Sports management and Arsenal, from the club’s earliest day

In the earliest days of football, sports management did not exist.  A football club put on matches, tried to get big crowds, and then hoped that the money from the gate receipts was greater than the cost of running the club.  And that was by and large it. If not enough money was raise then …

Arsenal’s points per game decline, and the anniversaries for 6 May.

Today is the anniversary of Arsene Wenger’s last home match as manager.   His final season – 2017/18 – ended with Arsenal 6th in the league. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Manchester City 38 32 4 2 106 27 79 100 2 Manchester United 38 25 6 7 68 28 …