Mark Middling is an Assistant Professor at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. Mark researches the governance, accountability, and business of football clubs. He has published multiple articles, and guest edited a number of journal Special Issues in this area. Through his efforts with campaign groups, Mark's work has been quoted in the UK Parliament, and he often provides expert commentary in printed media and on TV and radio news. Mark is the Chief Finance Officer for Blyth Spartans AFC, a non-league club based in Northumberland, UK. Mark's teaching interests focus on management accounting and accounting for non-specialists. Mark spent ten years as a qualified CIMA Management Accountant and Financial Controller in the industry before joining Northumbria University in 2015.

Daniel Plumley is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Finance in the School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences at Loughborough University, UK. He is an established academic leader with a strong external presence in both the sport business sector and media. He has over 15 years' experience teaching and researching in the field of applied sport finance and regularly consults with the industry on sport finance matters. He often presents at major international sport management conferences, is an active researcher, delivering funded projects for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and a recognised commentator in the global media on sport finance. He is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and an independent non-executive director (INED) with the English Football League (EFL) in the Community.