Good Local Economics

Is football good for local communities?

As football clubs focus on money and global prestige, they are increasingly disconnected from the communities in which they are based. As a new season kicks off, Austin Macauley asks whether the beautiful game can be a force for good.

Last season it was everything from an owner wanting to ignore decades of history to change their club’s name to a team having to play home games in a town 30 miles away due to financial problems. The actions of football clubs continue to fuel growing unrest among supporters about the state of their beloved game – and this season is unlikely to be any different.

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How football clubs can take control of local assets

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We need a joined-up approach to local economic development

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Ideas for change: How football can boost local resilience

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FC United: Local football club or community enterprise?

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Welsh councils help social enterprises bridge the funding gap

Communities Good Local Economics

Owning the media: we do have a choice

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Transforming Rehabilitation is being dressed in sheep’s clothing

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Why did IDS keep his job despite welfare reform fiasco?

There were an awful lot of people hoping that Iain Duncan Smith would be defenestrated in last week’s cabinet shuffle. If Michael Gove is considered so toxic that he had to be removed before the next election, how on earth did IDS escape with his career intact? There cannot be another politician so loathed, except perhaps his sidekick Esther McVey.