Members of the Football Research Group, James Reade and Carl Singleton, have their latest research on stadium attendance demand published in European Sport Management Quarterly. Research question This study looks…Read More >
Football finance
New Book Chapter: European football after COVID-19
The Football Research Group has just produced its latest research paper, through members Prof James Reade & Dr Carl Singleton. It has been published as a chapter in “A new…Read More >
Manchester City v UEFA – Man City win after extra time and penalties…
9 July 2020 Manchester City v UEFA – Man City win after extra time and penalties… The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has overturned UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body’s (CFCB)…Read More >
The curious case of Wigan Athletic FC
9 July 2020 The curious case of Wigan Athletic FC Wigan Athletic is the first English club to go into administration post the COVID-19 induced lockdown and related suspension of football…Read More >
Is the English Premier League Owners’ and Directors’ test fit for purpose?
18 May 2020 Is the English Premier League Owners’ and Directors’ test fit for purpose? With the takeover of Newcastle United Football Club by a Saudi-backed consortium currently under review…Read More >
Forget the Premier League, it’s Grassroots football that we need to preserve!
21 April, 2020 (First published at The Football Collective) We’ve heard a lot about Premier League footballers in the last few weeks, and we’re seeing more and more stories of…Read More >
In defence of footballers
Adrian Bell, Professor in the History of Finance, University of Reading, Carl Singleton, Lecturer in Economics, University of Reading and James Reade, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Reading This article…Read More >
How will football return after this unplanned hiatus?
James Reade, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Reading and Carl Singleton, Lecturer in Economics, University of Reading This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license….Read More >
Hacked off: Man City fall foul of the Financial Fair Play regulations
18 February 2020 Hacked off: Man City fall foul of the Financial Fair Play regulations On Friday, like most residents of the United Kingdom on the eve of storm Dennis,…Read More >
Bury FC: Chasing the promotion dream or bad management?
20 December 2019 Bury FC: Chasing the promotion dream or bad management? On Wednesday the winding-up petition seeking to liquidate Bury FC was dismissed by an Insolvency and Companies Court…Read More >