Marty___Mcfly
I see your wicked plan - I’m a junglist.
- Sep 14, 2011
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Guessing these have been posted already..
http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AttendanceStats/0,,10794,00.html
Looks good for the Albion- top average attendance and total admissions. Just wondering how the club are doing financially- 623,522 tickets sold, lets say as a ballpark figure average price paid per ticket £25, makes a ticketing income of £15.6 million approx.
In 2012/2013 the club reported a wage bill of £21 million for the same period and a turnover of £23.4 million.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/dat...p-club-accounts-profit-loss-and-the-wage-bill
Looks pretty healthy but the club still reported a £14.8 million loss that year.
I wonder how long the club will be happy to continue on like this before they decide to take a punt on paying more wages in an attempt to gain automatic promotion to the Prem? Just one season plus three years parachute payments could add £100 million to the coffers, and any additional spend on wages in the Prem would be entirely voluntary and at the discretion of the club.
Those in charge seem pretty happy bumbling around the top ten / play off spots for the foreseeable future. Changing managers every couple of years and not buying any players the managers want is really limiting any substantial progression at the moment. As a squad / team they are not much better off than they were 2011-2012, actually could be worse off depending who is signed between now and the 1st of September.
I know the club has moved forward massively over recent years but there is a huge issue with lack of ambition at the moment. I'm not sure how long the club will keep such high attendances unless they make move things forward on the pitch. At the moment it feels like the club are in stasis waiting for something to happen, and every year the prem clubs and those with access to parachute payments are moving further and further away financially. If the club does decide to push for promotion in 3-5 years time it could be a lot tougher then than it is now and has been for the last few seasons.
In the meantime I guess they can focus their efforts on the scheme to build a hotel at the Amex which whilst not improving things on the pitch, will provide a satisfying and distracting vanity project for those in charge..
http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AttendanceStats/0,,10794,00.html
Looks good for the Albion- top average attendance and total admissions. Just wondering how the club are doing financially- 623,522 tickets sold, lets say as a ballpark figure average price paid per ticket £25, makes a ticketing income of £15.6 million approx.
In 2012/2013 the club reported a wage bill of £21 million for the same period and a turnover of £23.4 million.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/dat...p-club-accounts-profit-loss-and-the-wage-bill
Looks pretty healthy but the club still reported a £14.8 million loss that year.
I wonder how long the club will be happy to continue on like this before they decide to take a punt on paying more wages in an attempt to gain automatic promotion to the Prem? Just one season plus three years parachute payments could add £100 million to the coffers, and any additional spend on wages in the Prem would be entirely voluntary and at the discretion of the club.
Those in charge seem pretty happy bumbling around the top ten / play off spots for the foreseeable future. Changing managers every couple of years and not buying any players the managers want is really limiting any substantial progression at the moment. As a squad / team they are not much better off than they were 2011-2012, actually could be worse off depending who is signed between now and the 1st of September.
I know the club has moved forward massively over recent years but there is a huge issue with lack of ambition at the moment. I'm not sure how long the club will keep such high attendances unless they make move things forward on the pitch. At the moment it feels like the club are in stasis waiting for something to happen, and every year the prem clubs and those with access to parachute payments are moving further and further away financially. If the club does decide to push for promotion in 3-5 years time it could be a lot tougher then than it is now and has been for the last few seasons.
In the meantime I guess they can focus their efforts on the scheme to build a hotel at the Amex which whilst not improving things on the pitch, will provide a satisfying and distracting vanity project for those in charge..