Why It Is Time To End The ‘Undisclosed Fee’ Transfer
Having summarised the completed deals in the Championship last week, during my review of how much was being spent I found myself struggling to work out how much each club has been spending on their new players this transfer window. This is because over the last decade the practice of publishing the details of the value of...
Why Money Should Not Be Seen As Evil In Football
Join us on FACEBOOK Last week this site featured a guest post by Connor Diggin who ignited the debate about the role of money in football, by suggesting that investment by teams such as Leicester was ruining the game. This is not an attitude that I share as I believe that this nostalgic ideal is...
Football Economics: Families and Loyalty The Key To Championship Season Ticket Prices
Last week ChampionshipTalk published research on the average cost of a season ticket in the NPower Championship. Further research shows that the headline figures hide the complex ticket pricing strategies employed by clubs can mean that determining how much the person in front of you paid for their seat is difficult to fathom. Attempting to decipher...
Championship Transfer Window Summary
We have spent the last week or so looking at the players that have already signed for a club in the Championship. Whilst some such as Derby have already signed a gaggle of players others have yet to get going in the market even though we are now well into pre-season. This may appear worrying...
Championship Transfer Window Update — Reading to West Ham United
The series looking at the completed deals thus far in the Championship is concluded in a rather quiet fashion with few of the alphabetically challenged teams that active in the transfer market thus far with more players going out that coming in. However as per the rest of the series here are the confirmed...
Kevin Phillips Shuns Retirement To Sign For Blackpool
Last week saw the announcement that Kevin Phillips would not be retiring as many had expected following his release from relegated Birmingham City. The 37 year old striker has instead joined Blackpool on a one year contract continuing a career that has seen Phillips rise from the non-league football to play for seven different clubs....
Football The Saviour Of The Socially Awkward
The chance to write about football is great as I get to talk about something that I have a true passion about to people that share this with me. Sadly between watching and writing about football I am obligated to spend 7.5 hours each week day working a day job, which cuts into the time...
Championship Transfer Window Update — Millwall to Portsmouth
We continue our round up of the transfers that have been agreed in the Championship so far, whilst not exhaustive these are done deals and feel free to comment if you think I have missed any important transfers. ChampionshipTalk is now has a page on Facebook and you can follow Kristian Downer on Twitter! Millwall Darius Henderson...
Championship Transfer Window Update — Hull to Middlesbrough
Our summary of confirmed deals rather than speculation continues today covering Hull, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester and Middlesbrough. Remember these are confirmed purchases rather than a rumour I heard from my mate Paul who claims to be best friends with Alex Ferguson’s best friend’s sister’s aunties cousin’s babysitter. ChampionshipTalk is now on Facebook and you can...
Championship Transfer Window Update — Cardiff to Doncaster
As part of our summary of some of the deals that have been made in the Championship so far here are some of the players that have bought in the Championship from Cardiff to Doncaster. Cardiff City Don Cowie (Watford) –Free Transfer Craig Conway (Dundee United) – Free transfer Andrew Taylor (Middlesbrough) –Free Transfer Robert...
Championship Transfer Window Update — Barnsley to Bristol City
A this time of year the tabloids morph into a machine of unadulterated speculation with very little footing in reality, churning out transfer speculation in the hope of shifting a few extra copies. Suddenly every journalist has inside sources that they just cannot reveal and the inside scoop on who is moving where, working on the principle...
Football League Clubs Maintain Pre-Season Friendly Traditions
This week marks the start of pre-season training at clubs across England as the wind up to the first game of the season which is now just one month away. Whilst in the Premiership this increasingly means far flung tours to regions such as South East Asia or North America chasing the money, the Football League...
