Money and Football

Money and Football
Author: Stefan Szymanski
Publisher: Perseus (for Hbg)
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2015
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781568585260

"The most recent winners of the UEFA Champions League are the richest club in the world; the richest club in Germany; the billionaire oligarch-owned English club; the second richest club in the world, twice; and the richest club in England. Meanwhile, more than half of all clubs lose money. With startling clarity, Stefan Szymanski reveals how money decides the destiny of your soccer club."--Back cover.

Money and Soccer: A Soccernomics Guide

Money and Soccer: A Soccernomics Guide
Author: Stefan Szymanski
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1568584768

"Why Chievo Verona, Unterhaching, and Scunthorpe United will never win the Champions League, why Manchester City, Roma, and Paris St. Germain can, and why Real madrid, Bayern Munich, and Manchester United cannot be stopped."

Money and Football: A Soccernomics Guide (INTL ed)

Money and Football: A Soccernomics Guide (INTL ed)
Author: Stefan Szymanski
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1568585276

Modern soccer is big business. From the ill-received takeover of Manchester United by the Glazer family to Paris Saint Germain's current shopping spree for the best footballers on the planet, soccer finance has become an increasingly important part of the game. Barely a summer goes by now without a cherished club going into administration or a wealthy businessman funding a mid table team's ascension to Champions League competitor. Meanwhile, the twice-annual multi-million dollar merry-go-round of transfer season sees players (and now managers) signed for sums thought impossible just a decade ago. Understanding soccer finance has become essential for comprehending the beautiful game. But for many fans, soccer finance remains, frustratingly, a world that is opaque and difficult to grasp. Stefan Szymanski, co-author of the bestselling Soccernomics, tackles every soccer fan's burning questions in Money and Soccer: A Soccernomics Guide. From the abolition of the maximum wage in the 1960s, through to the impact of TV money both at home and abroad in the 1990s and 2000s, Szymanski explains how money, or lack of, affects your favorite club. Drawing on extensive research into financial records dating back to the 1970s, Szymanski provides clear analysis of the way that clubs have transformed in the modern era. This book isn't limited to European clubs. Szymanski, a renowned expert on sports management and economics, looks at what we can learn from comparing the ascension of Europe's biggest clubs to their lofty perches and with new financial models across the world. Through careful research and informative stories drawn from around the globe, Szymanski provides an accessible guide to the world of soccer finance.

Soccernomics

Soccernomics
Author: Simon Kuper
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018-04-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1568588860

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style? These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them. Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, Soccernomics reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about soccer. An essential guide for the 2010 World Cup, Soccernomics is a new way of looking at the world's most popular game.

Soccernomics (2022 World Cup Edition)

Soccernomics (2022 World Cup Edition)
Author: Simon Kuper
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2022-10-18
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1645030180

Written with an economist's brain and a soccer writer's skill, Soccernomics applies high-powered analytical tools to everyday soccer topics Soccernomics is a revolutionary new way of looking at soccer that has helped to change the way the sport is played. This World Cup edition features ample new material, including a chapter on women’s soccer that makes a case for reparations, an analysis of the pandemic’s impact on soccer finances, and insights into the failed plan to create a European Super League. Soccernomics remains essential reading for anyone in search of a more strategic, systematic perspective on the game, answering the questions that most consume soccer fans.

The Language of the Game

The Language of the Game
Author: Laurent Dubois
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 046509449X

Essential reading for soccer fans as the 2022 World Cup approaches, this lively and lyrical book is "an ideal guide to the world's most popular sport" (Simon Kuper, coauthor of Soccernomics). Soccer is not only the world's most popular game; it's also one of the most widely shared forms of global culture. The Language of the Game is a passionate and engaging introduction to soccer's history, tactics, and human drama. Profiling soccer's full cast of characters—goalies and position players, referees and managers, commentators and fans—historian and soccer scholar Laurent Dubois describes how the game's low scores, relentless motion, and spectacular individual performances combine to turn each match into a unique and unpredictable story. He also shows how soccer's global reach makes it an unparalleled theater for nationalism, international conflict, and human interconnectedness, with close attention to both men's and women's soccer. Filled with perceptive insights and stories both legendary and little known, The Language of the Game is a rewarding read for anyone seeking to understand soccer better—newcomers and passionate followers alike.

The Club

The Club
Author: Joshua Robinson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2018
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1328506452

Two veteran sports writers and editors take readers inside the history of the most-watched sports league on earth -- England's Premier League.

Why England Lose

Why England Lose
Author: Simon Kuper
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0007354088

FOOTBALL (SOCCER, ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL). Written with an economist's brain and a football writer's skill, this book applies high-powered analytical tools to everyday football topics. Why England Lose isn't in the first place about money. It's about looking at data in new ways. It's about revealing counterintuitive truths about football. It explains all manner of things about the game which newspapers just can't see. It all adds up to a new way of looking at football, beyond cliches about "The Magic of the FA Cup", "England's Shock Defeat" and "Newcastle's New South American Star". No training in economics is needed to read Why England Lose. But the reader will come out of it with a better understanding not just of football, but of how economists think and what they know.

Done Deal

Done Deal
Author: Daniel Geey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-01-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1472947185

'If you want to know and understand how football really works, this is the book for you.' Guillem Balagué 'A myth-busting and hugely entertaining look at the ever more complex machinations of the beautiful game. Essential.' Raphael Honigstein 'A must-read for football fans.' Freddie Ljungberg Insightful, enlightening and thought-provoking, leading Premier League lawyer Daniel Geey lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern football. What really happens inside a club on transfer deadline day? Are football agents overpaid? Which club put a clause forbidding space travel into a midfielder's contract? And which team's players can never wear red boots? Whether it is a manager being sacked, a star player transfer, billion-pound television rights negotiations or a controversial club takeover, leading football lawyer Daniel Geey has all the insight. With an accessible and thoughtful perspective, and featuring expert contributions, Done Deal explores the issues that shape the modern game, providing football fans with a fresh and authoritative look at all off-field football matters.