Why the TV audience for football is falling, and what it means for the future of football

By Tony Attwood TV money funds the Premier League.  Not just Big Time, but Very Big Time. OF course if the TV companies started to lose interest in the Premier League, then nothing would happen much at the start as the TV companies would be forced to continue to pay for live programme rights they …

How are some of this summer’s big value transfers doing thus far? A case study

By Tony Attwood Whenever Arsenal have a few duff games the cry goes up about the need to buy more players and spend more money.  And yet, as I have tried to point out before, only a minority of players become a significant success very soon after a big money transfer.  The figures suggest that …

With a quarter of the season gone, how much value have clubs got from their summer transfer spending?

  By Tony Attwood Last year I passed a few hours examining how various teams’ league positions compared with their position in terms of how much money they spent in the summer on players.   I’ve waited until nine games have gone this season, but now I think it might be time to see how …