Kieran Maguire is associate professor of Football Finance at the University of Liverpool, where he lectures on the Football Industries MBA course. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986 specialising in insolvency, which has come in very useful in terms of analysing the finances of football clubs.
Kieran also lectures for the PFA, LMA and European football governing bodies. He was a contributor to the Fan Led Review under Dame Tracey Crouch, and has authored two research papers for UK government on football industry finances. Kieran’s first book, The Price of Football, was published in 2019 and became a best seller, which annoyed his wife as he gave 100% of the royalties to the local foodbank as he expected to sell only a few dozen copies. The second edition was published two years later and a third has been commissioned.
Kieran co-hosts the award winning podcast The Price of Football with writer and comedian Kevin Day. His greatest achievement was seeing the word ‘amortisation’ trending on Twitter. He is also regularly quoted in mainstream and social media on football finance topics. When not updating spreadsheets or downloading accounts from Companies House, Kieran is usually found walking his dog and/or listening to music which was last considered fashionable in 1981.
