (I)FABulous law changes on their way

5 Mar 2017
If yesterday's Premier League games tells us anything about the state of the game today its that referees get big decisions wrong from time to time.  Spectacularly wrong in the…
Football Shirts…

The Unreal situation of counterfeiting in football

17 Feb 2017
Last year saw the launch of the BBC's annual Cost of Football survey which once again leads to lots of back-slapping, table thumping and general head scratching at the costs…

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