Think it all stems from when he gave Ali Dia a contract....

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

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...

Hi Simon, apologies yes this was an oversight on my part - I copied and pasted a list of countries from the US State Dept website (how ironic!) and missed the fact that USA wasn't on the list! 🤦‍♂️ Will get them added, but if they can use the next closest instead for now?

Thanks Shona! Much appreciated! 👍

Fan Survey - Ownership Competence Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

Apologies - not sure what happened but the correct link below should work now. Thanks Tariq!

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/westminste...

Fan Survey - Ownership Competence Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

Apologies - not sure what happened but the correct link below should work now. Thanks Philippe!

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/westminste...

Fan Survey - Ownership Competence Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

Apologies - not sure what happened but the correct link below should work now. Thanks Philippe!

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/westminste...

Thank you! 🙏 Great to meet you yesterday at the Fair Game conference yesterday as well 👍

Thank you! 🙏

If you are a football fan, then please take 5 mins to complete my survey through the link below

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/westminste...

Please also share with others so we can get as many responses as possible

Thank you!

@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.
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If you are a football fan, then please take 5 mins to complete my survey through the link below

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/westminster/…

Please also share with others so we can get as many responses as possible

Thank you!

@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.
👇👇👇👇👇

Fan Survey - Ownership Competence Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

so, if you are a football fan, then please take 5 mins to complete my survey through the link below

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/westminste...

Please also share with others so we can get as many responses as possible

Thank you!

@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.
👇👇👇👇

Fan Survey - Ownership Competence Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

so, if you are a football fan, then please take 5 mins to complete my survey through the link below

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/westminste...

Please also share with others so we can get as many responses as possible

Thank you!

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...

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...

Safe to say that this was a sliding doors moment for English football, in terms of the explosion in transfer spending and foreign ownership, and the rest is history....

www.trouw.nl/sport/britse...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Manchester United FC – 1910 FA Commission - the 1st football finance scandal? One of the first great financial scandals of the game?

Check out my latest Substack post on what was perhaps, the first significant football finance scandal...

#MUFC #ManUtd #Football #Sportlaw #FootballFinance

substack.com/@markoneill4...

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