2017 Review
The 6th annual Football Business Awards was held at Tobacco Dock on November 2. It was another great night celebrating the football industry successes with our host Mark Chapman.
2017 Winners & Finalists
Best Club Marketing Initiative – Premier League
Winner: Swansea City AFC
Silver: Southampton FC
Bronze: Everton FC
- Liverpool FC
- Tottenham Hotspur FC
- West Ham United FC
Best Club Marketing Initiative – non Premier League
Winner: Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Silver: Aston Villa FC
Bronze: Brentford FC
- Brighton & Hove Albion FC
- Huddersfield Town FC
- St Johnstone FC
- Wycombe Wanderers FC
Best Professional Service Business Serving Football
Winner: Smith & Williamson
Silver: Pinsent Masons
Bronze: Verisona Law
- Coutts
- KSS
Best Use of Technology in Football (non club specific)
Winner: adi.tv & Supponor
Silver: STATSports Group
Bronze: OptaPro
- ATPI Sports Events
- Sportswik
- StreamAMG
Best Football Club Hospitality
Winner: Chelsea FC
Silver: Arsenal FC
Bronze: St Johnstone FC
- Middlesbrough FC
- Club Wembley One Twenty (submitted by Portview Fit-Out)
Best Football Community Scheme
Winner: Albion in the Community (Brighton & Hove Albion FC)
Silver: Everton in the Community
Bronze: Watford Football Club’s Community Sports and Education Trust
- Burnley FC in the Community
- Fulham FC Foundation
- City in the Community
Innovation Award
Winner: Emirates FA Cup Story – Mischief PR
Silver: Huddersfield Town FC
Bronze: Rangers FC
- adi.tv & Supponor
- Everton FC
- Sport Structures
Agency of the Year
Winner: WePlay
Silver: Sportquake
Bronze: Reading Room
- Designwerk
- Octagon
- Seven League
Best Business Serving Football – up to £2m turnover
Winner: Piglets Pantry
Silver: Sporting Memories Network
Bronze: ESF Events
- All In Translations
- Oaks Consultancy
- Sport Structures
- Winners FDD
Best Non-match Day use of Venue
Winner: Manchester City FC – City Football Academy
Silver: Anfield
Bronze: West Ham United FC
- Emirates Stadium
- Stamford Bridge
Best Brand Activation Involving Football
Winner: Betstars and Leicester City FC
Silver: NIVEA MEN and Liverpool FC
Bronze: Betsafe and Manchester City FC
- SportPesa and Everton FC
- Hull City
- Manning Gottlieb OMD for Virgin Media
- Reflect Digital
- WallJAM
Best Fan Engagement by a Club
Winner: Sunderland AFC
Silver: Manchester City FC
Bronze: Tottenham Hotspur FC
- Arsenal FC
- Leyton Orient FC, Kick it Out & the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF)
- Liverpool FC
- Rangers FC
Best Business Serving Football – over £2m turnover
Winner: St. George’s Park
Silver: Portview Fit-Out
Bronze: Levy UK
- adi.tv
- Arena Seating
- Reading Room
- STATSports Group
- StreamAMG
Best Use of Technology in a Football Club
Winner: Manchester City FC with SAP
Silver: Leicester City FC with Seven League
Bronze: Derby County FC with NewTek
- Aston Villa FC
- Hull City
Best Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme
Winner: Burnley FC in the Community
Silver: Liverpool FC
Bronze: Swansea City AFC
- Everton in the Community
- The Football Foundation
Sponsorship Deal / Partnership of the Year
Winner: Avon & Liverpool Ladies FC
Silver: Beko & FC Barcelona
Bronze: Virgin Media & The Football Supporters’ Federation
- Betstars and Leicester City FC
- Marathonbet & Hibernian FC
fcbusiness CEO of the Year sponsored by SeatGeek
Overall Winner: Daniel Levy, Tottenham Hotspur
- Premier League CEO of the Year – Daniel Levy, Tottenham Hotspur
- Championship CEO of the Year – John Kay, Preston North End
- League One CEO of the Year – Stephen Bettis, Sheffield United
- League Two CEO of the Year – Gary Sweet, Luton Town
- SPFL CEO of the Year – Duncan Fraser, Aberdeen FC
fcbusiness European CEO of the Year sponsored by NuCalm
Winner: Vadim Vasilyev – AS Monaco
- Italy: AS Roma – Umberto Gandini
- Germany: FC Bayern Munich – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- Holland: AFC Ajax – Edwin Van Der Sar
- Spain: Real Madrid – Florentino Pérez Rodríguez