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Covid‐19 and Football: Crisis Creates Opportunity
Author(s) -
Maguire Kieran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/1467-923x.12961
Subject(s) - football , covid-19 , revenue , position (finance) , dependency (uml) , business , pandemic , financial crisis , public relations , marketing , economics , political science , accounting , finance , engineering , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , disease , pathology , systems engineering , virology , biology , outbreak , macroeconomics
This article looks at the financial performance and position of English professional football before Covid‐19 and the impact that the pandemic has had on the industry. It analyses revenue streams in different divisions, the dependency that clubs have on them and how they have changed as a result of the pandemic. The article also reviews key costs for football clubs, the extent to which they can be reduced, different business models that operate, and possible funding sources for the sport from third parties and within the industry.