By Paul Nicholson
July 1 – The English Premier League in their 2014/15 season review released detail of its revenue distribution to clubs alongside an impressive set of figures generally for the performance of the league whose 20 clubs sold a massive 13.7 million seats over the season.
By Paul Nicholson
June 24 – Unlike West Ham whose move to the revamped London Olympic Stadium in Stratford is costing them just £15 million in contribution to the £270 million conversion works, Tottenham Hotspur are digging deep, both into their pockets and the ground, with their new White Hart Lane stadium proposal.
June 24 – Liverpool have opened up ticket sales to two opening training sessions on the Australian leg of their pre-season tour next month with the revenue going towards local charities and the club’s official charity.
By David Owen
June 20 – The cost of transforming a patch of run-down East London real estate into the beating heart of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and then a multi-use venue that will serve as football club West Ham United’s leased home is set to exceed £700 million.
By Matt Scott
June 19 – Nic Coward (pictured), the general secretary of the Premier League, is to step down in August following a senior-management reorganisation.
June 18 – Manchester City has gathered 30 young leaders from its global outreach programme for a week-long summit at the City Football Academy in Manchester.
By David Owen
June 14 – The multi-club, multinational marketing platform offered by City Football Group (CFG) has received a new vote of confidence in the shape of a multi-year partnership with MusclePharm Corporation, a sports nutrition company.
By Paul Nicholon
June 15 – Although Manchester United are playing catch-up with Arsenal and Chelsea in the Twitter league rankings, when it comes to Facebook it is a different story with the club completely smashing their Premier League rivals, according to the Insideworldfootball Facebook ranking stats.
June 5 – Premier League club West Ham, situated in east London and close to the City of London financial centre, has signed a three year sponsorship with on-line ‘social’ trading site eToro.
June 4 – Premier League Liverpool have added a fourth date to their pre-season tour which will now start in Thailand, against the True All Stars, on July 14. The team will then move on to play two fixtures in Australia, before stopping off in Malaysia on the return leg.
By David Owen
June 4 – English Premier League clubs achieved their first aggregate pre-tax profit for 15 years in 2013-14, as lucrative new broadcasting deals combined with more effective cost control to spark a remarkable financial turnaround.
By Mark Baber
June 2 – Having narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League, Sunderland AFC have announced that AsianBGE’s Cagayan Economic Zone, Philippines-based Dafabet, is the club’s new principal partner and shirt sponsor for the 2015-16 season in a three year deal.
By Paul Nicholson
May 15 – Manchester United’s third quarter financial results announcement was all about looking to the future as the club looks forward to the financial importance of a return to Champions League football and an expectation that it will be competitive in all competitions.
May 13 – Tickets for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard’s last ever home game for the club where he has spent 17 years are being exchanged for a staggering £1,300, such is the legendary status of the former England skipper.
By Mark Baber
May 12 – Widely believed to be the world’s richest black person and the richest African, Aliko Dangote, has opened up media speculation by publicly expressing interest in purchasing Arsenal football club.