Dr. Dan Plumley ACMA, CGMA
Associate Head
- Sheffield Business School
- Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频
- Social and Economic 香蕉视频 Institute
Summary
My main teaching and research interests are in the finance, economics, and governance of professional team sports. My PhD focused on measuring financial and sporting performance in English professional football. I regularly present at major international sport business conferences and have a number of peer-reviewed publications in the sport business field that focus on various aspects of sport finance. I also contribute to numerous media pieces discussing the finances of sport with local, national, and international media outlets including corporations such as the BBC and Sky News.
About
I have been involved in the Sport Business industry since 2006 and have taught at 香蕉视频 since 2011. My main teaching and research interests are in the finance, economics and governance of professional team sports and my PhD focused on measuring financial and sporting performance in English professional football. I regularly present at major international sport business conferences and have a number of peer-reviewed publications in the sport business field. I have also co-authored several book chapters that appear in mainstream sport management textbooks linked to my research area. I am an active researcher working with national research councils to deliver projects around the financial aspects of professional team sport and I have experience working on major contracted event projects including the economic impact of major sport events such as the Virgin London Marathon, the ATP World Tour tennis finals, the Women's British Open golf, the British and European Badminton Championships. My experience also extends to contributing to numerous media pieces in recent years discussing the finances of football with local, national and international media outlets including corporations such as the BBC and Sky News. My function here is to provide a detailed, yet user friendly analysis, on the financial implications of a variety of scenarios on sport, and football in particular. This work often bridges the gap between academic practice and the public. I have been in a senior lecturer position since 2015 and I currently teach on all levels of the undergraduate and postgraduate programs. My research interests extends to the financial health of sport organisations; Economic decision making in professional sport; The ownership structure of professional sport teams; Accounting and finance in a sporting context; Performance measurement and organisational performance in professional sport teams; Corporate Social Responsibility in, and through, sport; and Governance in professional team sports. I am a member of the European Association of Sport Management, the European Academy of Management, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Teaching
Sheffield Business School
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
I currently teach on all levels of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as currently being Collaborative Course Leader for the MSc Sport Business Management delivered in partnership with SHAPE in Hong Kong.
My main teaching areas include the economics and finance of professional team sports, management accounting, financial accounting and research.
Subject Area
Financial Accounting and Management Accounting (FAMA).
Courses
LLM International Sport Law
Modules
Sport Finance
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- Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频
- Social and Economic 香蕉视频 Institute
UKRI - United Kingdom 香蕉视频 and Innovation, Counting the costs of COVID-19 on professional football clubs and their communities.
Featured Projects
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Relevant projects
- 1. UKRI - United Kingdom 香蕉视频 and Innovation, Counting the costs of COVID-19 on professional football clubs and their communities.
- 2. Plumley, D., Serbera, J.P., & Wilson, R. (2020). Too big to fail? Accounting for predictions of financial distress in English professional football clubs. Journal of Applied Accounting 香蕉视频. (online first).
- 3. Wilson, R., Plumley, D., Mondal, S., & Parnell, D. (2020). Challenging parachute payments and unmasking English football鈥檚 finances. Managing Sport and Leisure (online first).
- 4. Ramchandani, G., Plumley, D., Preston, H. & Wilson, R. (2019). Does size matter? An investigation of competitive balance in the English Premier League under different sizes. Team Performance Management: An International Journal, 25(3/4), 162-175.
- 5. Plumley, D., Wilson, R., Millar, R. & Shibli, S. (2019). Howzat? The Financial Health of English Cricket: Not Out, Yet. International Journal of Financial Studies, 7(11), 1-17.
- 6. Plumley, D., Ramchandani, G. & Wilson, R. (2018). The unintended consequence of Financial Fair Play: An examination of competitive balance across five European football leagues. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 9(2), 118-133.
Publications
Journal articles
Davis, L., Plumley, D., Lusted, J., & Wilson, R. (2025). . Sport in Society.
Golding, A., Plumley, D., Weaver, M., & Wilson, R. (2025). . Sport, Business and Management.
Middling, M., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2025). . Sport, Business and Management.
Mondal, S., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2024). . Journal of Applied Accounting 香蕉视频.
Clarkson, B., Plumley, D., Philippou, C., Wilson, R., & Webb, T. (2023). . Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal.
Ioannidis, G., & Plumley, D. (2023). . International Sports Law Review, 3, 43-50.
Ramchandani, G., Plumley, D., Mondal, S., Millar, R., & Wilson, R. (2023). . Soccer and Society.
Ramchandani, G., Plumley, D., Davis, A., & Wilson, R. (2023). . Sustainability, 15 (5).
Golding, A., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2023). . Managing Sport and Leisure.
Davis, L., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2023). . Managing Sport and Leisure.
Millar, R., Plumley, D., Wilson, R., & Dickson, G. (2022). . Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal.
Plumley, D., Ramchandani, G., Mondal, S., & Wilson, R. (2022). . Soccer & Society.
Mondal, S., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2022). . Managing Sport and Leisure.
Manoli, A.E., Anagnostopoulos, C., Ahonen, A., Bolton, N., Bowes, A., Brown, C., ... Winand, M. (2022). . Managing Sport and Leisure, 27 (1-2), 1-6.
Zhang, F., Liu, D., Plumley, D., & Chai, M. (2022). . Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
Francois, A., Dermit-Richard, N., Plumley, D., Wilson, R., & Heutte, N. (2021). . Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal.
Mondal, S., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2021). . Managing Sport and Leisure.
Plumley, D., Serbera, J.-.P., & Wilson, R. (2020). . Journal of Applied Accounting 香蕉视频.
Bond, A.J., Cockayne, D., Ludvigsen, J.A.L., Maguire, K., Parnell, D., Plumley, D., ... Wilson, R. (2020). . Managing Sport and Leisure.
Wilson, R., Plumley, D., Mondal, S., & Parnell, D. (2020). . Managing Sport and Leisure.
Plumley, D., Mondal, S., Wilson, R., & Ramchandani, G. (2020). . Journal of Global Sport Management.
Wilson, R., Plumley, D., & Flint, S. (2019). . Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal.
Ramchandani, G., Plumley, D., Preston, H., & Wilson, R. (2019). . Team performance management.
Liu, D., Wilson, R., Plumley, D., & Chen, X. (2019). . International journal of sports marketing and sponsorship.
Plumley, D., Wilson, R., Millar, R., & Shibli, S. (2019). . International Journal of Financial Studies, 7 (1), 11.
Plumley, D., Ramchandani, G., & Wilson, R. (2018). . Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal.
Ramchandani, G., Plumley, D., Boyes, S., & Wilson, R. (2018). . Team Performance Management, 24 (5/6), 265-282.
Plumley, D.J., Ramchandani, G., & Wilson, R. (2018). . International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM), 18 (5), 357-375.
Bachmaier, B., Lammert, J., Plumley, D., Wilson, R., & Hovemann, G. (2018). . Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 8 (3), 276-297.
Wilson, R., Ramchandani, G., & Plumley, D.J. (2018). Journal of Global Sport Management, 3 (4), 351-368.
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D.J. (2017). . Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 7 (2).
Plumley, D.J., Wilson, R., & Shibli, S. (2017). . Journal of Applied Sport Management, 9 (1).
Flint, S., Plumley, D.J., & Wilson, R. (2015). . Marketing Intelligence & Planning.
Wilson, R., Plumley, D.J., & Barrett, D. (2015). Staring into the abyss? : the state of UK rugby's Super League. Managing Sport and Leisure, 20 (6), 293-310.
Plumley, D.J., & Flint, S. (2015). Team Performance Management, 21 (5/6), 247-258.
Flint, S., Peake, R., Plumley, D.J., Polyakova, O., Reale, S., Wilson, R., ... Pheonix, F. (2015). . Appetite, 87, 395.
Flint, S., Plumley, D.J., & Wilson, R. (2014). . Managing Leisure, 19 (6), 390-399.
Flint, S., Plumley, D.J., Peake, R., & Polyakova, O. (2014). . European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2 (12), 15-25.
Plumley, D.J., Wilson, R., & Ramchandani, G. (2014). . Soccer and Society, 18 (1), 16-29.
Plumley, D. (2014). Sports Fundraising: Dynamic Methods for Schools, Universities and Youth Sport Organizations. Managing Leisure, 19 (5), 377-379.
Wilson, R., Plumley, D.J., & Ramchandani, G. (2013). . Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 3 (1), 19-36.
Flint, S., Warman, L., & Plumley, D.J. (n.d.). . Health Psychology 香蕉视频.
Conference papers
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2023). . In European Association for Sport Management, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12 September 2023 - 15 September 2023 (pp. 349-350). EASM:
Ratz, M., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2023). . In European Association for Sport Management 2023, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12 September 2023 - 15 September 2023 (pp. 351-352). EASM:
Mondal, S., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2023). . In EASM 2023 Conference proceedings: book of abstracts, (pp. 464-465). EASM:
Plumley, D., Wilson, R., Millar, R., Coleman, R., & Davies, A. (2022). . In EASM 2022, 30th European Sport Management Conference. Bridging Sport, Tourism & Leisure Management, Innsbruck, Austria, 5 September 2022 - 8 September 2022.
Millar, R., Plumley, D., Wilson, R., Coleman, R., & Davies, A. (2022). . In EASM 2022, 30th European Sport Management Conference. Bridging Sport, Tourism & Leisure Management, Innsbruck, Austria, 5 September 2022 - 8 September 2022.
Plumley, D., Wilson, R., & Warren, C. (2021). . In 2021 North American Society for Sport Management Conference (NASSM 2021), Online, 3 June 2021 - 5 June 2021.
Millar, R., Plumley, D., Wilson, R., & Dickson, G. (2020). . In SMAANZ Week 2020 Program, 30 November 2020 - 2020.
Sela, O., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2020). . In SMAANZ Week 2020 Program, 30 November 2020 - 2020.
Plumley, D., Wilson, R., Millar, R., & Shibli, S. (2019). . In European Association for Sport Management, (pp. 43-45). EASM
Plumley, D., Mondal, S., Wilson, R., & Ramchandani, G. (2019). . In Breitbarth, T., Bodet, G., Luna, 脕.F., Naranjo, P.B., & Bielons, G. (Eds.) European Association for Sport Management, (pp. 41). European Association for Sport Management:
Catlin, E., Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2019). . In Breitbarth, T., Bodet, G., Luna, 脕.F., Naranjo, P.B., & Bielons, G. (Eds.) European Association for Sport Management, (pp. 208-209). EASM:
Plumley, D., Ramchandani, G., Wilson, R., & Preston, H. (2018). Does size matter? An investigation of competitive balance under different league sizes. In European Academy of Management.
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2018). . In EASM 2018, Malm枚, Sweden, 5 September 2018 - 8 September 2018.
Ramchandani, G., Plumley, D., Boyes, S., & Wilson, R. (2018). . In EASM 2018, Malmo, Sweden, 5 September 2018 - 8 September 2018.
Wilson, R., Plumley, D., & Ramchandani, G. (2017). . In EASM 2017, Bern and Magglingen, Switzerland, 2 September 2017 - 8 September 2017.
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2017). . In EASM 2017, Bern and Magglingen, Switzerland, 2 September 2017 - 8 September 2017.
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2015). . In 23rd EASM conference 2015, Dublin, Ireland, 9 September 2015 - 12 September 2015.
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2015). . In 23rd EASM conference 2015, Dublin, Ireland, 9 September 2015 - 12 September 2015.
Wilson, R., Plumley, D., & Barrett, D. (2014). . In 22nd EASM conference 2014, 09-12 Sep 2014.
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2014). . In 22nd EASM conference 2014, 09-12 Sep 2014.
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2013). . In 21st EASM conference 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, 11 September 2013 - 15 September 2013.
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2013). . In 21st EASM conference 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, 11 September 2013 - 15 September 2013.
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2012). . In 20th EASM conference 2012, Aalborg, Denmark, 18 September 2012 - 21 September 2012.
Plumley, D., Wilson, R., & Ramchandani, G. (2012). . In 20th EASM conference 2012, Aalborg, Denmark, 18 September 2012 - 21 September 2012.
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2011). . In 19th EASM conference 2011, 2011.
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2010). . In 18th EASM conference 2010, 2010.
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2009). . In 17th EASM conference 2009, 2009.
Book chapters
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2024). The intersection of business sustainability and integrity in sport. In Integrity and Sustainability in Sport. (pp. 174-189). Routledge:
Davis, L., & Plumley, D. (2024). Unpacking the Concept of Sportswashing in Elite Men's Professional Football in England. In The Geopolitical Economy of Football. (pp. 43-50). Routledge:
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2022). . In Routledge Handbook of Sport and COVID-19. Taylor & Francis:
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2022). Finance of the FIFA World Cup. In The Business of the FIFA World Cup. Routledge
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2019). Corporate Ownership in Sport. In Who Owns Sport?. Routledge
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2018). . In Chadwick, S., Parnell, D., Widdop, P., & Anagnostopoulos, C. (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management. (pp. 186-198). Routledge:
Wilson, R., & Plumley, D. (2018). . In Wilson, R., & Platts, C. (Eds.) Managing and Developing Community Sport. (pp. 161-179). London: Taylor and Francis:
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2018). . In Wilson, R., & Platts, C. (Eds.) Managing and Developing Community Sport. (pp. 81-92). London: Routledge:
Books
Plumley, D., & Wilson, R. (2022). The Economics and Finance of Professional Team Sports. Routledge.
Wilson, R., Platts, C., & Plumley, D. (n.d.). Torkildsen's Sport and Leisure Management. Routledge.
Theses / Dissertations
Mondal, S. (2024). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Plumley, D., & Wilson, R.
Mondal, S. (2024). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Plumley, D., & Wilson, R.
Catlin, E.J. (2022). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Wilson, R., & Plumley, D.
Catlin, E.J. (2022). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Wilson, R., & Plumley, D.
Plumley, D.J. (2014). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Shibli, S., & Wilson, R.
Internet Publications
Plumley, D., Ramchandani, G., & Wilson, R. (2019). .
Plumley, D., Ramchandani, G., & Wilson, R. (2019). .
Other activities
Editorial Board (Managing Sport and Leisure Journal), Member (Football Collective), External Advisory Board (Sheffield Wednesday Supporters Trust).
Postgraduate supervision
5 PhD/DBA students in the areas of sport finance, economics and governance.