The Price of Football

Kevin and Kieran discuss why Torquay United is to go into administration, and analyse why reported attendance figures aren't always what they seem,

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Torquay United

- Leo Ostigard

- 'Pretendance' figures

- Policing costs

- Retro shirts

- Academies run as profit centres

- Clubs in tourist areas

- Best investment in grassroots

- League table cards

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Kevin and Kieran speak to Rob Bradley, chair of the Red Imps Community Trust and the elected fans' representative on the board at Lincoln City.

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Kevin and Kieran speak to the Rochdale chairman Simon Gauge about the new investment in the club needed to stave off liquidation, and discuss the very latest on the prospective West Brom takeover.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Rochdale AFC

- Premier League and EFL funding deal

- 777 Partners and Everton

- West Brom takeover

- Brentford

- Spurs matchday revenue

- Dan Ashworth and Manchester United

- Manchester United Women

- Accrington Stanley

- Crawley Town lost almost £4m in 2022/23...

- Grassroots clubs in Maidenhead

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Kevin and Kieran take a look at the worst transfers in history from a financial perspective, and discuss whether clubs can protect themselves financially when they sign a player who has a history of injuries.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Cost of dropping into the sixth tier

- Worst transfers in history

- Cost of promotion to the National League North

- Injury-prone player contracts

- Price of Wembley tickets

- 3pm blackout

- Manager pay per game

- Players owning their clubs

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Kevin and Kieran speak to David Bernstein, the former chairman of both Manchester City and the FA, about his new book, 'We Were Really There: The Rebirth of Manchester City'.

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Kevin and Kieran discuss the news that the Premier League has approved Sir Jim Ratcliffe's deal to buy a stake in Manchester United, and find out why Newcastle United's owners are bidding to buy Roma.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Manchester United

- Premier League accounts

- Associated party transactions rules

- Summer Series tour

- Premier League loan to women’s football

- EFL international media rights

- Serie A

- Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and Roma

- Barcelona tax

- Aleksander Ceferin

- Blackburn Rovers and Duncan McGuire

-Skindred and Newport Corinthians

- Westlife and Chorley FC

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Kevin and Kieran analyse how much money Roma and Inter lost when their shirt sponsor DigitalBits stopped paying them last season, and discuss who pays for the clean up around the stadium after a match.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Chilean football

- Auctioning matchday tickets

- Leeds and Blackburn

- Free tickets

- Interim managers

- Swansea City

- Roma, Inter and DigitalBits

- Clean up costs

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Kevin and Kieran find out why the Premier League is looking at changing its FFP rules, and discuss the news that the government in Hong Kong has asked for an explanation why Lionel Messi didn't play for Inter Miami in a pre-season tour game.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Premier League FFP rules 

- 2026 World Cup final

- UEFA and potential match fixing

- Savio and Manchester City

- Swindon Town

- Doncaster Rovers

- Stoke City

- Hull City have posted operating losses of £21m

- Wealdstone lost £75k in 2022/23

- Hong Kong and Messi

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Kevin and Kieran take a close look at Wrexham's finances, and find out how parachute payments work in Spain.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Transfer flops

- Season ticket prices

- La Liga parachute payments

- Colchester United

- Wrexham

- What if financial losses were subject to points deductions?

- Footballers going bankrupt

- Wembley's finances

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Kevin and Kieran speak to Martin Calladine about his brilliant book, 'No Questions Asked: How football joined the crypto con'.

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