English Premier League
Arsenal’s Singapore office contributes to 50-per-cent growth of commercial revenues
APAC contains biggest proportion of Arsenal’s global fanbase at 30 per cent.
Since opening Singapore office, 85 per cent of all club’s sponsorships now come from outside Europe.
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Ashley ‘in advanced talks’ to sell Newcastle United
Mike Ashley has revealed he is in advanced talks to sell Newcastle United and says it is "possible" that the club could be sold before the January transfer window
Spurs to stage test event at new stadium
English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has today (Friday) confirmed plans for its first significant test event at its new stadium
Premier League clubs warned over foreign quotas
The English Football Association has warned that there will be a significant reduction in the number of overseas players allowed in Premier League squads if top-tier clubs do not agree to its proposals
Spurs extend Wembley agreement with reduced capacity
Tottenham Hotspur have extended their deal with the FA to continue playing at Wembley Stadium, albeit at a reduced capacity of 51,000
Premier League | Plans under way for OTT platform for next rights cycle
• League has brought in consultants Alvarez & Marsal to advise on OTT platform
• New distribution strategy will be in place for the next rights cycle, from 2022-23 season
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Everton stadium plans hit by fresh delays as club turns to public consultation
Premier League side Everton will not move into their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock until 2023 at the earliest, after the project was hit by fresh delays
Manchester United dismisses Saudi Arabia takeover talk
English Premier League football club Manchester United has moved to deny claims that it is up for sale amid reports suggesting interest from Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman
Bournemouth shelve new stadium plans in blow to club’s ambitions
Premier League football side AFC Bournemouth have delayed plans to move into a new stadium, saying that the originally outlined timeframe was “overly optimistic.”
Southampton to deliver personalised stadium ads with ADI
English Premier League football club Southampton has partnered with stadium technology specialists ADI to install a new virtual hybrid perimeter LED display system at St Mary’s.
The Scudamore years | The search for a successor
The Premier League has expanded at such a precipitous rate under Richard Scudamore’s leadership that most experts seem to agree that it will need to appoint more than one person to replace the outgoing c…
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The Scudamore years: Match attendances and the fan
Richard Scudamore summarised his measures of success for the Premier League in an interview in 2015: “Attendance No1. Global audience No2. That’s it. Ho
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The Scudamore years | International expansion and the 39th game
The almost unchecked expansion in overseas media-rights revenues for the Premier League tells its own story about the extraordinary success of the competition as an international export
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The Scudamore years | Sponsorship
From a sponsorship perspective, Peter Daire, founding partner at sports rights and marketing agency Sport Collective, thinks Scudamore ought to be remembered more for the partnerships the Premier League r…
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The Scudamore years | Media rights sales
Scudamore’s former media advisor Phil Lines argues that his old boss could be directly credited with creating a formal tender process for the selling of the league’s rights and for professionalising the…
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Scudamore | The cool-headed diplomat who transformed the EPL
Chief executive surrounded himself with the best advisors to take strategic decisions
Diplomatic skills essential in persuading league owners of the greater power of the collective
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Amazon-Premier League deal shows tech giant still learning
The agreement the Premier League struck in June with Amazon for one of two packages of rights unsold in its January auction – telco BT picked up the other – has to be one of the most important ever.
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