Business of Football

As the footballing world continued to reel from the news of ‘Big’ Sam Allardyce’s unceremonious departure from his role as England national team manager, conversation at Soccerex on the third and final day began with talk of another large, irrepressible force in the industry – although one considerably more cultured …

iSportconnect, the world’s largest global private network of sports business executives, is delighted to announce Jim Shearer, Brand Director of Molson Coors, as the latest panellist for the iSportconnect Sports Marketing Masterclass. The event will be taking place K&L Gates offices in London on Thursday, October 20, 2016 and will begin at 10am BST. …

eSports is undergoing a level of growth most traditional sports can only dream of over the last ten years, it has transformed from an enthusiast driven spectacle to  a sporting heavyweight – with investment and income to match, attracting online viewers in the millions and crowds of tens of  thousands …

Duncan Revie, the founder of the football business networking conference – Soccerex, aged 62, passed away peacefully earlier this week after a brief illness. He leaves a wife, Rita, and two children, Aidan and Natalie, behind. The son of former England manager, Don Revie, Duncan founded Soccerex in 1995 as …

iSportconnect, the world’s largest global private network of sports business executives, has announced Hussain Naqi, SVP, International Development at Jacksonville Jaguars as the latest panellist for the iSportconnect Sports Marketing Masterclass. The event will be taking place K&L Gates offices in London on Thursday, October 20, 2016 and will begin at 10am …

The second day of the Soccerex Global Convention began with some of the biggest stories in the game unfolding elsewhere. In the Indian city of Goa, members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had voted to close their congress, which had been called to elect the body’s members to the …

The world’s biggest conference for the business of soccer got underway at Manchester Central on Monday, September 26 with FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura and Manchester mayoral candidate Andy Burnham to the fore. The 2016 edition of the Soccerex Global Convention was opened by the man many expect to become …

Ahead of the Global Convention, Soccerex has confirmed the final list of sponsors for the event. Key event partners include Spanish wine specialist Bodegas Iniesta who will be attending as the official wine supplier of the event and the Happy Hour sponsors, Sir Stanley Matthews Travel, the official travel supporters …

The world of football stadia and its future state will be debated at the Soccerex Global Convention, 26th-28th September, Manchester. Our panel of experts will include Athletic Bilbao Stadium Director, Borja Gonzalez, Andy Simons, Founding Director of KSS, and Ruben Reddy, owner of specialists in sports architecture, Ruben Reddy Architects. …

iSportconnect, the world’s largest global private network of sports business executives, has announced that Guy-Laurent Epstein, Marketing Director of UEFA and Gerhard Fourie, General Manager Global Brand Strategy at Nissan Motors as the latest panellists for the Sports Marketing Masterclass. Guy-Laurent and Gerhard join a stunning line-up of panellists which include – …