re: EPL clubs as a whole turn record profit

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That merchandise tho.

Shirts and scarves, club TV channel subscriptions, preseason tours, etc.

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Asians still got us beat

hell you had 95k people in Australia for Liverpool playing some A-League team i think.



we are getting their but still have a long way to go

what the heck, singapore

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A cartel restricting the free market with the expressed aim of artificially suppressing wages is morally reprehensible, even when the workers in question are footballers rather than factory workers.

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The same is true of most American sports as well.

While I agree that FFP basically cements the large clubs, it is the culmination of movements like G-14, which basically involved the biggest clubs in Europe.

Europe's precarious financial position basically forces the hand of FFP, in my estimation, as it is similar to imposed austerity efforts through the Eurozone. While in principle FFP is a bad idea, the reality on the ground for most clubs is much different. Looking at the trials of Parma, Portsmouth, and Leeds, among others, shows you that clubs have only been recently understood as business entities. At the same time, the relatively recent arrivals of clubs like Arsenal and Lyon shows you that pragmatism can move clubs into the upper echelons of the sport. FFP isn't the final answer in my opinion, but it is a step in the right direction.

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Holy shite I didn't realize Asia had that type of marketing pull. At least compared to the US. Those graphs are startling.

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On a recent Top Gear special they were driving through some very remote part of Burma and low and behold right there on the side of the dirt road in front of what I guess was a bar was an ad for Chelsea

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Spurs made 65.3 million in profit

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Premier League clubs have agreed to share at least £1bn of their record UK TV rights deal with lower league sides and grassroots football.
The money will include parachute payments to relegated clubs and a living wage for all full-time staff.
The Premier League sold the live TV rights for £5.136bn to Sky and BT for three years from 2016.
Donations have risen 40% from £700m after TV rights money increased by 70% from £3bn.
The £1bn figure, agreed at a meeting of Premier League clubs on Thursday, is dependent on a regulatory challenge from Ofcom and income from international TV rights sales.
In addition to providing parachute payments to relegated teams, the Premier League's member clubs agreed to invest in five key areas:
Grassroots facilities
Participation
Fan engagement and match day experience
Solidarity with lower leagues
Supporting disadvantaged groups
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said: "These are unprecedented levels of redistribution in world sport, let alone football, which will deliver long-term progress for English football whether you are a fan, lower-league club or involved in the grassroots."
All full-time staff at Premier League clubs will be paid the living wage - based on the amount an individual needs to earn to cover the basic costs of living - by the start of the 2016-17 season.
The living wage is currently set at £9.15 an hour in London and £7.85 an hour in the rest of the UK.

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been public for a while

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Manchester City believe they will comply with Uefa’s financial fair play break-even rules this season after announcing they reduced their annual loss to £23m in 2013-14. In the season during which the club won the Premier League and Capital One Cup trophies, City made income of £347m, a £76m increase on 2012-13, by far a record for the club.

The annual accounts show Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi, who bought City in 2008, has invested £1.15bn over six years, more than that invested by Roman Abramovich in Chelsea and therefore the most by any owner in English football history. That includes £160m invested during 2013-14 to build the huge academy complex due to open on Monday across the road from the Etihad Stadium. The project has included a contribution of around £20m towards community facilities including a school and leisure centre next to the academy.

Ferran Soriano, City’s chief executive, said the £23m loss, which includes the £16m reduction in Champions League payments from Uefa because of City breaching FFP rules over the 2012 and 2013 accounting years, reflected “a new level of financial sustainability”. Soriano said City were expecting to make a profit in this financial year and to enter next season with “no outstanding sanctions or restrictions”.

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The football club predicts that profits and revenues will fall in 2015 after failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years.
The prediction comes as it reports a plunge in profits, despite record revenues for 2014.
Net income fell 84% for the year to 30 June to £23.8m, down from £146m a year ago.
Manchester United said that was due in part to last year's profit being boosted by a one-off tax credit, without which it would have made a loss.
The club, majority-owned by the American Glazer family, said revenue increased 19% to £433.2m in the 2013-14 financial year, thanks to improved TV and sponsorship deals.
However, that is now predicted to fall to between £385m and £395m.
Similarly, underlying profits were £130.1m for the year to 30 June and that is now forecast to fall to between £90m and £95m.

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Chelsea FC plc today announced a profit of £18.4 million and a record turnover of £319.8 million for the year ended 30 June 2014. This is the second profit in three years and the largest since Roman Abramovich became owner of the club in 2003.

These results ensure UEFA’s break-even criteria under the Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations continue to be satisfied.

The £18.4 million profit follows the £1.4 million generated two years ago. Strong revenue increases as well as a significant surplus on player sales during the 12-month period contributed.

The turnover figure – up from £255.8m - increased for a fifth consecutive year, demonstrating business growth continues in seasons without trophy success as well as in years when silverware is won. The new FAPL broadcasting deal contributed significantly as did commercial income. In the past year we have signed new partnerships with Rotary, Hackett, Coral, William Lawson’s, Indosat and Guangzhou R&F Football Club.

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Liverpool Football Club has reported a profit for the first time in seven years, largely as a result of a rise in revenue from the Premier League.
The club reported a pre-tax profit of £0.9m in the year to 31 May 2014, compared with losses of £49.8m a year earlier.
Revenues were 19% higher at £255.6m, the club added.
Highlighting the importance of TV broadcast revenue, Liverpool said media revenues increased 46% to £100.9m.
That compared with a 5% increase in commercial revenue to £103.8m, as the club agreed seven new sponsorship deals.
It said several more had been agreed in the new financial year.
The club also reported a £12.2m rise in net debt to £57.3m.
But it added overall debt had decreased from £237m since 2010 when Fenway Sports Group, the US investment company run by John W Henry, took control of the club.
Liverpool has also now moved back up to ninth place in Deloitte's Football Money League, having dropped to 12th place the previous year.

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Newcastle United has announced record profits of £18.7m for the year ending June 2014.

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These are the moments you live for as a fan. Open bus parade celebration is on Sunday after we lose the derby.

Also costs went up by 28 million pounds, but no new players were bought?