Sports Business Group - Testimonials

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"The Sports Business Group produced a great piece of work - truly showing their knowledge of major events. They applied strategic thinking and challenge which has produced an outcome which is clear and insightful"
Mike Johnson, Group President International Events, Sodexo 

"The work Deloitte conducted for The FA on the FA Cup Review was very well received - so thank you for some really useful and challenging ideas and excellent background data"
Jonathan Hill, Group Commercial Director, The FA.

"The Annual Review of Football Finance is a given to all the students on The FIFA Master course - an excellent resource for all the students studying the business of football."
Andrea Pessina, FIFA Master, CIES - International Center for Sports Studies.

"I have just read your paper & I'd like to congratulate you on a great piece of work in fairly difficult circumstances. It's very well written & thought through. It's also thought provoking which is exactly what I think we needed."
Simon Freedman, Head of Marketing, The FA. 

"The Sports Business Group at Deloitte assisted Leigh Centurions in developing a Business Plan in support of an application for a Super League Licence. The Business Plan is an excellent document and testament to the tremendous effort that the Deloitte team put in."
A.W. Thomas, Chairman, Leigh Centurions

"Your comprehensive report regarding USL-1 galvanized the teams as only Deloitte can do and provided the foundation for us to take the league to the next level.  Your passion, enthusiasm and genuine interest in the report and future of USL-1 were evident throughout the process." 
Aaron Davidson, President, Miami FC & Vice President, Traffic Sports

"The stadium relocation analysis that the Sports Business Group produced was excellent. The report reads very well, is really hard hitting, making the case in a clear, dispassionate and understandable fashion. Good stuff!"
Ian Pritchard, Development Director, Goodman International

"Deloitte's assistance with our Business Plan for the expansion of the Madejski Stadium added real value. Their excellent sector knowledge and commercial acumen helped us to demonstrate the potential impact that the expansion would have to prospective funders."
Bryan Stabler, Finance Director, Reading Football Club Limited

"Deloitte provided financial due diligence services to IMG, the world's leading sports, entertainment and media company, in respect of the acquisition of BSI Speedway, the company which holds the promoting rights of the FIM World Individual Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP) and FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC)."
Peter Griffiths, Senior Vice President, IMG Sports & Entertainment

"The Deloitte Football Money League is an excellent publication, and a useful benchmark for clubs in terms of their financial performance, the Deloitte team are one of the leaders in commentary on European Football"
Peter Lawwell, Chief Executive, Celtic Plc 

“We have gratefully appreciated the expert industry advice and support provided by Deloitte both in respect of our original acquisition of Liverpool FC and the financing package completed in January 2008.”
Tom Hicks, Kop Football (Holdings) Ltd

"The due diligence report prepared by Deloitte for our successful acquisition of Dorna (owners of MotoGP) in 2006 was high quality despite being prepared in a very tight timeframe. The Deloitte team had a good understanding of the unique position of the business and the opportunities it has available to it in the future."
John Davison, Bridgepoint Capital

"As a senior officer in the public sector this project was a complete departure from my normal work and Deloitte's advice proved invaluable. The reports presented by the group were always clear and concise"
Roger Jones, Director of Resources, Carmarthenshire County Council

Deloitte’s report on the Economic Impact of The 2006 Ryder Cup is the most robust and comprehensive assessment of the event ever conducted. Of all the research and data we collected, this report is without doubt the most important. It will be invaluable in helping us grow and develop The Ryder Cup and in maintaining its position as one the world’s leading sports events.
Simon Cory-Wright, Marketing Manager, Ryder Cup Europe LLP

"The sports business group understand the situation from both sides of the table - their approach to the business plan was robust and challenging which was exactly what we needed - they clearly know and understand the Racing sector and stakeholders which adds value from the off"
Bill Farnworth, General Manager, Musselburgh Racecourse

"The Sports Business Group completed a study of the potential economic impact of hosting a leg of the 2008/09 Volvo Ocean Race in Galway, Ireland. The report produced by Deloitte was of a high quality, was completed to a very tight deadline, and contributed towards Ireland achieving its objective to host a leg of the race."
Brian Maher, Head of Research and Policy Development, Fáilte Ireland

"I thought (as did the board) that the study was absolutely perfect. I always knew you guys were going to deliver but its very reassuring that quality, rigour and thoroughness came with a great result. "
Etienne de Villiers, Chairman, ATP

"The Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance is a very good read and continues to be the definitive source of this type of information in the game. Another excellent publication"
Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive, FA Premier League

"The Annual Review of Football Finance is packed with extremely important information on patterns within football which we find invaluable."
Gordon Taylor, Chief Executive, Professional Footballers' Association

"The Sports Business Group at Deloitte are clearly the leading commentators and analysts on the business side of football"
Commercial Director, Real Madrid

"The Annual Review of Football Finance - Once again a first class document for the football industry"
John Moules, Operations Director, The Football Conference

"The Economic Impact Study of British Racing is an exceptionally compelling document. Thank you"
Greg Nichols, Chief Executive, British Horseracing Board

"We were impressed with Deloitte's approach and outputs in a two-phase project for us in 2004, which was related to modernisation, governance and structure. Their work enabled us to accelerate the changes required to drive the LTA forward. Partly as a result of implementing the Deloitte recommendations, we have recently gained a further £500k investment from SportEngland, following the important restructuring undertaken by the LTA, which will help fund our Club Vision programme."
Chief Executive, Lawn Tennis Association

"I have been very impressed by Deloitte's knowledge of the sports industry in general and racing in particular. I hope we have the opportunity to work with you again at some point in the future."
Janet Walker, Financial Director, Ascot Racecourse

"Though I've always been suspicious of men who talk 'strategy', this report is easy to digest, succinct and cuts to the chase."
Editor, Horse & Hound

"The quality of the work produced by the Sports Business Group at Deloitte was excellent. Their work will play a crucial role in explaining (to ICASA) the economics of the broadcasting of sports events."
Imtiaz Patel, Director, SuperSport

"Deloitte's 'Investing in Change' was an important piece of work, based as it was on a comprehensive consultation of UK and Home Country national governing bodies. Both Deloitte's report and the success criteria/model framework that accompanied it have proved immensely valuable in the Sports Councils' work to modernise further the operation of NGBs. In addition, the framework has been very well received and used widely by NGBs themselves. It has become the centrepiece of the Modernisation Programme. (September 2004)"
UK Sport

"The Sports Business Group at Deloitte has the best overview of the sports business market to help with the lessons of past mistakes and also to plot future strategy for investing in the sector."
Kevin Blake, Co-Operative Bank

“Thank you very much indeed for your time, enthusiasm and expertise at the seminar today.  I think it was invaluable.”
Business in Sport & Leisure

“The Inland Revenue, in partnership with the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR), Bates Wells & Braithwaite, Deloitte and others, has held a series of regional seminars to promote the CASC scheme.” 
House of Lords Hansard, 15 March 2004.

“I attended a conference organised by a good team of people – I pay tribute to Lord Phillips of Sudbury, the Inland Revenue, Deloitte and Richard Baldwin, the Central Council of Physical Recreation, Sport England, and the National Playing Fields Association – who got together the make sure that the message is going out to amateur clubs.”
Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport and Tourism

“The General Council members are all aware of your outstanding contribution to sport and physical recreation, and especially the significant contribution you made to the CASCs tax and rate relief measures.” 
Margaret Talbot, Chief Executive CCPR

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