Premier League stadiums: Inside football’s grandstand revolution Sport Business The Premier League is going through a revolution, and it is not in the form of playing formations. Stadiums – new and old – are second homes for fans, the community centre of their weekend. And England’s top flight is ever-changing. Three teams may get promoted each year and three may get relegated, but the [...]
Barbarians: Inside rugby team playing All Blacks in London this weekend Sport Business The Barbarians are taking on an All Blacks XV this weekend at Premier League club Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium in London. Rugby’s financial structure is bizarre at the best of times: on one hand you’ve got teams playing every week struggling to make ends meet, and on the other hand you’ve got the British and [...]
Who owns each Premier League club as US shareholdings boom? Sport Business British firms or individuals are the biggest shareholders in just five Premier League clubs as US ownership booms ahead of the new season. Tony Bloom’s 96 per cent shareholding in Brighton and Hove Albion is the largest British stake in a Premier League club while Matthew Benham’s significant holding in Brentford is the only other [...]
Spurs to play for £4.3m ahead of new Premier League season August 13, 2025 Tottenham Hotspur have the chance to bag €5m (£4.3m) in prize money as they face PSG in the Uefa Super Cup on Wednesday. Spurs are set to receive €4m (£3.4m) regardless of the result, but a win against the Ligue 1 champions would add an extra €1m (£0.8m) to the prize pot. The Uefa Super [...]
Everton top Premier League table for fan engagement August 12, 2025 Everton are the best Premier League club for fan engagement, research shared with City AM reveals. The Fan Engagement Index 2024-25 has ranked The Toffees 10th in the country, making them the highest scoring club from English football’s top league. The Fan Engagement Index has been published by Think Fan Engagement (TFE) every year since [...]
Brentford stake sale to value club at £400m July 15, 2025 The owner of Premier League club Brentford could offload up to 25 per cent of his holding in the Bees today in a deal that could value the London club at £400m. The wealthy businessman who ran Belron, owners of Autoglass, Gary Lubner, and the Kingsman and Kick-Ass Hollywood film-maker Matthew Vaughn are expected to [...]
Spurs open talks with Brentford over £10m move for Frank June 9, 2025 Spurs are edging towards a replacement for Ange Postecoglou after opening talks with Brentford over head coach Thomas Frank. Tottenham Hotspur sacked Australian Postecoglou just over two weeks after he led them to Europa League glory and Champions League qualification in his second season. And the north London club have their eyes set on the [...]
Premier League and EFL kick-start talks over billion-pound deal April 4, 2025 The Premier League and EFL are back in ongoing discussions over a new multi-billion-pound financial redistribution deal after more than a year of deadlock. Executives from the top flight and the English Football League, which operates the three divisions directly below, have met twice in the last few weeks and have another summit scheduled for [...]
Brentford owner Benham weighs up minority investment in Bees March 19, 2025 Brentford have received multiple offers of minority investment from American groups who value the club at around £400m. Owner Matthew Benham has been seeking additional investment for over a year. Rothschild was appointed to oversee the sales process but City AM understands that the merchant bank is no longer working on the Brentford deal. The [...]
Sport in 2025: A rallying cry to London, Mayor Khan and Londoners January 2, 2025 For at least the past five years it has felt as if London was disappearing off the global sporting stage. The capital may boast the Home of Cricket, 17 professional football clubs and five stadiums with a capacity of over 50,000 but huge sporting events have sought refuge in the likes of Saudi Arabia, the [...]