London Edition Friday 23 October 2026
Football Economy The Business of the Beautiful Game
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About Football Economy

Football Economy covers the business and economics of association football: club accounts, ownership and takeovers, broadcasting rights, transfer economics, stadium development and the regulation of the game. The publication maintains a database of club finance profiles, long-run attendance and revenue datasets, and a daily desk briefing of football-business headlines.

The Desk

Daniel Mercer — Editor. Fifteen years covering the business of football, with a particular focus on club ownership, insolvency and the economics of the English pyramid.

Eleanor Whitfield — Club Finance & Governance. Chartered accountant; a decade auditing professional sports clubs before turning to journalism.

Tomasz Zieliński — European Leagues. Reports on the game’s economics from twelve countries.

Ruth Calderwood — Broadcasting & Commercial. Previously in rights valuation for a major European agency.