How much did BHA make from yesterdays game?

BarnhamBlue · Jan 5, 2014

With FFP high on the radar and ignoring the £67k prize money, how much money did we make yesterday bearing in mind the cheap tickets.

Crowd 20k x £10 average per ticket = £200k gate receipts before expenses. This needs to be split three ways (BHA / Reading / FA). Not sure how the catering or sponsorship works for additional cup games, we will be lucky to clear 100k profit?? Anyone in the know?

Jimmy Grimble · Jan 5, 2014

There was a lot of activity in the club shop for a good hour after the game, lots of families in there - hopefully we picked up a few new fans!

dougdeep · Jan 5, 2014

A loss. A fair size one I should think.

drew · Jan 5, 2014

Each club get 45% and the fa get 10%, after expenses.

Notters · Jan 5, 2014

dougdeep said:
A loss. A fair size one I should think.

Very much this.

Arkwright · Jan 5, 2014

dougdeep said:
A loss. A fair size one I should think.

If it is a lose is this split between the Albion, Reading and The FA.

Goldstone Rapper · Jan 5, 2014

At £15 per ticket, roughly what kind of crowd is needed to break even? 35,000?

Tory Boy · Jan 5, 2014

I think the club would have done well out of pies and pints etc.

They don't share that revenue.

TB

downham seagull · Jan 5, 2014

dougdeep said:
A loss. A fair size one I should think.

20,000 punters buying food, drink, merchandise programmes, car parking, hospitality plus the prize money, every extra home game is crucial to the balance sheet as earnings will be based on the gaurenteed 23 home games and pre season so this is a bonus. You haven't got a clue unless you know differently.

Freddie Goodwin. · Jan 5, 2014

Don't doubt there'd be a matchday loss but a lot of new visitors, a lot of kids, so hopefully it'll prove a good investment for the future.

banjo · Jan 5, 2014

http://www.thefa.com/thefacup/more/prize-fund

Prize money list.

Creaky · Jan 5, 2014

Freddie Goodwin. said:
Don't doubt there'd be a matchday loss but a lot of new visitors, a lot of kids, so hopefully it'll prove a good investment for the future.

Why would there be a loss? - the only costs would be stadium expenses - no travel subsidy - no additional player's wages - no additional admin wage costs.

imbrightontillidie · Jan 5, 2014

£67,500 prize money

GingerBeerMan · Jan 5, 2014

downham seagull said:
20,000 punters buying food, drink, merchandise programmes, car parking, hospitality plus the prize money, every extra home game is crucial to the balance sheet as earnings will be based on the gaurenteed 23 home games and pre season so this is a bonus. You haven't got a clue unless you know differently.

It appears you don't have a clue either, so dougdeep is as entitled to his opinion as you are yours. A loss isn't unfeasible but the prize money probably means we at least break even. All the stuff you mentioned doesn't bring in as much money as you'd imagine, we have to pay for use of the car parks, and food+drink is on a contract where we probably only make a small % of profit, and programmes probably fetch about £7,000 max per game, about half of a weekly wage.

The Large One · Jan 5, 2014

The club didn't have a whacking great big travel bill for this game.

Creaky · Jan 5, 2014

GingerBeerMan said:
It appears you don't have a clue either, so dougdeep is as entitled to his opinion as you are yours. A loss isn't unfeasible but the prize money probably means we at least break even. All the stuff you mentioned doesn't bring in as much money as you'd imagine, we have to pay for use of the car parks, and food+drink is on a contract where we probably only make a small % of profit, and programmes probably fetch about £7,000 max per game, about half of a weekly wage.

But the "weekly wage" has already been paid.

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 5, 2014

dougdeep said:
A loss. A fair size one I should think.

Why do you think this?

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 5, 2014

Creaky said:
But the "weekly wage" has already been paid.

This. I imagine the only extra wages will be for match day staff and they're no doubt minimum wage.

Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo! · Jan 5, 2014

BarnhamBlue said:
With FFP high on the radar and ignoring the £67k prize money, how much money did we make yesterday bearing in mind the cheap tickets.

Crowd 20k x £10 average per ticket = £200k gate receipts before expenses. This needs to be split three ways (BHA / Reading / FA). Not sure how the catering or sponsorship works for additional cup games, we will be lucky to clear 100k profit?? Anyone in the know?

Less 20% VAT = £166k
Less Reading's travel & accommodation costs
Less match officials fees and expenses
Less chargeable match specific stadium costs (eg stewards, turnstile operators, floodlighting etc.............)
45% of what's left to Reading and 10% to the FA prize money pool
Then there might match specific bonuses payable to the players and management team

amexee · Jan 5, 2014

I too, cannot see how they could make a loss. If gate money was £200,000, then the operating costs, i.e stewarding would have to cost more than that. plus the income from car parks, catering and the shop.

I know there are probably double the number of stewards needed, but can they possible cost that much!

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