What Has the Cost of Coronavirus Been for Football?

Football Today

In March, we marked the anniversary of the first coronavirus lockdown.

This was a step into the unknown for everyone. And that everyone included football clubs.

With competitive football cancelled and large gatherings banned altogether, things had never looked more precarious for the beautiful game.

Fast forward a year and things are starting to look a little more positive. This week, organised games were allowed for the first time in 2021.

But is football ever going to be quite the same again? Will the game continue to command the same sorts of fees? The same audience share? The same financial pull?

In this episode, we ask: what has the cost of coronavirus been for football?

Guest:

Kieran Maguire (@KieranMaguire) is a lecturer at the University of Liverpool and one of the hosts of the Price of Football Podcast (@POF_POD).

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Music:

The music for this episode was provided under the Creative Commons license by Blue Dot Sessions.

Individual Tracks:

Plasticity - RadioPink

Our Lament - Moon Juice

Illa Villardo - Cold Case

Flatlands 3rd - Flatlands

Peacetime - TinyTiny Trio