Another Premier League season is over. Sigh. To fill the football void between now and the Champions League final (and then the World Cup!), Peter has decided to give us a Premier League review with a company credit report spin.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this special football/credit report. We’ll be running through a selection of unnamed teams assessing how the last year has gone for them and the effect on their (pretend!) credit scores. You then need to guess what team I’m talking about! Let’s get started…

What team is this?

1. This team’s season started with a bang as a new manager got points on the board when the new accounts were filed. Unfortunately this turned out to be a red herring as the accounts turned up high levels of debt accrued by irresponsible American investors and the manager was left with egg on his face – which would eventually lead to his dismissal. Continue reading →