Football club ownership is risky, but the Glazer family have played by their own rules.
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A sports law expert explains why Cristiano Ronaldo’s controversial Piers Morgan interview didn’t get him fired from Manchester United.
Social media calls for a boycott of the club’s upcoming match against Liverpool seem to mostly becoming from outside the UK.
The deadline for formal bids to buy Chelsea FC is March 18. Expect some very rich US businessmen to be in the running.
Running a successful club requires more than money. But the money certainly helps.
Big names, big gains?
Is the decades-old policy of not broadcasting 3pm football games in England still necessary?
From the emergence of Premier League to Cricket’s newer formats, the history of professional sport is full of breakups.
More competitive games between top soccer clubs is desirable but creating a ‘closed’ system would harm a soccer culture built on dreams, says the man who predicted the Super League two decades ago.
Everyone seems united against the new proposals, but can they really be stopped?
The American money men are replacing Russian oligarchs and Arab oil tycoons as the next wave of club buyers.
The clubs no longer ‘belong’ to the fans - they have become instruments in an ideological war between Western capitalism and the rent hungry sheikhs of the Gulf states.
Football is supposed to be the ‘people’s game’, but the English Premier League is easier and cheaper to follow if you are a fan of a club based in London or the prosperous southeast.
Having a huge emotional connection to the club and its fans means Solskjaer could lead Manchester United more effectively than Mourinho.
Once again, the Special One has become the Unemployed One. Here’s the case for a period of rehabilitation.
So far, Manchester United’s poor performance on the pitch has not hurt its bottom line. But it’s only a matter of time.
Social media is key when it comes to connecting clubs with fans and building a brand identity. But with great power, comes great responsibility.
It took a Scotsman to organise a professional football league in England.
Will England’s top-flight teams really decide to weaken their global blockbuster brand?
World soccer is the story of hyper-capitalism. What would fan and revolutionary thinker Frantz Fanon have thought about the state of the sport?
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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Principal Lecturer in Sport Finance, Sheffield Hallam University
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Head of Centre for Professional and Economic Development, University of Chester
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Head of Department; Finance, Accounting & Business Systems, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Principal Lecturer, Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Director, Centre for Sports Business, University of Salford
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Associate Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor in Data Science and Health Services Research, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Management, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer and Visiting Fellow in Journalism, University of Salford
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Director of Journalism, Politics and Contemporary History, University of Salford
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Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology, University of Stirling
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Professor of Sport and Social Theory, Loughborough University
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College
