The Dynamics of Quadropoly
League Position in English Football between 1888 and 2010
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| ID | 22939628 |
|---|---|
| Autores | R Penn (0000-0003-0206-422X, Queen's University Belfast, autor de correspondencia), Damon Berridge (0000-0002-5442-6686, Farr Institute) |
| Año | 2016 |
| Volumen | 33 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 325-340 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2016-02-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The International Journal of the History of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0952-3367 • E-ISSN: 1743-9035 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09523367.2016.1175439 |
| OpenAlex | W2345432545 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 6 |
This paper explores competitive balance in top-tier English league football from its inception in 1888. It examines the extent to which finishing in the top four positions in successive seasons is the preserve of a small number of clubs. Using a range of statistical measures, the analysis shows that the current high levels of competitive imbalance are not new phenomena. The overall pattern approximates a ‘U curve’: current patterns parallel those in the 1890s. In the early years of English league football, differences in resources between clubs soon became apparent. Clubs from the larger conurbations generated consistently larger revenues than their counterparts in the smaller industrial towns. The introduction of the maximum wage in 1901 and the transfer system helped to stem these increasing inequalities between clubs. This coincided with a massive wave of new stadia construction which enabled all the clubs to compete on an increasingly level playing field. These conjunctural changes to English football before 1915 produced the era of relatively competitive football during the inter-war years. This continued until the abolition of the maximum wage in 1961. Since that time, competitive balance has reversed and become increasingly restricted. English top-tier football has re-entered an era of extreme competitive imbalance.
Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Football · Geography · League · Political science · Position (finance) · Revenue · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society
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