Mark Ogden

Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed prime minister of Thailand whose human rights record was questioned by Amnesty International, was somehow allowed to take ownership of Manchester City in 2007, a subterranean low-point for those charged with maintaining the Premier League’s global reputation.

29 Ağustos 2010

UEFA has emphasised that its financial fair play measures are designed to safeguard the long-term health of the European game and introduce more discipline within club finances.

Neville Wels- 28 August 2010

Türkiye’de yaşayan bir expat Neville’ın gözünden Championship analizi…Yıllık ortalama seyirci sayısı ve gelirleriyle Avrupa’nın çoğu liginin üzerinde yer alan Championship umarım sizlerin ilgisini çok çekecektir.

Exeter City, which enjoyed the windfall of an FA Cup draw against Manchester United in January 2005, have survived as a wholly supporter-owned club in the Football League. Photograph: Tom Jenkins 

With barely a breath caught since the World Cup, the Premier League season sprinted forth at the weekend to stadiums packed with expectant crowds, customarily feverish television coverage and a flurry of stories with one unifying theme: money.

6 August 2010

Premier Lig'de Kulüp satın alımlarına ve kulüp sahibi olmaya ilişkin  yeni düzenlemeler yapıldı. Özellikle son zamanlarda finansal olarak sıkıntılı hale gelen kulüplerdeki sık el değiştirmeler böyle bir zorunluluğu da beraberinde getirdi.

Dr Geoff Walters

Over the last decade, corporate governance has become an increasingly important issue that national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) in the UK have had to address. In part this was due to instances of poor management and failures in organisational governance. For example in 1997 the governing body for athletics, the British Athletics Federation, was dissolved due to poor financial management, to be replaced by UK Athletics. It was also a reflection of the increased level of public funding for sport, particularly following the introduction of the National Lottery (a state-sponsored gambling institution) in 1994, which has resulted in the need for more professional sports’ administrative structures.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has emerged as an unlikely ally to Uefa president Michel Platini's crack down on football clubs playing in Europe who spend beyond their means.