Uefa probes Brighton and Hearts connection under Tony Bloom ownership Sport Business Uefa is scrutinising the relationship between Hearts and Brighton and Hove Albion, with both clubs connected to Tony Bloom on course to qualify for Europe. Brighton owner Bloom holds a 29 per cent stake in Hearts – deliberately below the 30 per cent threshold Uefa prohibits owners from holding in more than one club in [...]
West Brom shock at 24-hour verdict while Manchester City case drags on Sport Business West Bromwich Albion have been left shocked at how swiftly the judgement was reached in the EFL Profit and Sustainability case that cost them a points deduction. Last week it was announced that the Championship club would be docked two points for a breach of spending rules. The two-day hearing concluded on Thursday evening, and [...]
Everton line up CMC Markets as shirt sponsor in £30m deal Sport Business Everton have struck a shirt-sponsorship deal with CMC Markets that will see the London-listed company replace crypto casino Stake.com as the club’s main partner next season. The agreement comes ahead of an imminent Premier League ban on gambling companies appearing on the front of their shirts and was first reported by Mark Kleinman of Sky [...]
Are we seeing the death of the corporate box in sports stadiums? February 10, 2026 The future landscape of sports stadiums is undergoing a radical revolution: clubs and architects alike are growing in confidence, wanting their arenas to be 365-day businesses that go far beyond the 90 minutes of enjoyment football offers. Look at the planned chimneys on Birmingham City’s master plan and the three towers on Manchester United’s 100,000-seat [...]
Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium Beats Fulham’s Riverside Stand to top award December 11, 2025 Everton FC’s Hill Dickinson Stadium has beaten Fulham’s Riverside Stand, Sevilla’s La Cartuja and arenas in Sweden, Hong Kong, Japan and Morocco to a major international award. The 53,000-seater stadium in Liverpool’s Bramley Moore Dock opened its doors earlier this year and has quickly become one of the country’s top sports venues. It was named [...]
Real Madrid to turn Santiago Bernabeu stadium into money-spinning Winter Wonderland October 31, 2025 Real Madrid have hit on a novel way to maintain their status as the world’s richest football club: turning their Santiago Bernabeu stadium into a festive theme park over Christmas. From 24-31 December, during a two-week break in LaLiga’s schedule, the Spanish giants will transform the 84,000-seater arena into “a family-friendly experience filled with dazzling [...]
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 [...]
Fulham Premier League hospitality: Margaritas, caviar and £20,000 season tickets June 4, 2025 Fulham FC’s Riverside Stand features a new Sky Deck offering over three floors. City AM took a look around to see what it was all about. Worth the price tag? You decide. One of the newest features adjacent to the stretch of the River Thames between Putney Bridge and London’s famous River Cafe soars into [...]
Newcastle United and Fulham warned by Gambling Commission May 16, 2025 Newcastle United and Fulham are among five football clubs who have been warned by the Gambling Commission over sponsorship deals with unlicensed betting company TGP Europe. TGP Europe, a white-label operator for more than 30 gambling websites including Fun88 and SBOTOP, has surrendered its UK licence after being fined £3.3m for breaching regulations. The clubs [...]
Will England get a fifth Champions League place? February 22, 2025 As European football’s club competitions head into their knockout phases, the Premier League’s prospects of getting a fifth place in the Champions League are becoming clearer. Since 2019, Uefa has awarded an extra spot in the Champions League to the two nations whose clubs performed the best in its three competitions during the previous season. [...]