Indeed. That's before the new commercial deals are factored in as well. I've absolutely no doubt Barber was bought in to keep spending under control and it cost Brown his job.
I'll be Interested to see what our turnover, wage bill and loss is when the next set is published. That will be the...
For the first 2 points, Derby was just used as an example of an established Championship club. On this thread it's been asserted a few times by Mellotron and kevo that Poyet did not have a sizeable budget that year. He did. It was a vast improvement on the previous year and higher than most of...
We had the 8th highest wage bill that season. Only Cardiff and Leicester had higher without parachute payments added to the mix. We lost £15 million quid as well.
It was also a ceiling £10 million higher than Derby and a couple of million higher than Palace. It amazes me that this myth still...