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Indian football at a tipping point

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on August 6, 2019

THE FUTURE OF the Indian Super League (ISL) and I-League looks a little uncertain as the country’s governing bodies grapple with creating the optimal structure for the game in Asia’s third biggest economy. While the Indian Super League continues to form new business partnerships and starts to develop young players, spectator appetite seems to be on the decline. Last season, average attendances dropped to 13,000 from a high of 27,000 in 2015. Gates have been steadily falling in the past couple of years and the latest drop means they have halved in just three years. This aside, India has to solve the problem of two leagues running almost in competition with each other. The differential between the ISL and I-League in terms of crowds…

Categories: Asia

Tagged: Asia, Asian Football Confederation, attendances, closed league, featured, I-League, India, Indian Super League

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Football Media Watch: City PR battle may be a sign of change in China

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on July 24, 2019

MANCHESTER CITY, the club that turned almost everything they touched to gold last term, may not look back on their pre-season trip to China with too much relish. For some reason, the Chinese state-run news agency, Xinhua, felt moved to accuse the club of showing disrespect to local fans as well as discrimination to the Chinese media. Interestingly, criticism of City comes at a time when there is unrest in China and Hong Kong. In China, pro-democracy protestors have been attacked and Germany has come under fire from Chinese officials for “inciting” the storming of Hong Kong’s legislative council. The Xinhua report, by Jonathan Dixon and Vivian Ji, said City were “focused on how the club could best commercially expand into China and look…

Categories: Books & Media

Tagged: Asia, China, featured, Football Media, Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, Wolverhampton Wanderers

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World Football Summit Asia: A magnet for the football Industry

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 26, 2019

ASIA PACIFIC represents one of the key growth markets for global football, with new supporters, business opportunities and emerging powers from the region. Although Europe dominates the world game, market experts are predicting that clubs from Asia will eventually compete alongside more established names from football’s traditional heartlands. The rising importance of Asia is one of the main reasons the World Football Summit is hosting its first event on this continent in April 2019 in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur. Jan Alessie, Director of the World Football Summit, believes the time is right to expand into Asia Pacific: “The growth of the game in Asia is very impressive and worldwide, offers the greatest prospects of all regions. The industry has a big audience to engage with and the challenge is…

Categories: Asia

Tagged: Asia, Asia Pacific, featured, football business, Football finance, World Football Summit

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Football Media Watch: You bet it’s a problem

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 22, 2019

THE gambling industry has money to burn and companies from the sector are keen to exert their influence on football. Game of the People receives invitations every week to advertise or plant content from betting companies from every corner of the world. We refuse any offers of taking marketing copy for the site as we are opposed on moral grounds. However, professional football in Britain is always eager to take money from gambling companies even though the UK has a growing number of people with addiction problems. Notts County’s Matt Tootle is the latest player to admit to being a compulsive punter and has confirmed that gambling is rife in football. Of the top two divisions in English football, 26 clubs have gambling-related shirt…

Categories: Culture

Tagged: Asia, featured, gambling, Premier Leaguye, Shirt sponsorship

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