"Following a decade of commercial and financial upheaval since 1990, the football business is still in a period of transition. As media income throughout Europe declines, many clubs burdened with high wage costs are facing severe financial problems. Clubs are becoming more and m…
"A beautifully timed book about the Beautiful Game. This explains all those telephone number-sized financial dealings."--Keith Clack, The Bookseller '[I]ntelligent and wide-ranging, and as an overview of the socio-economic implications of the various changes in the game over the…
Stephen Morrow examines the changing face of football, looking at issues such as the role of the stock exchange, the viability of the stakeholder approach, the new economics of football including the role of media firms and the social impact of the sport.
The beautiful game is big business. Football leagues worldwide are being dominated by clubs who are becoming richer and more powerful. Enormous corporate investment, deals with media giants, huge volumes of merchandising and dedicated TV channels mean that football teams are as …