Christopher McMahon is Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, UK, and the author of The Corruption of Play: Mapping the Ideological Play-Space of AAA Videogames.Peter Templeton is Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University, UK.

• Introduction: Football Without Fans is Nothing?Chapter 1. PLC United – From Clubs to CorporationsChapter 2. FC ‘til I Die – Economic and Cultural Asset StrippingChapter 3. Big Game Players – The Benefactor ModelChapter 4. Clean Sheets – Sportswashing in FootballConclusion: The Game’s Gone

Christopher McMahon is Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, UK, and the author of The Corruption of Play: Mapping the Ideological Play-Space of AAA Videogames.Peter Templeton is Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University, UK.

• Introduction: Football Without Fans is Nothing?Chapter 1. PLC United – From Clubs to CorporationsChapter 2. FC ‘til I Die – Economic and Cultural Asset StrippingChapter 3. Big Game Players – The Benefactor ModelChapter 4. Clean Sheets – Sportswashing in FootballConclusion: The Game’s Gone

Christopher McMahon is Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, UK, and the author of The Corruption of Play: Mapping the Ideological Play-Space of AAA Videogames.Peter Templeton is Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University, UK.

• Introduction: Football Without Fans is Nothing?Chapter 1. PLC United – From Clubs to CorporationsChapter 2. FC ‘til I Die – Economic and Cultural Asset StrippingChapter 3. Big Game Players – The Benefactor ModelChapter 4. Clean Sheets – Sportswashing in FootballConclusion: The Game’s Gone