Good Football Information Sites

[West Country Shrimper]

I need to find some information about the economic, environmental and social capital of football. Does anyone know any good books/websites/magazines about this kind of thing?

 

[palexander]

Bloody students!! What does that mean?!

Best place would be local FA's I would imagine?

 

[West Country Shrimper]

We have to do an essay about anything we want to do, so i chose football, obviously, and this has to do with the sustainable development of economic, environmental and social capital for the next 2 decades within this chosen subject. I can think of loads for football, but i just have to back them up with references.

Economic: sponsors, fans, TV revenue, Cup revenue

Environmental: Grass for Pitches, Trees for seats and maybe crossbars(?), and sounds crude but animals for food. You eat them when you tuck into your half time burger

Social: Communites, Fans, Trusts.

Understand it a bit more now, Paul?

 

[palexander]

Nah, still confused!

 

[palexander]

Surely crossbars are metal too!?

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (pboreham @ Nov. 11 2004,15:47)]Surely crossbars are metal too!?

Probably, but I dont play footie!

For someone whose meant to be quite clever, i'm suprised your still confused

Thicko!

 

[steveh1510]

Quote[/b] (West Country Shrimper @ Nov. 11 2004,15:50)]

Quote[/b] (pboreham @ Nov. 11 2004,15:47)]Surely crossbars are metal too!?

Probably, but I dont play footie!

For someone whose meant to be quite clever, i'm suprised your still confused

Thicko!

Oh, the irony.....

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (steveh1510 @ Nov. 11 2004,15:57)]

Quote[/b] (West Country Shrimper @ Nov. 11 2004,15:50)]

Quote[/b] (pboreham @ Nov. 11 2004,15:47)]Surely crossbars are metal too!?

Probably, but I dont play footie!

For someone whose meant to be quite clever, i'm suprised your still confused

Thicko!

Oh, the irony.....

I got pulled up yesterday about my grammar. Don't rub it in, you........

 

[Davros]

Id say Championship Manager would be a good model of what might happen in football financially over the next 2 decades, just depends if u have a spare 2 weeks to play it??

Dave

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Yeah I could do, Dave. I need to get books and sites as well tho.

 

[palexander]

How good would that be? Producing a paper for your tutor where basically you spent 2 weeks playing Champ Man and have print outs of the various screens... damn, wish I'd have done that at college

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (pboreham @ Nov. 11 2004,16:49)]How good would that be? Producing a paper for your tutor where basically you spent 2 weeks playing Champ Man and have print outs of the various screens... damn, wish I'd have done that at college

Look, it was just a suggestion. You aint helped me much have you?  

 

BTW i'm at University

 

[palexander]

Its not the University of Gloucester is it by any chance?!

"Hows that working out for you? Being clever?"

Maybe if you had given me a cracking online chat site where I can meet some hot babes I would have been more help!

 

[overseas shrimper]

I went on Google, typed:

football research

in search and all kinds of sites came up that might or might not be of any interest... or they may lead on to more applicable sites / contacts.

Take a look.

 

[Napster]

when I was at uni, we didn't have Google, just some journals and stuff.

for social capital, see the FSF and Supporters Direct. For economic, there's an annual report on the state of the football economy by some bank. Shouldn't be too hard to locate. For environmental, just look at new stadiums etc.

easy.

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Nov. 11 2004,17:46)]when I was at uni, we didn't have Google, just some journals and stuff.

for social capital, see the FSF and Supporters Direct. For economic, there's an annual report on the state of the football economy by some bank. Shouldn't be too hard to locate. For environmental, just look at new stadiums etc.

easy.

Thanks for your help, Naps

 

[footymad13]

You thought about looking at the end of year financial reports on PLC clubs, it will give you alot of info if you want to use examples and may also give you some info. Arsenal, Sheff Utd should have some examples.

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Nov. 11 2004,17:46)]for social capital, see the FSF and Supporters Direct. For economic, there's an annual report on the state of the football economy by some bank. Shouldn't be too hard to locate. For environmental, just look at new stadiums etc.

easy.

Deloitte & Touche used to do a lot of football reports, I know ~because my namesake works there and keeps overgoogling my sites.