STUDIES on the economic state of football are fairly predictable these days, the small band of uber-clubs is well established at the forefront of the game. But these studies can provide some pointers about the clubs on the rise or those in decline. If one assumes the top bracket will remain more or less intact, […]
IN RECENT weeks, I have visited Brighton and Swansea and I stood and watched out of necessity. As soon as the referee’s whistle started the game, the fans in my section stood up and had no intention of using the seats they had paid for. Fine, if you like terracing, but having parted with £30, […]
DESPITE being out of the UEFA Champions League and unable to make a sustained Premier League challenge in 2016-17, Manchester United are Europe’s most valuable club, according to KPMG’s Football Benchmark report, The European Elite 2017. United are ahead of Real Madrid and Barcelona, underlining the impressive off-pitch performance of the club. Operating revenues totalled […]
THE OLD adage, “the more you spend, the more you win”, comes under scrutiny in the recent paper from KPMG’s Football Benchmark team. The report demonstrates that some clubs have established a strong record for balancing the books while being moderately successful. Needless to say, the big spenders are the small group of bulge bracket […]
THE latest report from Football Benchmark highlights how social media has grown at an astonishing rate over the past few years. When Manchester United won the Premier in 2013, the club’s twitter page was followed by around one million people. In three years, that has grown to almost 10 million. And this is only part […]
WE PROBABLY didn’t need to be told, but Football Benchmark, that team of wise old sages in Budapest, has confirmed that football, the “game of the people”, is far from democratic. We’ve known for some time that European football has created a set of “uber clubs” that sweep up the cash like a combine harvester […]
