Marketing and Football

<p>Football is arguably one of the most important sports in the world and the marketing of football has become an increasingly important issue as clubs and product owners need to generate more revenue from the sport. In a wider context football marketing has also become a benchmarking standard for other sports to learn from worldwide. The practices and processes of such an established industry are important lessons for those sports which are yet to maximise on their potential earnings and provide interesting lessons in sports marketing in general. <p/><em>Marketing and Football: an international approach</em> is the first book to provide a comprehensive and entirely global approach to this subject. Written by an international team of contributors who are keen researchers in the field it examines in two parts: the study of football marketing in Europe and the development of a marketing dedicated to football with the question of the European example being used worldwide. A ground breaking text it provides the reader with: </p><ul> <li>Contributions from the UK Norway France Italy Germany Spain Portugal Ireland Finland Scotland Brazil Japan USA Canada Argentina Korea and Australia</li> <li>Interviews with professional sports marketers representing some of the biggest clubs worldwide: Juventus Turin FC Barcelona Milan AC Inter Milan AS Rome Olympique Lyonnais Vicenza SE Palmeiras Atletico Mineiro Atletico PR</li> </ul><p><em>Marketing and Football: an international approach</em> is a seminal text which will pave the way for future academics and practitioners to work it is the first book to discuss and move towards a marketing dedicated to football.</p>