Football Returns & Ticketing: Grounds For Hope Or Smoke And Mirrors?

Whisper it quietly, football is back. Days of pontificating are coming to a close, even if it is a hotchpotch Arsenal squad that will be on show at St Mary’s. Southampton and Anderlecht provide the opposition for 45 minutes each. Rangers have bigger problems to worry about than having to drop out of a pre-season tournament.
The folly of Rangers is another example of how football clubs fail as businesses, when millionaires turn out to be peddling Fool’s Gold. Obviously it is more complex than that and an outstanding read can be found here: Rangers Tax Case. If you have time, start from the beginning; the actions of Rangers (and by that I mean the business management) are stupefying yet given it is the shark-infested waters of foo...