In the last month there have been two football clubs who have changed ownership/direction and there is something in these changes that has caught my eye. One, QPR, a club so close to my heart it used to hurt, and the Other Ancona the Italian Serie C club.
There are striking similarities in the two clubs in that there is enough in both of their histories to believe that they are either 3rd raters who struck lucky and made it to the big time or they are genuine contenders for the elite leagues in their respective countries. The answer is somewhere in between I guess.
Either way they are both under new regimes setting out with exciting agendas to change their current plight. It struck me as an interesting exercise to plot their respective paths as they move along their chosen paths. Ancona have gone for the rather historic and mystical approach of God and Fair Play while QPR the more modern and worldly tack of money and marketing.
Over the next 12 months let's look at what happens and the consequence of this exciting experiment in sports club management.
