Liverpool’s Peter Moore Wins Top Football Business Award

Liverpool’s Peter Moore was crowned CEO of the Year  at the 2019 Football Business Awards along with Dame Heather Rabbatts who received a special award for her Outstanding Contribution to Football.

Clubs from across the Premier League, EFL and SPFL joined sponsors, partners, charities and businesses to celebrate exceptional work in football across 24 categories at a black tie awards ceremony at City Central at the HAC in Finsbury, London on Thursday night.

Now in its 8th year, the Football Business Awards recognise and reward the off-pitch talents and endeavours that are an invaluable, if sometimes invisible, part of the fabric of football.

Attended by around 450 leading football industry executives, the awards are considered the industry’s foremost accolade, attracting hundreds of entries every year from both the business units within football clubs and those professional services and businesses dedicated to supporting clubs and the game itself.

Simon Burton, Co-founder of the Football Business Awards, said: “Every year we review a growing number of outstanding submissions that showcase the huge amount of enterprising and innovative work that goes on off the pitch.

“The awards are becoming more and more difficult to win each year which is testament to our industry and to the health of football as a whole. We’d like to congratulate all of tonight’s winners and finalists for their success and we look forward to going again next year.”

Also commenting, fcbusiness Editor, Aaron Gourley said: “These awards celebrate the pinnacle of football business excellence. Each and every person who was nominated for and won an award has shown outstanding dedication to the game and worked to enhance their club’s business performance.

“I’d also like to congratulate all of our CEO of the Year award winners, for whom the awards are a symbol of their hard work and that of the people at their respective clubs throughout the year.”

The full list of winners are:

fcbusiness CEO of the Year sponsored by Reznor

Overall: Peter Moore, Liverpool FC

Premier League: Peter Moore, Liverpool FC

Championship: Mark Ashton, Bristol City FC

League One: Gary Sweet, Luton Town FC

League Two: Carolyn Radford, Mansfield Town FC

SPFL: Alan Burrows, Motherwell FC

Outstanding Contribution to Football: Dame Heather Rabbatts

Best Club Marketing Initiative: Norwich City Football Club

Best in Football Media: Liverpool Football Club

Best Use of Technology in Football (not club specific): Imagineear

Sponsorship/Partnership of the Year: English Football League & Mind

Best Football Community Scheme (non-Premier League): Sunderland AFC/Foundation of Light

Best Football Community Scheme (Premier League): Albion in the Community

Best Brand Activation Involving Football: Vanarama, Prostate Cancer UK and the National League

Best Professional Service Business Serving Football: KSS

Best Football Club Hospitality: Fulham Football Club

Agency of the Year: MATTA

Best Use of Technology in a Football Club: Chelsea Football Club

Football Business Innovation Award: StatsBomb

Best Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme: Everton in the Community

Best Non-Match Day Use of Venue: Tynecastle Park

Best Operations Team: Bristol City FC – Ashton Gate Stadium

Best Business Serving Football: St. George’s Park

Football Club Innovation Award: Manchester United Football Club

Image: Getty Images/Football Business Awards (l to r) Host Mark Chapman, fcbusiness editor Aaron Gourley, Liverpool CEO Peter Moore, Reznor MD Richard Leese.