PETER MILLWARD is a Lecturer in Applied Social Science at Durham University, UK. He has published widely in areas relating to sociological dimensions of contemporary football fandom, explicitly including the political economy of sport and issues pertaining to cultural identifications amongst football fans.

"Peter Millward has written a lucid and compellingly argued book on the English Premier League as precisely 'the global football league' these days, a book which is certain to become a classic piece of the growing literature on football in its relation to wider socio-political developments. It is a must-read for the academic audience, but also has to offer the generally football-interested public a lot. [ ] Millward's book is a brilliant, knowledgeable, thoroughly readable and fascinating piece of work. It is certain to spur further research while already becoming one of the key texts to be referenced and used as a guide for such research." - Sport & EU Review "The seemingly ever-quickening pace of globalisation processes means that keeping pace with their multiple impacts on sport cultures can be challenging. Millward, therefore, provides a timely and useful contribution in conducting a series of case studies concerning three football clubs (Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City) as emblematic of the most global sports 'brand' in the world; the English Premier League (EPL)." - Managing Leisure

• List of Tables Acknowledgements  Introduction  The Network League  Overseas Ownership  'Traditional' Fandom  Transnational Fandom  Love United, Hate Glazer  'Debt, Lies, Cowboys'  The City is Ours?  Supporter Mobilisation  Conclusions References Index

PETER MILLWARD is a Lecturer in Applied Social Science at Durham University, UK. He has published widely in areas relating to sociological dimensions of contemporary football fandom, explicitly including the political economy of sport and issues pertaining to cultural identifications amongst football fans.

"Peter Millward has written a lucid and compellingly argued book on the English Premier League as precisely 'the global football league' these days, a book which is certain to become a classic piece of the growing literature on football in its relation to wider socio-political developments. It is a must-read for the academic audience, but also has to offer the generally football-interested public a lot. [ ] Millward's book is a brilliant, knowledgeable, thoroughly readable and fascinating piece of work. It is certain to spur further research while already becoming one of the key texts to be referenced and used as a guide for such research." - Sport & EU Review "The seemingly ever-quickening pace of globalisation processes means that keeping pace with their multiple impacts on sport cultures can be challenging. Millward, therefore, provides a timely and useful contribution in conducting a series of case studies concerning three football clubs (Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City) as emblematic of the most global sports 'brand' in the world; the English Premier League (EPL)." - Managing Leisure

• List of Tables Acknowledgements  Introduction  The Network League  Overseas Ownership  'Traditional' Fandom  Transnational Fandom  Love United, Hate Glazer  'Debt, Lies, Cowboys'  The City is Ours?  Supporter Mobilisation  Conclusions References Index

PETER MILLWARD is a Lecturer in Applied Social Science at Durham University, UK. He has published widely in areas relating to sociological dimensions of contemporary football fandom, explicitly including the political economy of sport and issues pertaining to cultural identifications amongst football fans.

"Peter Millward has written a lucid and compellingly argued book on the English Premier League as precisely 'the global football league' these days, a book which is certain to become a classic piece of the growing literature on football in its relation to wider socio-political developments. It is a must-read for the academic audience, but also has to offer the generally football-interested public a lot. [ ] Millward's book is a brilliant, knowledgeable, thoroughly readable and fascinating piece of work. It is certain to spur further research while already becoming one of the key texts to be referenced and used as a guide for such research." - Sport & EU Review "The seemingly ever-quickening pace of globalisation processes means that keeping pace with their multiple impacts on sport cultures can be challenging. Millward, therefore, provides a timely and useful contribution in conducting a series of case studies concerning three football clubs (Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City) as emblematic of the most global sports 'brand' in the world; the English Premier League (EPL)." - Managing Leisure

• List of Tables Acknowledgements  Introduction  The Network League  Overseas Ownership  'Traditional' Fandom  Transnational Fandom  Love United, Hate Glazer  'Debt, Lies, Cowboys'  The City is Ours?  Supporter Mobilisation  Conclusions References Index