The Political Economy of Football V2

Greenock Morton have sought to reassure supporters that although they face financial challenges they will not forfeit matches:  https://gmfc.net/club-update-16-08-26/ The club has been winless since March and has been reliant on teenagers brought in from school to fill the benches. East Kilbride's manager who own the Black Rooster chicken chain has offered to sponsor some shirts for the Championship side at £200 a go. One of Scotland's oldest clubs, Greenock Morton went into administration early in the current century and were relegated to the 3rd division/

Six EFL clubs are showing signs of financial distress according to BTG, but finances at Scottish clubs are stabilising:  https://www.btguk.com/news/football-distress-report-q1-2026

A rare in depth look at the finances of a Scottish football club, Dundee FC (not to be confused with overlapping neighbours Dundee United:  https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-fc/5265494/dundee-fc-finances-history/ Unsurprisingly, it is a loss making business but some potentially useful numbers are not available. The club has a new stadium project at Camperdown Park. Near neighbours Dundee United have an American owner who has invested £13m and were on the cusp of being profitable:  https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-united/5265287/dundee-united-finances-history/

More Scottish clubs are in financial distress and fan spending is declining according to insolvency experts Begbies Traynor:  https://www.scottishfinancialnews.com/articles/begbies-traynor-scottish-football-clubs-face-mounting-financial-pressure-amid-reduced-fan-spending

Greenock Morton made a profit of nearly £200k in their first year as a  community owned club and although they are expecting a loss this year they think it will be manageable:  https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/24707986.morton-show-six-figure-profit-last-financial-year/