TalkSPORT: a self-sustaining economy for the 21st century
TalkSPORT, ‘the world’s biggest sports radio station’, will rope you in with a meandering recipe. Ask a nebulous question; provide a fantastically obscene opinion from someone regarded as knowledgable; question…
Regionalisation: the future for lower-league football?
In January, a unique problem within lower-league football in England and Scotland was exposed. Plymouth Argyle travelled 389 miles to play Carlisle United in the English fourth tier, whilst Elgin…
Football returns in Germany: what’s different?
Some things do not change. Bayern Munich winning, Erling Haaland scoring and VAR marginally ruling fractions of shoulders offside. Football is back in Germany but not as we know it.…
State-owned football: an SOS for Europe?
Two of European football’s top sides have in recent years been essentially bankrolled to success by nation-states. The Qatari Investment Authority have owned French giant Paris Saint Germain since 2011,…
The Premier League was already in a state of change – what next?
A topsy-turvy season, in all senses, has broken the apparent predominance of the Premier League’s classic ‘Big Six’. Leicester City have emerged as more than credible challengers for European places…