Football Finance, Governance, and Accounting

This book provides a critical analysis of finance, governance, and accounting in the football industry. With money and boardroom decision-making at the centre of debates regarding on- and off-field aspects of football today, this book helps the reader to develop a deeper understanding of these issues. Featuring the work of leading experts and researchers in football business, the book offers an assessment of current practices, asking which work in the football world and, perhaps more importantly, which do not, and why. The book takes an in-depth look at some of the hottest topics in modern football, including global and regional issues, profit and sustainability rules, ownership, fan involvement, the transfer market, financial corruption, financial assessment, regulation, gender inclusion, the growing women’s game, transparency and accountability, and what good governance looks like. Explaining complicated concepts in easily understandable ways, and developing practical insight, this is essential reading for any course on sport finance, business and management, or the business of football. It is also invaluable reading for anybody with a career, or hoping to build a career, in the football industry.