By Alex Miller 21 August 2013 The strength and popularity of the Championship has been highlighted in new research that shows England’s second-tier clubs combined sell more shirts per season than all the German, Italian, Spanish and French second-tier teams put together. According to findings released to Sportingintelligence by veteran analyst Dr Peter Rohlmann and […]

By Alex Miller 20 August 2013 The combined shirt sponsorship income of the Premier League’s 20 clubs has again defied the recession by rising £18.65m year-on-year to a record £165.75m this season – with big winners but some fallers among the new deals. An increase in the total sponsorship revenues reconfirms the strength of the […]

By Alex Miller 17 June 2013 Newcastle United have shocked their fans by appointing Joe Kinnear as director of football but new figures suggest that it is their medical department that could use some reinforcement. New figures show Newcastle had the worst injury record in the Premier League last season, suffering 41 ‘significant’ injuries, with […]

By Alex Miller 20 May 2013 As England’s new football strip – made by Nike – is revealed today, new research shows the English FA are now second in the world in terms of income from their kit manufacturer. England’s deal with Nike is worth €30m (£25m) per year, and this is beaten only by […]

Exclusive By Alex Miller 16 November 2012 Liverpool’s communications director Jen Chang has left the club, an LFC spokesman has confirmed to Sportingintelligence. Chang was recently involved in a controversial meeting with a Liverpool fan who had run a spoof Twitter account. That incident led to the fan, Sean Cummins, receiving an apology (link here). […]

By Alex Miller and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 8 October 2012 Manchester United and Liverpool have the most lucrative kit supplier deals in the Premier League this season, earning a guaranteed £25.4m and £25m respectively from Nike and Warrior – but still trail the sums earned by Spanish giants Real Madrid […]

* By Alex Miller and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 8 October 2012 Manchester United and Real Madrid have sold an average of 1.4m official replica shirts globally each year in the past five years – more than any other clubs in the world. The commercial giants of English and Spanish […]

By Alex Miller and Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 24 July 2012  The combined shirt sponsorship income of the Premier League’s 20 clubs has jumped 25 per cent in a year from £117.5m in 2011-12 to £147.1m for the 2012-13 season, according to new research by Sportingintelligence. This is the third […]

By Alex Miller 28 May 2012 The results of new research into every significant injury suffered by every Premier League footballer in the 2011-12 season reveal that Manchester City came out as clear winners in the injury league – suffering fewer major problems than any other side. The data has been compiled by analysts at […]

By Sportingintelligence 3 May 2012 A question recently mooted in these pages concerned the marketability of attractive young British sportswomen in Olympic year (details and photos here). This in turn led to Sportingintelligence contributor Alex Miller quantifying in cash terms what it means in a feature for the Mail on Sunday (link here). The answer […]