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By: Trevor Watkins

Global Head of Sport - Pinsent Masons Trevor Watkins is Global Head of Sport at Pinsent Masons, and previously served as a director and chairman of AFC Bournemouth and as a divisional director of the English Football League

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  • AI and politics will never destroy the beauty of supporting clubs like Bournemouth

    Sport Business

    A record transfer window, club investments at ever increasing valuations and the same unpredictability of results on the football pitch. Was it ever thus? And will it ever change? The memories sport creates are at the heart of what makes it so special. Taking a step back, next year will mark 30 years since I [...]

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  • Why Squad Cost Ratio rules can’t afford to ruin joy of Premier League

    Sport Business

    Trevor Watkins, global head of sport at Pinsent Masons and Former director and chairman of AFC Bournemouth, discusses why changes in Premier League football’s financing rules cannot afford to ruin the sport With the Christmas period behind us, the traditional festive season of football fixtures – once a full list on Boxing Day but now [...]

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  • How do you regulate the Independent Football Regulator?

    Sport Business

    Former director and chairman of AFC Bournemouth, and current global head of sport at Pinsent Masons, Trevor Watkins discusses how to regulate the Independent Football Regulator This year more than any other promises major change for English football off the field rather than on it: the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) is now in the game. [...]

    Former director and chairman of AFC Bournemouth, and current global head of sport at Pinsent Masons, Trevor Watkins discusses how to regulate the Independent Football Regulator

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