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Title: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: PaulTheVillan on May 19, 2011, 10:49:32 AM
Link (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/may/19/football-club-accounts-debt?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Ffootball%2Frss+%28Football%29#data)
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: dave.woodhall on May 19, 2011, 10:55:11 AM
Stoke's turnover is bigger than Newcastle and more than twice Albion's?
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Dave Javu on May 19, 2011, 10:59:26 AM
That would be Newcastle's figures for last year when they were in the Championship, I assume.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Chris Smith on May 19, 2011, 11:01:30 AM
Stoke's turnover is bigger than Newcastle and more than twice Albion's?

Newcastle and Albion were in the Championship.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: dave.woodhall on May 19, 2011, 11:03:35 AM
Stoke's turnover is bigger than Newcastle and more than twice Albion's?

Newcastle and Albion were in the Championship.

So they were. And hopefully will be again soon.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Concrete John on May 19, 2011, 11:27:27 AM
They've made a mistake with Arsenal's turnover - it should only be £210m.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Whiney MacWhineface on May 19, 2011, 11:29:37 AM
They've made a mistake with Arsenal's turnover - it should only be £210m.
I think that's because they've included the property stuff in there.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Greg N'Ash on May 19, 2011, 11:32:37 AM
I love these figures if only because they show how stupid Platini's proposed criteria is for qualifiying for the CL. The likes of us, citeh and chelsea who only owe debt to their owners would be chucked out if we qualify and yet the mancs paying 107m in interest a year to various bank and hedge funds would be welcomed with open arms. work that one out.......
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: TimTheVillain on May 19, 2011, 11:43:50 AM
West Bromwich Albion Holdings Ltd t/o £47 mill in the 08/09 year.

Those figures are a bit correct, not 100% mind !

Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Concrete John on May 19, 2011, 11:44:44 AM
I love these figures if only because they show how stupid Platini's proposed criteria is for qualifiying for the CL. The likes of us, citeh and chelsea who only owe debt to their owners would be chucked out if we qualify and yet the mancs paying 107m in interest a year to various bank and hedge funds would be welcomed with open arms. work that one out.......

Has that actually been clarified and/or stated?  As far as I'm aware the criteria is the debt/interest as a proportion of turnover and not who it is owed to.  So ours is 121% and Man Utd's is 206%, so they would be more likely to fall foul of the rules?
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Greg N'Ash on May 19, 2011, 11:58:54 AM
As far as i can understand it. those Manu interest payments aren't included in their criteria. The club posts profits and that debt is mysteriously shuffled up to the holding company Glory Hunters Plc. We on the other hand don't post profits and although we have no chance of us going under as basically Lerner owns the club lock,stock and barrel so owes the debt to himself, we don't fit their criteria. As do any other club with a rich owner
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Mister E on May 19, 2011, 12:44:20 PM
Sums up nicely why the schism between MON and RL developed. We haven't really maximised the £80m investment in wages, have we?!
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: darren woolley on May 19, 2011, 01:15:08 PM
We make 24 million from gate and match day income that is pretty good.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Ads on May 19, 2011, 01:25:09 PM
You'd expect that to increase next year with better attendances with (hopefully) better football/results.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Concrete John on May 19, 2011, 01:28:53 PM
Sums up nicely why the schism between MON and RL developed. We haven't really maximised the £80m investment in wages, have we?!

Haven't we?  Our actual wagebill is £80m, which based on those figures from last season is the 6th highest.  And where did we finish?  Yep, 6th.

Spurs spent less and finsihed higher, but Liverpool spent more and finished lower.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Mister E on May 19, 2011, 01:49:10 PM
Sums up nicely why the schism between MON and RL developed. We haven't really maximised the £80m investment in wages, have we?!

Haven't we?  Our actual wagebill is £80m, which based on those figures from last season is the 6th highest.  And where did we finish?  Yep, 6th.

Spurs spent less and finsihed higher, but Liverpool spent more and finished lower.
Agreed that in the context of last year's performance they are not disastrous.
In the context of revenue, the epxenditure is unsustainable; hence my point about MON and RL.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: Concrete John on May 19, 2011, 02:09:16 PM
Agreed that in the context of last year's performance they are not disastrous.
In the context of revenue, the epxenditure is unsustainable; hence my point about MON and RL.

I'd agree it was unsustainable and needs to be addressed, but in terms of the league position the spend was not out of sync, just the revenue funding it that was.
Title: Re: The Guardian: How in debt are they?
Post by: JJ-AV on May 19, 2011, 04:11:21 PM
Like most big clubs, we're big enough to sustain our debt.
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