This study investigates the impact of top-division football teams and the key events related to these organizations on the employment in the accommodation and food services sector across local authorities in the United Kingdom. Using panel data from 2015 to 2022, a fixed effects regression model was applied to measure within local authority variation and account for unobserved heterogeneity. Key variables included the presence of Premier League and Scottish Premiership teams, football related key events and several economic control variables including the size of local industries and employment shares across major sectors. The findings reveal that the mere presence of a top-division football team does not have a statistically significant effect on employment in the accommodation and food services sector, aligning with previous research that questions the economic impact of sports teams on employment at the local level. However, football-related key events were weakly associated with positive changes in employment, suggesting that there can be temporary economic boosts during notable events related to football clubs. These results indicate that while sports teams may enrich the cultural and social environment of their local communities, their economic benefits in terms of employment in the accommodation and food services sector are limited.