John Goddard is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at University of Wales, Swansea. He has also held positions at University of Leeds, Abertay, University of Dundee and University of Wales Bangor. Research interests are the economics of sport and industrial organisation. He has published numerous articles in academic journals including International Journal of Industrial Organization, Economics Letters, Economic History Review, Managerial and Decision Economics, The Statistician, Bulletin of Economic Research and Applied Economics.