Deloitte Football Money League 2015

[lovejoy]

We have more revenue than Roma, think about that for a second. How do we manage to waste so much of it?

[Salsa Party Animal]

Then if we had someone with football knowledge, business knowledge and a bit of vision we could be up there with the likes of Spurs, Newcastle, Everton. A great manager in Wenger mould could make us biggest club outside Man City/Man Utd/Chelsea) Imagine what could we do if we have champions league money behind us. We waste too much money because we pay too much money for crap players or players wages.

[AVH87]

We just miss out on the top 20 (see page 4), but the fact we generate over £100 million despite years of battling relegation shows the massive potential this club has, with the right owner we would be matching, if not ahead of Everton and Newcastle's revenue whose is only a fraction higher than ours despite completely contrasting fortunes on the pitch in recent years.

Have our fortunes been that contrasting with Newcastle's? When those tables of all the horrendous records Lambert has were posted a couple of weeks back, the only other manager with a similarly dreadful record across the board was Pardew.

Looking at Newcastle's recent league finishes (5th, 16th and 10th), probably 'completely contrasting' was a bit strong, although it's still a damn site better than 16th, 15th, 15th.

[itbrvilla]

Its all those shirt sales in Dublin Link

[aj2k77]

PSG and Man City's commercial revenues look suspicious don't they. PSG's especially 240m euro's or something, hmm yeah ok, blag deals with the owners companies rule.

[Dr Butler]

Its all those shirt sales in Dublin Link

High Wycombe and Southend on Sea

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[Percy McCarthy]

Its all those shirt sales in Dublin Link

Obviously those are only sales from Soorts Direct shops and including the club shops and other outlets, our Brum sales would be highest, but that's a jolly good show by the Irish Villains.

[eamonn]

fishnaldo • 5 hours ago

Drop by Murray's on O'Connell St when there's a Villa match on and you'll see quite a few in claret and blue.
 
Macca • an hour ago

"Humble" Aston Villa? Oh do f#!k off! When you consider how many great Irish players have played for Villa and their long, long history and standing in the game it's not much of a surprise that they have a decent Irish following...despite Randy Lerner's madness of the past four years.

One thing we can be sure of is that Irish Villa fans tend not to be the plastic gloryhunting type of "fan" that will buy the shirt of whoever is currently on TV or winning/buying trophies. Why do I think the guy who wrote this piece falls into that category? Indeed, If a survey like this had been run ten or twenty years ago the likes of Man City and Chelsea wouldn't even be talked about.

[olaftab]

Any idea where POTM's are in this League?

[Ads]

On the occassions I have been to Dublin I have always seen a good number of folk wearing Villa shirts. Its also a good point you raise. 20 years ago you would have seen a good number of Villa fans in Dublin, just like today you still see the same and I bet 20 years down the line you'll have plenty of Villa fans too.

In the meantime, you will get the likes of Man City and Chelsea or whoevers next coming and going.