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“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]

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  • Luc Arrondel

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Richard Duhautois

    (LIRSA - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] - HESAM - HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université, CEET - Centre d'études de l'emploi et du travail - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] - HESAM - HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche - Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé)

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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.

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  • Luc Arrondel & Richard Duhautois, 2023. "“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 ," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-04154613, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-04154613
    DOI: 10.58335/football-s.265
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