The Club
How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 3, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- An account of English soccer remade by money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama.
- Genres
- Soccer, Business of Sports, Sports History
- Published
- HarperCollins, September 3, 2019
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The Club is the inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet, "a narrative that is part Great Expectations, part Game of Thrones, in equal measure." (Roger Bennett, NBC Sports, Men in Blazers) This is a sports and business tale of how money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama remade an ancient institution into a twenty-first-century entertainment empire.
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No one knew it when their experiment began, but without any particular genius or acumen, the motley cast of billionaires and hucksters behind the modern Premier League struck gold. Pretty soon, everyone wanted to try their luck, from Russian oligarchs to Emirati sheikhs, American tycoons, and Asian Tiger titans. Some succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Some lost everything. Today, players are sold for tens of millions, clubs are valued in the billions, and games are beamed out to nearly two hundred countries, all while the league struggles to preserve its English soul. Deeply researched and drawing on one hundred exclusive interviews, including the key decision makers at every major English team, The Club is the definitive and wildly entertaining narrative of how the Premier League took over the world.
The Beautiful Business
An account of English soccer remade by money, ambition, and twenty-five years of drama.
Come here for
- The Premier League’s rise as sport, spectacle, and business
- Money, ambition, and club owners with wildly different fortunes
Expect
- A sustained narrative of league-making drama
- The tension between global reach and preserving an English soul
Where it sits
| Business of Sports | 62% |
|---|---|
| Soccer | 59% |
| Sports History | 36% |
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- Globalization
- 21st-Century Britain
- World History
- Authors
- Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 3, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
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