“Football is not a big business but is doing well” or the transformation of the English football business model

« Football is not a Big Business but is Doing Well » ou la transformation du modèle économique du football anglais

Luc Arrondel and Richard Duhautois

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Abstract: How can we explain economically the shift from the people's game to the global game? Why Manchester City, for example, whose origins lie in parochial paternalism at St Mark's, can today adopt a strategy of global football domination through the City Football Group? The answer to these questions is, of course, multifaceted and based on a non-linear history. Football was very popular from its origins until the 1950s and 1960s. The beautiful game then entered its "dark" period for various reasons: recession in the 1980s, obsolescence of the stadiums, hooliganism, among others. The "renaissance" from the 1990s onwards was driven in particular by the creation of the Premier League, the very strong growth in TV rights and the globalization of English football.

Date: 2023
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Published in Football(s). Histoire, culture, économie, société, 2023, 2, pp.25-41. ⟨10.58335/football-s.265⟩

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DOI: 10.58335/football-s.265

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