This examination of changes taking place in the world of football focuses on its growing commercialization. It covers such topics as fans becoming shareholders,

As football clubs have become luxury investments, their decisions increasingly mirror those of any other business organisation. Football supporters have been en

ÔSšderman and Dolles have assembled an impressive array of researchers to address the nexus between sport and business. In their rich collection of research o

The contributors to this book argue that the commercialized PR-driven British football world has either created, exacerbated or continued to ignore serious prob

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