One of the most important books to be published on the political economy of football in the recent past has been written with this title by football writer Simon Kuper and sports economist Stefan Szymanski. I have got the book and once I have read it, I will review it here in some detail. It is certainly going to provoke a lot of debate among football fans.
One of the most important books to be published on the political economy of football in the recent past has been written with this title by football writer Simon Kuper and sports economist Stefan Szymanski. I have got the book and once I have read it, I will review it here in some detail. It is certainly going to provoke a lot of debate among football fans. Among the arguments put forward are (i) competitive imbalance in the Premiership is not a bad thing and has actually boosted attendances and television viewing; (b) the lifelong fan of one club is actually rather atypical and there is much more switching of allegiances that hard core fans accept; (c) England actually doesn’t do that badly as an international football team if you take into account the size of the country and its GDP. You can read a very informative extract here in the Pink ‘Un: Why England Lose