Man Utd builds in India with roadshow dates in Bangalore and Mumbai
December 17 – Manchester United have continued their live event format in India with the addition of two new event days in Bangalore and Mumbai.
Premier League
West Ham, Leicester and Norwich top attendance ranking, Villa slump again
December 16 – Pre-Christmas Premier League attendances are holding up well with eight of last weekend’s home clubs reporting over 90% capacity and three of them over 99%. But of 20,795 unfilled seats in round 16 out of a total of 361,222 available, 14,514 were at Aston Villa and Sunderland.
Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Swansea and Stoke top 99% mark
By Paul Nicholson
December 10 – Christmas is coming early for the Premier League clubs in terms of attendances. With more than 400,000 tickets available for the last weekend of Premier League fixtures, just 14,190 seats were left unfilled.
Liverpool look sharp as they target Wembley with Hugo Boss
December 4 – Liverpool under new German manager Jurgen Klopp are starting to look sharp. Wednesday night they slammed six goals past Southampton to book a place in the League Cup semi-final against Stoke.
Act global think local: Spurs Foundation delivers £20m of social savings
December 3 – A report into the social impact of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation on the local community has found that its activities contribute a social cost saving of more than £20 million.
Stoke City potter along nicely to another profit as club nears £100m turnover
By David Owen
December 3 – Stoke City, the Midlands-based Premier League club controlled by bet365, the online gambling company, has reported a second consecutive annual profit. The club, which has become an established top-tier outfit under first Tony Pulis and now Mark Hughes – and which joins Liverpool, Everton and Manchester City in the semi-finals of this season’s Capital One Cup – posted a pre-tax profit of £5.7 million for the year to May 31,
Chelsea submit plans for 60,000-seat new Stamford Bridge
December 2 – Chelsea have formally submitted a planning application for the expansion of their Stamford Bridge stadium to a 60,000 capacity stadium.
Hammers nail top spot in attendance chart, Villa hit rock bottom
By Paul Nicholson
December 1 – West Ham United again topped the table of attendance capacities last weekend with just 103 seats at the Boleyn Ground unfilled out of a total of 35,017. Seven Premier League teams reported more than 95% capacity attendances at their stadiums.
Man City group lands $400m of new money from China
By Paul Nicholson
December 1 – City Football Group (CFG), the Abu Dhabi-owned football investment firm that counts Premier League leaders Manchester City as one of its clubs has announced a $400 million new investment from China, valuing CFG at $3 billion.
News Analysis: Premier League clubs see matchday revenues drop, but stadiums full
By David Owen
November 30 – It looks increasingly likely that matchday revenues generated by Premier League clubs will be found to have fallen in 2014-15. With six English top-tier clubs having already reported, cumulative matchday revenue from all competitions is showing 6% down at just over £290 million.
Swansea top attendance table but Chelsea and Spurs show London pride
By Paul Nicholson
November 26 – Swansea topped the stadium capacity chart on the first weekend back after the international break, with Chelsea coming a close second and Spurs third.
Premier League Saints on the march in the US with youth soccer
By Ben Nicholson
November 25 – Although Southampton FC has yet graced the US shores with any commercial pre-season campaign, the Saints are now preparing to expand across the Atlantic with its soccer philosophy. Chairman Ralph Krueger (pictured) revealed plans to take the club’s coaching initiative to the US, prospecting that it will reach over 100,000 players.
Abramovich’s Chelsea are back in the red with £23.1m loss
By David Owen
November 24 – Chelsea, the Premier League champions enduring a woeful start to the present league campaign, fell back into the red in their latest title-winning season, although the club known as the Blues underlined that “after relevant adjustments” it was “comfortably” within allowable limits of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.
Gerrard heads for Aussie for Liverpool Legends debut in Sydney
November 24 – Liverpool’s pre-season tour took in two matches in Australia this summer. Now it is the turn of the official Liverpool FC legends to head down under for a fixture against the Australian Legends at the Sydney ANZ on January 7 next year.
Premier League returns with big games, big crowds and La Marseillaise
By Paul Nicholson
November 20 – With clubs across Europe returning to their domestic league programmes after the international fixture window, focus will fall on crowd attendances, particularly in the aftermath and uncertainty of the Paris attacks.