Unfit and Improper Persons: An Idiot’s Guide to Owning a Football Club
by Day, Kevin
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Buying a football club will set you back a few quid, but you've also got to pass the Premier League and EFL's 'fit and proper persons test'. That all seems like a bit of a faff to the team behind the award-winning podcast The Price of Football, so acclaimed comedy writer Kevin Day, football finance expert Kieran Maguire and producer Guy Kilty start an imaginary club instead.
From the comfort of their homes (or the pub), they take West Park Rovers on a journey from the lowest level of the FA pyramid right up to the English Football League, the Premier League and, if fortune favours the fictional, into the heart of Europe.
At least that's the plan, but inevitably they face a few challenges along the way. Where to find a shirt sponsor? What should the mascot be—is a dog called Rover too obvious? Can they pay the women's team the same as the men's team? (Spoiler alert: no-one else does.) And how can they get Messi to the Kleanwell Stadium next season, like they promised the fans?
Unfit and Improper Persons is informed, funny and, thanks to exclusive interviews with those who've been there, done that, it lays bare the labyrinthine world of football finance.
Info
ISBN: 9781399407540
Published Date: December 12, 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: English
Page Count: 296
Size: 8.77" l x 5.59" w x 1.16" h