Taxpayers and the beautiful game
Do we love football so much that we don’t mind a few millions of our money being lost whenever clubs go bust? Jon Snow blogs.
Former Football Association Chairman Lord Triesman has told a committee of MPs that FIFA members asked for ‘bribes’ in return for World Cup bid votes
It may be the wealthiest league in the world but just how long will it be until there is no UK finance involved in Premier League clubs? Channel 4 News charts the changing face of the top flight.
The FA Cup fifth round tie between Manchester United and Crawley Town at Old Trafford has all the appearances of one which typifies the uniqueness of the competition, but Keme Nzerem thinks otherwise.
West Ham Football Club are tipped to have secured backing to take over the Olympic Stadium site in London after the London 2012 Olympics, ahead of rival club Tottenham Hotspur.
In the final hours of football’s transfer window, deals take Fernando Torres from Liverpool to Chelsea for £50million and Andy Carroll from Newcastle to Liverpool for £35m, as Keme Nzerem reports.
In the final hours of football’s transfer window, deals take Fernando Torres from Liverpool to Chelsea for £50million and Andy Carroll from Newcastle to Liverpool for £35m, as Keme Nzerem reports.
Roy Hodgson has left Liverpool Football Club by mutual consent, it was announced today. Kenny Dalglish replaces him as manager until the end of the season.
Sports commentators tell Channel 4 News England’s humiliating failure to secure the 2018 World Cup may be the result of the dysfunctional way the English game is run.
Sports finance analysts tell Channel 4 News England’s bid to host the 2018 football World Cup is better than any of the rival bids when judged according to profitability and legacy.
England’s World Cup 2018 bid team has been “assured that it’s in the bag,” by Fifa Vice President Jack Warner’s aides, Channel 4 News can reveal.
As financially-crippled Sheffield Wednesday looks for potential buyers, football money expert Brendan Guilfoyle tells Channel 4 News that major clubs are paying a heavy price for an unrealistic dream.
Do we love football so much that we don’t mind a few millions of our money being lost whenever clubs go bust? Jon Snow blogs.