Welcome to the final Talking the Blues Podcast of the 2025/26 season when we ask some pretty fundamental questions of the club, the direction in which we are going, and just how […]
This article is prepared on the final day of the 2025/26 Premier League season. Tottenham Hotspur sit 17th, two points above West Ham United in 18th. Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers are […]
This report provides an analysis of Premier League club brand values, the methodology by which they are measured, the contributory factors that drive them, and the strategies by which clubs can grow […]
Case Citations: [2026] EWCA Civ 355 • [2026] EWHC 514 (Comm) • CL-2025-000308 • 2:25-cv-14239 (S.D. Fla.) Verification: All case citations and procedural facts are from primary court records (Judiciary.gov.uk, BAILII, CourtListener, […]
This article provides an analysis of the financial regulatory framework governing professional football in Spain. It examines the structure, powers and enforcement mechanisms of the principal regulatory bodies; the operational mechanics of […]
The emerging story of Market Financial Solutions is relevant to the way football is financed – much of what is alleged at Market Financial Solutions is alleged at 777 Partners (for example). […]
I want to look at a series of ownership and funding structures across modern football, often including all of or a combination of private credit, private equity, insurance company funding. I’m going […]
So, Sunderland staged a well deserved second-half fightback to beat a disturbingly poor Everton 3-1 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and boost their hopes of European qualification by climbing to ninth in […]
Welcome back to Talking the Blues with Andy and George Costigan. Last home game of the season, a season that offered so many opportunities but one in which we as a club […]
Following on from Part I published yesterday, I continue the analysis of the new financial rules impacting English football. I’m going to start by looking at the six Premier League clubs that […]
Premier League, Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR) The rules were approved at a Premier League Shareholders’ meeting on 21 November 2025, with clubs voting in favour […]
Wrexham AFC Annual Report & Accounts 2024/25 The financial statements of Wrexham AFC Limited for the year ended 30 June 2025 show a club in the middle of an extraordinary commercial transformation […]
Lancashire County Cricket Club annual-accounts-2025 The 2025 accounts show a reported surplus before tax of £25.8 million, total assets less current liabilities of £73.2 million, and net assets up from £7.6 million […]
MSCI State of Private Credit & Equity Markets Overview of the report This inaugural MSCI report examines five structural forces reshaping private markets in 2026: Stress in private credit, A liquidity drought […]
Eagle Football Group first half financial year 2025/26 results On the operational side, the new management under Michele Kang has delivered a remarkable turnaround in six months: EBITDA has moved from c.- […]
Brentford Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 The 2024/25 financial year was the most significant period of structural and fiscal transformation of Brentford Football Club since the acquisition of control by Matthew Benham […]
AFC Bournemouth Limited Annual Report & Accounts 2024/25 The 2024/25 financial year is the most consequential single year in the modern accounting history of AFC Bournemouth. It marks three simultaneous regime changes: […]
Rangers International Football Club Ltd, Annual Report and Financial Statements, year ended 30 June 2025 Rangers Football Club is a professional football club in Glasgow, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish […]
Analysis of the presentation by Erika Montemor Ferreira, FIFA Head of Disputes & Regulatory Applications FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2026, 19–20 February 2026, Budapest, Hungary On 4 October 2024 the […]
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club Annual Report & Accounts Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (1986) Limited This financial analysis examines the annual report and financial statements of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (1986) Limited for […]