The Premier League’s revenue is climbing but profits are down because wages are at an all-time high, Deloitte’s annual football finance report shows.
Deloitte’s annual report on football finance reveals just how reliant English clubs are on television income.
Not until the dying minutes of their dramatic victory over Barcelona would you have bet on Chelsea appearing in this year’s Champions League final. Yet they face Bayern Munich in Germany tonight.
Kenny Dalglish is sacked as Liverpool manager, 16 months after taking up the job for a second time, following a disappointing season in which the club finished eighth in the Premier League.
In a dramatic conclusion to a nail-biting finale, Manchester City grabbed the Premier League title with seconds to spare. But when football finances are considered, was it really such a surprise?
Alex Thomson
Across Glasgow there will now be all the hysterical talk of a “saviour” and it being all over. It is, just possibly true but the history of disastrous Rangers takeovers and recent near-pantomimical performances from Duff and Phelps mean caution’s the only response.
As the SPL enters its final weekend, Andrew McFadyen looks back on a tumultuous season and reflects on Scottish football’s past glories.
With innumerable plots and sub-plots, and a cast of footballing villains, the 20th season of football’s Premier League, which concludes on Sunday, has been one of the best ever.
Tonight’s Manchester derby is a title decider in all but name. A win for United and the Premier League is probably theirs. But a City victory will put the Blues in pole position.
As the Scottish Football Association begins a three-day hearing into alleged breaches of the rules by crisis-hit Rangers, owner Craig Whyte says he will not be there.
Alex Thomson
“There is a heightened sense at the SFA’s Hampden Park HQ that Scotland’s politicians have rolled their tanks onto the SFA’s lawn. The SFA want them off.” – Alex Thomson writes on the question of political interference in Scottish football.
Crime around professional football grounds increases on matchday, a fact which could determine how much clubs pay towards the policing of matches, according to a police report.
SPL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster tells Channel 4 News any evidence of rule-breaking by Rangers is likely to be investigated by an independent body and that he is “astonished” by claims of bias.
As Rangers faces potential liquidation, Alex Thomson reveals the extent of transactions and payments made from offshore accounts that have so interested the taxman.
The Scottish Football Association’s Stewart Regan explains the SFA’s role in Craig Whyte’s acquisition of Rangers and says it will look to stamp out behaviour that is not “acting with integrity”.