Une histoire économique du football en France est-elle possible ?

Is an economie history of French soccer possible ? Jacques Marseille. Through the mass of spectators attracted to stadiums and the advertising revenues from the show that it offers, the local industrial stakes which it exacerbates, the income of the clubs, soccer now has a great economie weight. The French example shows that this sport deserves to become a topic for an original economie history, dealing with the clubs as firms, and with the specifie market that soccer has structured. Its success in France was closely connected, like previously the overall industrial development of the country, to that of small groups in medium-sized cities.Marseille Jacques. Une histoire économique du football en France est-elle possible ?. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°26, avril-juin 1990. Le football, sport du siècle. pp. 67-72