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Who Owns Football?
- Author
- Nick Miller
- Narrator
- Homer Todiwala
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 7 November 2024
- Run Time
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Leading football journalist Nick Miller lifts the lid on football club ownership: the defining issue shaping the modern game.
The landscape of football club ownership has changed. Long gone are the days when clubs were dominated by local factory proprietors or millionaire boyhood fans. This clear, insightful and thought-provoking guide provides serious football fans with a unique and timely account of modern football ownership: the central issue shaping the game.
Fascinating for supporters looking to understand their club’s and its rivals’ strategy and methods, and those curious about finance and power in football, Who Owns Football? reveals how the game's custodians operate. Football club owners can take teams to the heights of the Champions League or financial oblivion. Still, in a world of super leagues, rapidly escalating wages, transfer fees, Financial Fair Play and an increasingly profitable women’s game, they tread a precarious tightrope. This book relates the jeopardy, strategies, transformative successes and horror stories as it uncovers the complex world of football finance.
Who Owns Football? lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern club ownership. Full of captivating tales, fascinating characters, high finance and shady deals, it examines the forces at play and discusses how today’s football club ownership models face up to an impending crisis in the game.
Critics Review
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Superb, from the first page to the last. The importance of the subject and Miller’s vibrant writing style makes this a must-read for any football lover
Daniel Taylor, THE ATHLETIC/NEW YORK TIMES
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An entertaining, fascinating and indispensable guide to the past, present and future of club ownership. Who Owns Football? greatly succeeds in making a complex world understandable and accessible
Daniel Gray
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Sadly, this is a book that had to be written. Luckily it is written very well with disturbing insight but plenty of humour to lighten the way
Kevin Day, THE PRICE OF FOOTBALL
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With characteristic wit and warmth, Miller shines a timely spotlight onto the murky world of modern football club ownership. A must-read for anyone who cares about the game and its future
Tom Williams, author of VA-VA-VOOM
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Even when you think you know exactly who owns football, it turns out there are still fascinating nuggets to learn. This book is a treasure trove of curious tales
Sarah Winterburn, PLANET SPORT
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Football ownership is not the simple, straight forward world it once was; Miller’s incisive research shines a light on this complex, intriguing new dimension to the game
Ben Robinson, author of THE TRILLION DOLLAR CON MAN
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A fascinating insight into one of the key issues in the global game today. Explores who owns our football clubs - and what is, and what could be, in the best interests of the fans
Dr Kevin Moore, author of WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT FOOTBALL IS WRONG
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Nick has taken on a complex topic that is becoming increasingly crucial to the future of the game, yet managed to cover it comprehensively in an engaging, thoughtful way. Those things combined make it a must-read
Daniel Storey, Chief Football writer, i Newspaper
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This book takes you behind the scenes of football ownership. Who Owns Football? is essential reading if you want to get close to the full picture
Laurie Whitwell, THE ATHLETIC/NEW YORK TIMES
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Nick has a talent to entertain and inform in equal measure, and this is a great look at how a sport beloved by the many is being fenced off and treated like a plaything by the few
Carl Anka, THE ATHLETIC/NEW YORK TIMES
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A smartly researched, fascinating and timely exploration of football ownership, explaining why many fans should be worried about their team
Mark Ogden, ESPN
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A deep dive into football's puppet masters
The Observer
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A fine book
Game of the People
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Miller’s breezy primer sorts the best, worst and strangest practice in this ghoulish world of corporate, community, state and social interests
The Tablet
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A fascinating and timely read, teeming with great anecdotes
FourFourTwo
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Details
- Author
- Nick Miller
- Narrator
- Homer Todiwala
- Duration
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 November 2024
- ISBN
- 9781399417181
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Sports management and facilities, Association football (Soccer), World Cups and World championships, Biography: sport
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Who Owns Football?: The Changing Face of Club Ownership by Nick Miller, read by Homer Todiwala Leading football journalist Nick Miller lifts the lid on football club ownership: the defining issue shaping the modern game.The landscape of football club ownership has changed. Long gone are the days when clubs were dominated by local factory proprietors or millionaire boyhood fans. This clear, insightful and thought-provoking guide provides serious football fans with a unique and timely account of modern football ownership: the central issue shaping the game.Fascinating for supporters looking to understand their club’s and its rivals’ strategy and methods, and those curious about finance and power in football, Who Owns Football? reveals how the game's custodians operate. Football club owners can take teams to the heights of the Champions League or financial oblivion. Still, in a world of super leagues, rapidly escalating wages, transfer fees, Financial Fair Play and an increasingly profitable women’s game, they tread a precarious tightrope. This book relates the jeopardy, strategies, transformative successes and horror stories as it uncovers the complex world of football finance.Who Owns Football? lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern club ownership. Full of captivating tales, fascinating characters, high finance and shady deals, it examines the forces at play and discusses how today’s football club ownership models face up to an impending crisis in the game.
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