The Champions? Thirty Years of the UEFA Champions League (Hardcover, 1)

Introduction: ‘A spectre is haunting European football ? the spectre of a European Super League’?1. Whose interests? Which solidarity? Challenges of developing a European Super League?2. ‘You can look, but don’t touch’: competitive balance and dominance in the UEFA Champions League?3. How the UEFA Champions League divided Europe and harmed competitive balance within domestic leagues?4. The impact of ‘super clubs’ on uncertainty of outcome in the UEFA women’s champions league?5. Pipe dream or closed shop? Experiencing the Champions League from the sidelines?6. ‘Let us prepare for the Champions League!’ the symbolic Europeanization of Romania’s football bosses?7. A product thirty years in the making: the Champions League, organisational legitimacy, and the disenfranchisement of Europe’s football supporters?8. Sponsoring the UEFA Champions League: exploring the impact on brand equity among fan profiles?9. ‘Full speed ahead Barcelona’: the social construction of Roy Keane’s 1999 semi-final performance versus Juventus