Posts tagged “Lead”

THE RECENT Soccerex Football Finance 100 showed that English football is the dominant force in world football at the moment. Of the many clubs from the Premier League and Championship, there was one name that certainly made you look twice to ensure your eyes were not playing tricks – Barnsley, the 65th strongest football club in world football. Barnsley? The team of Michael Parkinson, cricket umpire Dickie Bird, Skinner Normanton and brass bands? One of those clubs that, to a large degree, is a standard bearer for regional identity. Barnsley it certainly was, sitting at the bottom of the Championship on the morning of February 15. How could a football club with a turnover of around £ 14 million and a wage bill of…

Categories: English Football

Tagged: Barnsley, Championship, Craven Cottage, Fulham, Lead, London, managers, top slot

Manchester City 67-70 – Mercer & Allison’s alchemy

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 16, 2020

THERE HAVE been more successful Manchester City teams in recent years, and certainly more expensive, but it is unlikely that any of the 21st century City line-ups will be as loved as the side that won four trophies in three seasons between 1967-68 and 1969-70. That team was immortalised in the late James Lawton’s new book, Forever Boys, a heartfelt reflection of an exciting era that ended a period of red dominance in Manchester. City’s team, characterised by the triumvirate of Lee – Bell – Summerbee, played an exciting fast-flowing brand of football that not only left Maine Road crowds purring with delight, but also made them the neutral’s favourite. They were led by a classic “good cop, bad cop” partnership of avuncular manager…

Categories: Teams

Tagged: Colin Bell, featured, great reputations, Joe Mercer, Lead, Malcolm Allison, Manchester City, top slot

Paris Saint-Germain top the Soccerex FF100

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 13, 2020

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN may be waiting for their first UEFA Champions League trophy, but they are arguably the most powerful football club in the world, according to the third edition of the Soccerex Football Finance 100. Once again, Game of the People was involved in producing editorial for the report, which uses a methodology based on player values, cash, debt, tangible assets and the wealth of club owners. The 2020 report shows that squad valuations of the top 100 have grown by 24.5%, tangible assets are up by 12.6% and ownership wealth has risen by 21.2% to € 1.1 trillion. At the same time, debt among the top 100 has fallen by 8%. PSG have overtaken Manchester City, the club that topped the FF100 in…

Categories: Finance & Business

Tagged: Football finance, Football Finance 100, Lead, Paris Saint-Germain, Soccerex, top slot

Pep talk may be idle gossip

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 12, 2020

THE PROSPECT of Pep Guardiola leaving Manchester City seems rather remote, but the media is whipping-up a story that the enigmatic Spaniard is on the brink of leaving the Etihad for a stint as head coach at Juventus. The Guardian claimed that Pep has the “four year itch” and is ready to move on. The Waldorf and Statler’s of the football world continue to mutter about City’s “decline” this season, even though they could end up as Champions League winners and retain both the Football League Cup and FA Cup. Guardiola is unhappy, others insist, because his intense regime is unable to accept “failure”. Paul Merson, for example, said Pep has “been found out”, a harsh and contentious assessment of a man who has…

Categories: Football Media Watch

Tagged: Football Media, Juventus, Lead, Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, top slot

Posts tagged “Lead”

Barnsley chop down Fulham, despite Dennis

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 18, 2020

Manchester City 67-70 – Mercer & Allison’s alchemy

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 16, 2020

Paris Saint-Germain top the Soccerex FF100

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 13, 2020

Pep talk may be idle gossip

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 12, 2020