Got The Time, Tick Tick Tickin’ In My Head

Last week I wrote about the global appeal of football in comparison to any other sport.

Well, if you wanted any further explanation do yourself a favour and turn on Sky Sports News at some point in the next 30 hours or so.

Yes, that’s right. Its transfer window time again. The clock is ticking. And seemingly every Premier League Club – and plenty in the football league are eager to spend money.

Of course it’s not so important for the 72 Football league clubs, as they can loan players in a few days time – although some are looking to, or having to, buy and sell. But that won’t stop their fans panicking too. I know. I was a fan of a Championship club (and lower) a few years back.

And whatever your personal views on the merits of the window (and for what its worth here’s mine: who on earth thought it was a good idea to end it a month into the season?) you can’t deny a couple of things. 1) As football fans it mostly consumes our lives for a week or so. And 2) It makes for some great telly.

Here at Football Business we are lucky (or unlucky….depending on if you are sweating on the yellow Breaking News strip to mention your team, when it just doesn’t…) to be allowed to have Sky on in the office. Generally it’s set to Sky Sports News (sometimes the test match if I get the control or tennis if its Wimbledon Fortnight) and this week it comes into its own.

There’s people in the studio slaving over Flatscreen, Touchscreen TV’s. There’s breaking news every few seconds, as I type this its just come up that Anton Ferdinand is talking to QPR, a few minutes ago it was confirmed that Owen Hargreaves was having a medical at Man City (I hope the people at the Etihad have remembered that there is only 32 hours to go…..) and there is people texting and tweeting at an alarming rate.

Which goes to prove my point.

As much as I love other sports, cricket and boxing to name but two, there is quite simply nothing that competes in either my, or the public’s attention.

Yes England can be the best cricket team in the world, yes David Haye can fight Klitchsko and those things get plenty of coverage, but let me tell you what they aren’t: They aren’t football.

Which is exactly why if you are as passionate about football as we are, we can help you make it your career.

People love football and they love to play it. They love it so much they’ll even pay you if you organise it for them.

Now….have we signed anybody yet….?

*today’s blog title is an Anthrax song.