John Beech is the Head of Leisure, Sport and Tourism Management at Coventry Business School where he teaches on the MBA Sport Management and BA Sport Management programmes. His research interests are in the areas of internet sports marketing and sports business history.

Simon Chadwick lectures in Marketing at Leeds University Business School, where he is also a member of the Sport Management Research Group. He has published extensively in the areas of sport marketing and commercial strategy in sport, and has recently worked with the Institute of Football Management and Administration, the Premier League, English professional football clubs, and leading football shirt sponsors.