Perspective: Didn't the club shop do well?; Football has become seriously big business and the bubble is unlikely to burst for the bigger clubs. But dark clouds are still forming over the national game, as Chief Feature Writer Paul Groves discovers.(Features) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: November 8, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Paul Groves

Football has always been likely to hit the front pages of our newspapers, especially if the match, the player or the story is big enough. Increasingly, those wanting to keep up-to-date with their favourite team or star are just as likely to get their information from the gossip columns as the sporting pages.

But in the last decade and more a new trend has emerged. Traditionally talk about football and the pink pages would refer to titles such as the Sports Argus, but now it is more likely to include The Financial Times. Since the advent of Murdoch's ...

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