Great to join @footballheritage.bsky.social to chat about the history of football club ownership Give it a listen! 👇

Football Heritage@footballheritage.bsky.social · last wk.

New Podcast: Who Owns Football? We’re joined by @moneill94.bsky.social to talk about the history of football ownership, regulation and finance. It’s fair to say supporters in the past faced the same problems we still do today. Listen on your preferred platform here ⬇️ linktr.ee/footyheritage

🧵1/10 Can FIFA be understood through Ernst Fraenkel's concept of the Dual State? In a new article, I argue that FIFA has evolved into a form of transnational dual state, combining a sophisticated legal order with a sphere of discretionary authority. open.substack.com/pub/markonei...

FIFA and the Emergence of a Transnational Dual State: A Fraenkelian Analysis

Introduction

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1/ ⚽️ Has social media created a new type of football fan? For more than 20 years, Richard Giulianotti's taxonomy of Supporters, Followers, Fans and Flâneurs has been one of the most influential frameworks in football sociology. But does it still explain modern football fandom?

New episode out today. Football didn’t break—it got optimised. Hook fans, lock them in, squeeze everything out. That’s enshittification, now the game’s operating model. Roy Keane saw it. Arsenal illustrated it. @moneill94.bsky.social explains it. www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...

Our new episode is out! And it's a timely one, given that we're into the World Cup where we've already seen empty seats as a result of the excessive pricing. So it's just as well that we had @moneill94.bsky.social come and explain to us why this points to football's "enshittification." Do listen!

The FootPol Podcast@footpolpodcast.bsky.social · last mo.

New episode out today. Football didn’t break—it got optimised. Hook fans, lock them in, squeeze everything out. That’s enshittification, now the game’s operating model. Roy Keane saw it. Arsenal illustrated it. @moneill94.bsky.social explains it. www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...

1/ The EFL Championship play-offs have been rocked by “Spygate 2.0”. Southampton FC have been expelled from the play-offs, with Middlesbrough reinstated to face Hull City in the final. A major integrity case in modern English football. ⚖️

Check out my new post! A comparative analysis of football club ownership regulation in Japan vs England — investor suitability, financial integrity and policy goals compared through the lens of regulatory capitalism open.substack.com/pub/markonei...

A Comparative Analysis of Football Club Ownership Regulation in Japan and England

A view through the lens of regulatory capitalism

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Check out my latest SubStack on the 50+1 Rule that operates in Germany and Sweden, and how its fundamental cultural values operate in a polar opposite way to the English free market model of ownership markoneill468207.substack.com/p/the-501-ru... open.substack.com/pub/markonei...

The 50+1 Rule in German and Swedish Football: A Comparative Analysis with England’s Ownership Model

An analysis of the clash of football and ownership cultures

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@tariqpanja.bsky.social Hi would be great if you could share with your network please? As part of my PhD into football club ownership regulation and how it aligns with the fan perception of ownership, I am asking football fans of all types what they think makes a good football owner. 👇👇👇👇👇

@philippeauclair.bsky.social Hi would be great if you could share with your network please? As part of my PhD into football club ownership regulation and how it aligns with the fan perception of ownership, I am asking football fans of all types what they think makes a good football owner. 👇👇👇👇👇

@uglygame.bsky.social As part of my PhD into football club ownership regs & how it aligns with fan idea of ownership, I'm asking football fans of all types what they think makes a good club owner. I'm also seeking to understand whether a fans level of commitment affects their view on ownership. 👇👇👇👇

As part of my PhD into football club ownership regulation & how it aligns with the fan perception of ownership, I'm asking football fans of all types what they think makes a good football owner. I'm also seeking to understand whether a fans level of commitment affects their views on ownership. 👇👇👇👇👇

Check out my latest post on the controversial Chelsea sanction from the Premier League, and whether regulatory cooperation should outweigh maintaining sporting integrity www.sportlawmusings.com/post/chelsea...

I was interviewed by @matthijsvndam.bsky.social about my findings on Abramovich buying Chelsea in 2003 & how the UK govt knew his close ties to Putin, but chose not to intervene as a matter of public policy to encourage wealthy individuals to invest in the UK.

Britse overheid screende Abramovitsj niet toen hij Chelsea kocht – en kreeg later de rekening gepresenteerd

De Britse overheid had weinig zin om de mysterieuze oligarch en Poetin-bondgenoot Roman Abramovitsj te screenen, toen de Rus voetbalclub Chelsea kocht. Dat blijkt uit documenten die zijn opgedoken doo...

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Check out my latest SubStack post on the history of government intervention into football, and how it's not as unprecedented as many think... open.substack.com/pub/markonei...

State Oversight of Football Clubs — The Board of Trade and Corporate Regulation in Mid‑Century Britain

State intervention into football club ownership, may feel like a modern phenomena, but this is not the case...

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Check out my latest Substack post on what was perhaps, the first significant football finance scandal... #MUFC #ManUtd #Football #Sportlaw #FootballFinance substack.com/@markoneill4...

Manchester United FC – 1910 FA Commission - the 1st football finance scandal?

One of the first great financial scandals of the game?

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Looking forward to a fascinating couple of days here at Windsor Park in Belfast for @footballcollective.bsky.social 2025 Conference. Also presenting my PhD work on day 2 which will be the first time ever presenting to an academic audience too 🙂 #Football #FootballCollective #Academia

Honoured to join @TheSIpod to talk about childhood sporting memories, sporting idols, and football club ownership 😊 The Sports Initiative Podcast shows.acast.com/thesportsiniti… via https://t.co/V4HYiWgcR9

The end of an informative & impactful @playthegame-org.bsky.social conference here in Tampere. It certainly made me think about issues that I hadn't really considered, the last session on illegal gambling raised some interesting questions for football & it's relationship with betting companies

A rather meaty subject to get stuck into on day 2 of @playthegame-org.bsky.social conference.... Does culture shape practice, or does practice shape culture?

Fascinating talk on sports washing by @julesboykoff.bsky.social at @playthegame-org.bsky.social Challenged my traditional thinking on the topic!

Dodgy owners are hardly a modern day phenomenon either - the scandal at Bristol Rovers in 1950 when a greyhound racing company took control & tried to take control of the ground/land is an eerily familiar example of some undesirable modern day practice & loophole exploitation! #football #sportslaw

one thing I've found since starting my PhD is that I love getting stuck into archive research, learning about the history, looking for the those hidden snippets that shaped the game Looking at the history of club ownership in the minutes & board meetings of clubs in early/mid 1900s #PhD #Research

This is a decision that really smacks of a literal approach (i.e. this is what the rules say & you must stick to them) to interpreting rules and regulations rather than a purposive one (interpreting them in a way to ensure they achieve the underlying purpose of them). www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Crystal Palace lose appeal against demotion from Europa League to Conference League

Crystal Palace are unsuccessful in their appeal against being demoted from the Europa League and will play in the Conference League this season.

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Absolutely - it's hard to come up with a cogent reason as to why he's doing this. If it's to squeeze a bit of extra money out of Panjab, then its extreme bad faith negotiating. Makes it look like Whittingham has read the Art of the Deal and uses that as his bible....

Martin Calladine@uglygame.bsky.social · last yr.

None of which is to deflect attention from the villain here. Morecambe has almost no players, can't host matches, isn't insured for training, has no money, hasn't paid its Vat and risks its still unpaid staff losing their homes. Jason Whittingham is a man entirely without honour or decency.

"I think it's sensible they didn't pick Archer for this game, you don't want to rush him too soon." @moneill94.bsky.social 🏏 England vs India 2nd Test Preview ▶️ youtu.be/WDhZUSIv6MY #ENGvIND

"Is Ollie Pope a long term number three? I'm not so sure he is. Longer term, Bethell will be that guy." @moneill94.bsky.social Watch our England v India Test series preview here ▶️ youtu.be/hkptX9Y_hz0 #cricket #england #india

My latest blogpost on the developing situation at #crystalpalace and their potential exclusion from UEFA competition. - Explain the MCO rules - What are the considerations with MCO arrangements - How they could apply to Palace #UEFA #Football #SportsLaw sportlawmusings.com/post/crystal-p…

Here for day 1 of the @fairgameuk.bsky.social conference at @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social - looking forward to an exciting couple of days talking all things football and how to make the game fairer for the whole pyramid #fgc25

Great to see Zimbabwe playing test cricket in England again. In many ways the result is irrelevant, what's more important is that Zim give a decent account of themselves & help the smaller test playing countries get more opportunities against the big teams #ENGvZIM