Arsenal have announced a new five-year deal with Emirates worth £150 million. The contract with the international airline, worth £30 million a year, includes shirt sponsorship until the end of the 2018/2019 season, as well as stadium naming rights until 2029. The Emirates brand will also continue appearing on Arsenal’s training kits, while the new […]
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5 Facts About Money In Football
Who was the first £1000 Footballer? Why were Sunderland once known as ‘the Bank of England’? Where did Manchester United’s wealth originate from? Fact 1: The First £1000 Footballer (Alf Common – joined Middlesbrough from Sunderland in 1905.) Fact 2: The Rise Of United’s WealthIn 1902, Newton Heath were facing bankruptcy. Desperate to […]
Disproportionate – The gap between Europe’s elite and the rest
Celtic’s 2-1 upset win over Barcelona on Wednesday prompted some to describe it as the “second greatest night in the history of the club” after — presumably — that night in 1967 when 11 men born within a few miles of Parkhead went out and became champions of Europe. That generated some interesting discussion, as you would […]
Chelsea back in the black in time for FFP
After nine years and more than £1bn of investment, Chelsea are in the black for the first time in the free-spending Roman Abramovich era, thanks to their Champions League victory, a rare profit on transfers and improved commercial deals. The chairman, Bruce Buck, claimed on Friday that the modest profit of £1.4m for the last […]
The Special One’s point to prove
Jose Mourinho has picked a fight with Madrid B coach Alberto Toril, underscoring the club’s failure to develop and promote young players from within. I’m not going to waste time asking for sympathy, because he doesn’t need it, but I think it was more than somewhat unfair that Jose Mourinho’s achievement in becoming the fastest […]
How Milan Became The First Victims Of Financial Fair Play
There is no such thing as a quiet summer in Italy. Whether its corruption scandals, managerial merry-go-rounds or sensational transfers, there is never a dull moment in Calcio, and the constant drama, often resembling the most ridiculous of soap operas plots, is just one of the things that makes football on the Peninsula so utterly […]
Topping the charts
Manchester United and Real Madrid sit atop of the global shirt sale charts with 1.4 million shirts sold per season on average over the past five years. United and Madrid are two of the three teams that have managed to surpass the one million mark between 2007-08 and 2011-12, with Spanish titans Barcelona completing the […]
Arsenal Finances
The Swiss Ramble – a blog that usually writes about the business side of football has done a very through research of Arsenal’s finances. TKTG encourages a full read of his article as they are usually very detailed and thoroughly researched. However we have taken the most important points for readers who just want a […]
Ticket prices: – a rip off?
An Arsenal blog – “Where has our Arsenal gone?” or the BSM as they are known are mainly concerned about | What we won’t accept is a club that takes its supporters for granted. A club that clobbers fans in the pocket because it thinks it can. That’s why we’re here and why we will […]
Germany leads England in football’s recovery
Secrets of the Bundesliga’s success range from cheaper tickets to standing room in stadiums and supporters on club boards. David Conn looks at the Bundesliga and how it differs from England. ” At their first home Premier League match this season, Chelsea, owned by the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, beat Reading 4-2 in front of […]
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