malg
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..if no one turned up to any of their games.
Not seen this on here before. So, were superfluous!
Not seen this on here before. So, were superfluous!
Just been on the BBC World Service. Surprisingly I've just heard their fuller report and it appears we may not be one of them, or the Rags!Is there an article to be linked?
None of the Premier League's top five money makers - Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea - would have made a profit without matchday incomes being included.
"Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool have each expanded their ground capacity in recent years, and because they do not have benevolent owners in the same vein as Chelsea and Manchester City, matchday income is essential as a means of providing funding for investment in the playing squad in terms of both wages and transfer fees," Maguire said.
I'd imagine every PL club could make a profit without match day income if they wanted to.
Only because City had 13 months expenditure included and therefore only recorded a very small profit.City were NOT one of them. The article goes on to cite City as one of the teams that would have been UNPROFITABLE without gate receipts, so you were NOT superfluous...or at least your ticket revenue wasn’t!!!
From the BBC:
Another interesting graphic was the fact that United had £581M in turnover, which was compared to 23 Championship teams at £692M (Barnsley did not report).
Just goes to show the gulf between the two leagues and why promotion (and relegation to a slightly lesser extent due to parachute payments) is so vital to teams attempting to grow and fund their future.
£1M IIRC, but I didn’t provide any analysis, just what the BBC provided from the report.Only because City had 13 months expenditure included and therefore only recorded a very small profit.