Welcome to the Analysis Series, a series of in depth research about various aspects of the finances of modern football. The series contains detailed reports looking at many aspects of how football is financed, what the key drivers are and the potential regulatory challenges arising from (for example) state ownership, multi-club ownership and the increasing use of non traditional sources of capital.

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Matthew Benham: An Analysis of Matthew Benham’s statistical gambling operations and football governance

Anthony Grant Bloom: Analysis of Starlizard, the Brighton Model, and the legal challenges to professional gambling integrity

Analysis Series: Eagle Football Group – Olympique Lyonnais (2024-2025)

Série d’analyses : Eagle Football Group – Olympique Lyonnais (2024-2025) – traduction française

The Analysis Series: Continued analysis of the Eagle Football Holdings collapse, updated with the Botafogo-Olympique Lyonnais litigation

The Analysis Series: Eagle Football Holdings insolvency will satisfy none of the constituent clubs, nor their fans – particularly Botafogo

The Analysis Series: Financial reconstruction: Analysis of Everton Football Club’s 2024/25 Annual Report and Accounts

The Analysis Series, Concluding the Eagle Football Analysis – RWDM Brussels

The Analysis Series, continuing the Eagle Football analysis – Botafogo

The Analysis Series: Financial evolution of Eagle Football Group: Analysis of EBITDA and operational performance (2021–2026)

The Analysis Series: Analysis of Ares Capital Corporation and Eagle Football Holdings Bidco Limited debt architecture

The Analysis Series: Navigating multi-club ownership under UEFA Article 5 – the Friedkins, Everton & AS Roma

The Analysis Series: Analysis of the Chelsea FC sanction agreement and the rise of statutory oversight

The Analysis Series: Statutory oversight of English football. An analysis of the Independent Football Regulator licensing proposals

The Analysis Series: The new “squad cost ratio” rules for the Premier League

The Analysis Series: The Glazer business empire

The Analysis Series: The Friedkin Group

The Analysis Series: Financial analysis and balance sheet assessment of EFL Championship clubs: 2025-26 Season

The Analysis Series:Post Diarra (part II), further analysis of the football transfer system (Jan 2025 – present day)

The Analysis Series – Diarra Judgment Case C-650/22 (Part I)

The Analysis Series: The Independent Football Regulator’s Owners, Directors & Senior Executives regime (ODSE)

The Analysis Series: Analysis of dividend regulation in English professional football, rule 34, and capital distributions

The Analysis Series: Analysis of financial regulation in European professional football

The Analysis Series: Value extraction in the global sports economy: 

The Analysis Series: The erosion of the traditional football calendar: Commercial cynicism and broadcast imperatives in the Premier League 2025–2029 cycle

The Analysis Series: Broadcast rights, solidarity mechanisms, and financial redistribution in the English Football League

The Analysis Series: Systemic Risk in the European Football Economy: A comparative analysis with the 2008 banking crisis and frameworks for prudential mitigation

The Analysis Series: Analysis of the 2025 IOPC Hillsborough Report

The Analysis Series: Analysis of the Premier League’s New Financial Regulations:  Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR) Rules

Analysis Series: Governance Structure of Association Football: Integrity, Financial Regulation, and Strategic Failure

The Analysis Series: An Analysis of Rights and Media Funding Limited (R&MF)

The Analysis Series: The role of US banks in financing Premier League clubs

The Analysis Series: Analysis of BDT & MSD Partners: Corporate Restructuring, Global Credit Platform, and Football Financing 

The Analysis Series: Ares Management Corporation: Credit, Capital Structure, and the Football Investment 

The Analysis Series: Financial and operational risk analysis of Eagle Football Holdings Limited

The Analysis Series: A Comparative Analysis of Financial and Governance Regulation Across Major European Football Leagues

The Analysis Series: The Penetration of US Private Credit in English Premier League Financing: Exposure, Structure, and Systemic Risk

The Analysis Series: The Looming Difficulties in US Private Credit

Analysis Series: Federal Criminal and Regulatory Charges Against Joshua Wander & others in the New York Courts

Analysis of the Burnley FC vs. Everton FC PSR Compensation Claim

The Analysis Series: Premier League & European Football Ticketing & Fan Accessibility 

The Analysis Series: The Premier League Summer 2025 Transfer Window

The Analysis Series. Premier League agent payments: £1.9 billion (2019-20250

The Analysis Series: Cash is King; Cash Flow in the English Premier League (2010-2025)

Analysis Series: What impact does moving to a new stadium have on home performance? The answer is surprising

The Analysis Series: The English and Major European Football Broadcast Rights Market

The Analysis Series:  Yo-yos and Parachutes; Premier League Relegation, Subsequent Performance, and Financial Impact (2010-2024)

The Analysis Series: Premier League Academy Productivity and Profitability (2015-2025)

The Analysis Series: Women’s Super League

The Analysis Series: The Independent Football Regulator

Everton’s stadium development in the context of 30 plus years stadium development across Europe

The Analysis Series: An Analysis of Lenders, Debt, and Influence in English and European Football

The Analysis Series: The £4 Billion Paycheck: An Analysis of Wage Cost Growth and Financial Sustainability in the Premier League (2010-2024)

The Analysis Series: Premier League Clubs’ Earnings from UEFA European Football Competitions (2010-Present)

The Analysis Series – the growth of transfer debt among clubs and the associated systematic risk

The Analysis Series: An Analysis of Premier League Profit and Loss Accounts (2010-2023) & regulatory challenges

Analysis of Capital Inflows into Premier League Football Clubs (2010-2025)

Multi-Club Ownership in Premier League Football: A Detailed Analysis of Structures, Control, and Strategic Implications

Premier League Club Governance: A Comprehensive Analysis of Board Composition and Director Profiles – Part I

Premier League Club Governance: A Comprehensive Analysis of Board Composition and Director Profiles – Part II

Premier League 2023/24: A Financial Overview (most recently available figures)