- 1. Non-League stadiums offer vision of football's future as well as past
- (Stories)
- ... the visceral thrill of a sliding tackle – matches on 3G pitches are rarely postponed and, due to their durability, are able to be used several times a week. For clubs searching for a regular revenue stream, ...
- Created on 05 November 2018
- 2. Tickets stubs are more than paper – they are a link to matchday memories
- (Stories)
- ... a cash-at-the-gate game we attended was a deductible expense (we’d been drinking). But I’ll do time for tax evasion before HM Revenue & Customs get the tiny Dundee FC crest and serial number which confirms ...
- Created on 13 August 2018
- 3. On The Brink: A journey through English football’s north west by Simon Hughes
- (General)
- ... which club in the north-west they play for,” says manager Sean Dyche. What is eye-popping, however, is the revelation that TV money accounted for 90 per cent of their revenue last season. Hughes is a ...
- Created on 22 November 2017
- 4. Oldham fans uneasy at prospective buyer after John Sheridan sacking
- (Stories)
- ... deny that the club need new investment. If nothing else they could pay their players regularly and avoid the recurrent ignominy of a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs. Chairman Simon Corney ...
- Created on 28 September 2017
- 5. The Fall Of The House Of FIFA by David Conn
- (General)
- ... abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.” Richard Weber of the US Internal Revenue Service encapsulated it as “the World Cup of Fraud”. Conn starts his ...
- Created on 23 August 2017
- 6. From the archive ~ Homeless and broke: remembering Brighton’s darkest days
- (Stories)
- ... of its revenue from attendances. This can only mean one thing: oblivion. The way the club have been run since chairman Bill Archer bought his stake for £56.25 (yes, that’s right) is a complete disgrace. ...
- Created on 07 August 2017
- 7. Illegal payments, blackmail and Herbert Chapman – the sorry tale of Leeds City
- (Stories)
- ... which stood for over 70 years and which was clearly a statement of intent (the manager Gilbert Gillies claimed “The extra seats will enable us to garner extra revenue and invest in a higher standard of ...
- Created on 03 July 2017
- 8. From the archive ~ Would abolishing transfer fees benefit football?
- (Stories)
- ... by convincing the authorities to consider more explicit means of subsidising the poor. It was less than 20 years ago that schemes existed for sharing revenue from gate receipts and television contracts. ...
- Created on 30 January 2017
- 9. Notts County’s new owner brings hope of League survival against the odds
- (Stories)
- ... the side desperately needs right now, isn’t currently allowed to play because we are also under a transfer embargo due to monies owed to HM Revenue & Customs. Embed from Getty Images And for ...
- Created on 25 January 2017
- 10. Lincoln’s on-pitch turnaround must be matched by keeping new supporters
- (Stories)
- ... s are more than welcome – everyone loves a full ground and higher revenues, despite some grumblings about the unfamiliar faces with their suspiciously pristine red-and-white scarves. But how can a team li ...
- Created on 17 January 2017
- 11. Gabon set for intriguing Africa Cup of Nations despite political unrest
- (Stories)
- ... to becoming oil-austerity Gabon. Declining revenues and budget cuts have now coincided with a $700 million (£575m) spend on Africa’s showpiece football event. But the disputed presidential election ...
- Created on 10 January 2017
- 12. Bayern: Creating a global superclub
- (Clubs)
- ... matchday revenue, but also employed “questionable tax-saving schemes” to secure the financial position of the club. Interviews with key figures from the club’s history reveal how critical decisions were ...
- Created on 08 November 2016
- 13. Coventry’s on-pitch woes shine light on off-field turmoil
- (Stories)
- ... situation puts the academy’s sought-after category two status at risk and leaves question marks over a key revenue source – fees received for high-profile academy graduates such as Callum Wilson and James ...
- Created on 15 September 2016
- 14. Oldham eager to leave their summer of chaos behind
- (Stories)
- ... Yet within days of the season’s end Sheridan was gone, tempted by a higher salary and bigger transfer budget to drop a division to manage Notts County. News of a winding-up petition brought by HM Revenu ...
- Created on 06 August 2016
- 15. There’s always last year ~ Championship, 2015-16
- (Stories)
- ... by HM Revenue & Customs a few months earlier and slapped with a transfer embargo during January. They were eventually taken over, but will have to rebuild in League One having managed only 30 points during ...
- Created on 01 August 2016
- 16. American Huckster
- (General)
- ... book Chuck Blazer: the Father Christmas lookalike whose weight had mushroomed to 450lbs by the time the FBI and the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) nobbled him on the Manhattan pavement outside ...
- Created on 22 July 2016
- 17. Men In White Suits
- (Clubs)
- ... by Bill Shankly, the manager who revolutionised the club in the 1960s. The 1990s was a time of rapid change in English football, where big clubs became global businesses, revenue flooded in from international ...
- Created on 09 June 2015
- 18. Weekly Howl 23-01-15
- (2015)
- ... reporting record revenues in 2013-14: Twenty. Number of clubs to have reduced their season ticket prices: One, Sunderland. Number of regular fans surprised by this: Zero. --- Badge of the week ~ Saint ...
- Created on 28 January 2015
- 19. Weekly Howl 16-05-14
- (2014)
- A small portion of despair and enlightenment delivered to your inbox every Friday 16 May 2014 ~ With three-month profits up by £7.4 million compared to January-March last year, and record revenues of ...
- Created on 20 May 2014
- 20. Artificial intelligence
- (Grounds)
- ... the benefits of artificial turf, the Gallagher Stadium has become the perfect advert. Fixture postponements do not just mean a backlog – there’s loss of matchday revenue to take into account, lower gates ...
- Created on 01 September 2013
