The structural transformation of the English football pyramid The 2024/25 football season represented the most significant restructuring of broadcast rights and financial distribution mechanisms in the modern era. For decades, the economic […]
The Analysis Series: Systemic Risk in the European Football Economy: A comparative analysis with the 2008 banking crisis and frameworks for prudential mitigation
Summary The global financials of professional football, particularly within England and Europe, have undergone a radical transformation over the last two decades. No longer merely a collection of civic sporting institutions operating […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – Nottingham Forest (h), a catch up, confusion from the host but plenty of fun
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan, in which we catch up on recent games including Saturday’s tremendous victory against Nottingham Forest. Paul get’s into a […]
The Analysis Series: Analysis of the 2025 IOPC Hillsborough Report
The publication of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and Operation Resolve report in December 2025 represents a watershed moment in the modern history of British policing and state accountability. Concluding […]
Manchester United (a) version II – the football regulator and City of Liverpool infrastructure
Welcome to a re-recorded edition of Talking the Blues, with Andy and George Costigan in fine and joyous form following our victory earlier this week at Old Trafford. We look at the […]
Talking the Blues – Victory at Old Trafford – after all these years I only needed to get one thing right!
Welcome to this week’s momentous Talking the Blues’ Podcast. After all these years Andy and George get to celebrate an Everton victory under Moyes at Old Trafford. I only needed to do […]
Systemic Risk Assessment: The English Premier League in the 2025–2029 Cycle
The fragility of dominance The English Premier League (EPL) enters the 2025–2029 cycle as the undisputed commercial hegemon of global association football. With aggregate revenues that eclipse its European rivals and a […]
The Analysis Series: Analysis of the Premier League’s New Financial Regulations: Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR) Rules
The Premier League clubs have voted to implement the new Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR) rules from the start of the 2026/27 season. This overhaul is […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – another international break, Pickford, bad pitches from the past
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. It’s another international break so after a little bit of chat regarding Everton we turn to a variety of […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – Fulham (h) & what is happening with transport infrastructure?
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on our 2-0 home win against Fulham – a result which lowered the blood pressure in […]