Leicester City; the sound of chickens coming back to roost

by Tony Attwood Whenever we cover the dodgy doings by football clubs on this site, we get emails saying “your club is just as bad” and “why don’t you just write about your club” and then a few things that are not really repeatable.   So we’ll take those as read, and remind everyone that …

Monopoly suppliers need regulators or democracy. In football we have neither.

By Tony Attwood Sport, as the EU recognises in its regulations, is different.   There is competition within it – that is by and large the whole point – but that competition is different from that of firms competing in most open markets.  The competitive route is structured in a particular way – primarily through having …