Collect The Club: How The English Premier League Became The Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force In Sports Picturized By Joshua Robinson Textbook

book is an excellent summary of the Premier League era and how the English game became the province of local fans to a global phenomenon, If you know nothing, or even just a little bit, about the Premier League, and want to learn more, this book is an excellent primer, and covers the improbable Leicester City title, the rise of Man City and the changes it has wrought, the levelingoff of Arsenal, Man United, etc.
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The indisputable thesis at the heart of the book is how much money has changed the sport at every single level, and how once it is "unleashed" there's no telling where it will lead.
ইলযনডর ঐতহযবহ কনত পরচনপনথ ফটবল কঠমর শরষ সতরট কভব ঝ চকচক মসণ বশবখযত ইলশ পরমযর লগ পরণত হল, সটর বরণন দযছন দই করড সবদক

নববইযর দশকর শরত টভ সমপরচর সবতবর বপল অরথ বদল দল কলবগলর আযর উৎস আর সই পথ ধর কলবগল দরতই institution থক business venture এ পরণত হল, যখন বনযগকরখলযডবশবজড ছডন ভকত সমরথকদর মঝ দয চপ পড গল কলবগলর সথনয সমরথকর বপল অরথবযয কর বনন অতযধনক সটডযম মনযগ বশ থক hospitality box এর দক, আর টকটর দম বডত থক বহগণ টরনসফর মরকটর উনমদন, সপনসরদর বজঞপন আর মলকদর ফলফপ ওঠ সব মলয ইলশ পরমযর লগ এখন এক বরট দকষযজঞ

এই দকষযজঞর বরণন দত গয লখকর মলত কলবগলর মলকপকষ, করমকরত আর পরমযর লগর করমকরতদর বযনর সহযয নযছন লখয উঠ এসছ পরমযর লগর উজজবল সব চরতর, সযর এলকস ফরগসন থক ভনসনট কমপন লখট শষ হযছ ২০১৮ ত, তখনই জন যচছ বশ কছদন ধর ইউরপযন সপর লগর আলপ হচছ গত মসর সপর লগ কণডর পর এই বইট তই একট ভল একট perspective দল

পরমযর লগ যর দখন, কব যর সরফ ফটবল দখন এব ফটবলর পছনর জগতটর করমপদধত, পযচঘচ আর টকপযসর ঝনঝনন নয জনত চন সবর জনযই বইট সপঠয হব The Premier League is the mostwatched football competition in the world, beamed tocountries, raking in millions for its wealthy owners.
But this wasn't always the case, I'm old enough to remember the lates, when boggy pitches and crumbling stadiums were the norm, and a live game on TV was so rare it was a Big Deal.


Everything changed in, The chairmen of theFirst Division teams, tired of having to share their meagre TV rights money with the rest of the Football League'sclubs, decided to form a breakaway alliance.
After a bidding war between Sky and ITV for the license to broadcast the new competition, Team Murdoch won out in a recordmillion fiveyear deal, This massive influx of cash allowed Premier League clubs attract the best players and managers from around Europe, turning it into the exciting, highquality competition it is today.
Sky, taking their cue from the NFL, revolutionized the TV coverage of live football, and viewers subscribed in their millions to watch the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea battle it out for the league title.


This book examines the success of the Premier League, primarily from a business point of view, It tells the story of how Manchester United were quicker than anybody else to realise the value of merchandising, selling shirts with "Beckham" on the back in all corners of the world.
It looks at how Russian oligarchs like Roman Abramovich rolled into town and spent millions to win the title for Chelsea, It also examines less successful ventures, like Randy Lerner's illfated bankrolling of Aston Villa, and Hicks amp Gillett's tempestuous spell in charge of Liverpool,

Of course the Premier League has had its fair share of characters over the years and there are juicy anecdotes aplenty, Even though I'm a longsuffering Leeds United fan and therefore an archrival of all things Man U, I enjoyed the account of how the crafty Alex Ferguson secured the signing of a young Cristiano Ronaldo.
And the story of a freshlyminted Manchester City making an accidentalmillion bid for Lionel Messi cracked me up,

It all makes for a fascinating read, It's accessible enough to captivate the casual sports fan, but there is also an impressive level of detail for diehard football experts to get their teeth into, The Premier League has been a runaway success and the amount of money involved is staggering to comprehend, It makes me wonder how much further it can go, or if the bubble might be close to bursting for example, what would happen if TV rights money were to decrease even slightly, or if Brexit meant restrictions on signing nonBritish players.
All I know is, whatever shape or form the league takes over the next few years, I'll be glued to it, and hoping my beloved Leeds make it back to the big time.
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This was a lot of fun! It had a zippy tone that made it easy to get through while not dumbing things down, and it deepdove enough to help shed some light on references I've heard on soccer podcasts but never fully understood namely "It was just a bit of banter".
Also, I like that the authors have spent time in the US, because I think the American influence on how the Premier League is presented is important, but I could also see a lot of UK journalists just handwaving that see: all the snooty articles in the Guardian about US soccer.


I did notice a factual error at one point in the book that theseason was Tottenham's second consecutive secondplace finish, which I knew right away was not true because, hi, Arsenal fan here, and that's the sort of thing that makes you wonder how many others there were that I didn't catch.
So that's not great.

But also this book did give me the delightful anecdote that the Arsenal chairman first met Arsene Wenger at a party and was really impressed by Wenger's charades rendition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which explains SO MUCH and is a delightful mental image that will live in my head forever.
If you have the slightest interest in soccer or count yourself a sports fan in general, I recommend this book unconditionally, The recent historypresent of European soccer is fascinating because the market dynamics that shaped the sports growth are pretty different when compared to the US, with some notable exceptions e.
g. , TV rights!

The reporting is outstanding, and it is chock full of great stories about players, coaches and owners from the pastyears of “football”,

This was everything I wanted it to be, Being relatively young in my soccer fan hood, Ive been wanting to learn as much as I can about the history of the sport and specifically the Premier League.
I honestly have had a hard time finding books summarizing the history of English club soccer and the EPL, I came across this book which was similar to what I was looking for but not exactly the onfield stuff I was curious about, I figured Id still give it a try and wow it blew my expectations out of the water, I expected it to be boring but it really kept me interested throughout, Really interesting to learn about the business side of the league and everything that goes into it, Puts a lot into context and gives you a better understanding for how the league and clubs got to where they are today, I recommend it for anyone who is even slightly interested in soccer or sports in general, Erittäin viihdyttävä ja perusteellinen selitys siitä, miten englantilaisesta jalkapallosta tehtiin maailmanlaajuista viihdettä, Vähän olisin ehkä kaivannut lisää kannattajakulttuurin muutoksesta ja kulttuurillisesta vaikutuksesta muutenkin, mutta ehkä se on jonkin toisen kirjan tehtävä, Could have been a bit shorter, otherwise this would have been five as there is a lot of great information and history on this league, Starting with the decision to award the TV contract to Sky, this book covers practically everything about the business side of the English Premier League, Some interesting points were how now avoiding relegation means just as much, if not more, to the bottom line as winning the championship, The adventures of some of the bigger names such as Manchester United, Chelsea my favorite part of the whole book was the section on their nearbankruptcy and Liverpool are discussed.
Even onfield success is discussed as well, Overall a fine book on the League, for both the casual and hard core fan, Ive wanted to learn more about the Premier League, but felt like the learning curve was high, This book was really insightful on the formation of it and the pastyears of different teams building their empires, A really fun read. My experience with this book can best be described as, “Uncultured American bozo high off the excitement of the World Cup gets a crash course of the Premier League, so he doesnt sound like a dumdum when he hastily picks a team to support and has to justify it.
” The Club : How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sportsby Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg is a history of how the Premier League has become so globally popular.


The book first covers the history of English soccer and particular it's state in thes and what led to the formation of the Premier League.
Then

the early Premier League up to and including the Bosman ruling that radically changed the number of foreigners, Then the arrival of foreign money and finally the rise of the league to become the huge enterprise it is today and the arrival of oil money at Manchester City.


It's a genuinely interesting story, The way in which the Premier League has become a global powerhouse is really something, The book lacks little. One thing that is lacking is a description of how Serie A was the top European league in the lates and earlys and how the top players went there.
The problems with English football are also exaggerated, It's worth remembering that the English National Team was the top ranked team in the world for a time in the lates, The League certainly had serious problems and the ban from Europe had a big impact but English soccer was still one of the big leagues in Europe,

The book is full of detail and stories about the various stages that the league went through, For anyone who remembers the times it has many interesting tales that will bring back memories and for anyone who wonders why the Premier League is so big now it's also well worth a read.


The book is well written and has a good narrative structure that keeps the reader interested, For anyone interested in the Premier League it's definitely worth a read, .