|
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unfair game since the '90's ?, 26 Sep 2003
A real eyeopener into the world of football beyond 22 men on a grass pitch.The book looks at the aspects of the game which have caused it to go into serious decline ... largely to the ignorance of football fans throughout Britain. It begins with case studies into various clubs and the takeovers and/or stock market flotations. The turning of football clubs " ... into money making machines". Read these case studies to discover how various club chairmen have made fortunes from the game far beyond the wildest dreams of most 'punters'. Read about how the lowet level grass roots of the game is dying due to the greed and politics of those at the top. Read how a century old institution - the FA - turned on its own beliefs and morals to help the big guns breakaway and form what we know now as the Premiership. Read how the big clubs took advantage of the Taylor Report to line their own pockets. Read an account of the Hillsborough disaster and the everlasting effect it has had on the families of the victims and also the extent to which it (along with the Tayor report) essentially changed the face of football. Even the most hardened football fan will surely feel anger when reading the Hillsborough chapter. If you havent considered before how finances in football really operate and the true extent to exactly how the 'rich get richer and the poor get poorer' then you must read this book! As an Accountancy student, i read this book as a basis for a dissertation i was writing based on football finances and it was extremley helpful. It literally changed my outlook on the world of football. The beautiful game ..... i always thought so ... i dont now!
|
by David Conn
by Stephen Dobson
by Simon Banks
by Richard Giulianotti
