The FA Cup, the oldest competition in football, plays a pivotal role in the season of all clubs across the country; it is an important source of income and it provides the opportunity for lower-league ‘minnows’ to play at some of the country’s biggest grounds. The magic of the cup.
As has been well documented in…
Unless you were an avid fan of marble racing or Belarusian hockey for whatever reason, the average sports fan struggled to find something to watch on television at the initial stages of the pandemic. With spectator sports like the Olympics, Premier League, IPL, NBA, Formula One, Wimbledon and the PGA Tour just to name a…
Though for football fans it may be much more, at the end of the day, a club is a business which makes money through various different avenues; sponsorship, TV licensing and merchandise sales among others. The last couple of years have seen a worrying trend emerge with a sharp rise in the number of clubs…
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an enormous effect on sports broadcasting and sport in general. The cancellation of live matches has resulted in challenging times for premium sports broadcasters, who have had to rethink their strategies to keep consumers engaged and paying. Although the return of sports like football seems to be near, the problems…
Could you ever have imagined life without football? A time where football competitions were cancelled or postponed all over the world? A time when, in most parts of the world, a football match could not be scheduled due to social distancing? Well, that’s the situation we find ourselves in!
National competitions are cancelled or postponed…
