In case you missed Barney Ronay's insightful article about football club ownership using Charlton and Villa as examples which was published in The Guardian last Saturday:

Aston Villa and Charlton: two clubs contorted by a new style of disastrous ownership

Charlton and Villa fans have seen their clubs suffer the consequences of owners who are bad in new and innovative ways; bad in a way that frankly makes no real sense for anyone.

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/apr/22/aston-villa-charlton-athletic-owners-relegated