You don't have to know any of this stuff. But of the key license criteria, many are related to a club's financials. Turnover and solvency are the 2 most obvious but clearly these are partially linked to attendances and having a SL standard stadium. Many would be interested in where their club sits against the rest in these very important criteria. Wakefield for example have a better history in SL in terms of on the pitch performances than Cas, but Wakey lost £200k last year, and are struggling to finance a new stadium with poor attendances, so it's Cas, who made a profit last year and have new stadium plans more advanced than Wakefield, who look more likely to retain SL status. Nothing much between the 2 on the pitch, but it's the diverging picture off it that will shape their respective futures massively.

Jeez Mrs B,you are just who I need to figure my finances out.How are you fixed?

Leeds apart, there is only the most tenuous link between profitability and funding a new stadium. You might be better able to persuade someone else to fund it if you show you will be able to generate enough profit to be a reliable tenant, I suppose. Owning your own ground, to be sold to fund a new one, or having a well disposed local authority are the key elements.
The mundane, dreary details of the RL business have been made more prominent at the expense of RL as a sport by licensing. This realism is maybe sensible, and may even provide benefits, but being a fan is meant to be primarily about escapism and excitement, IMO.

Yup

So is it true you spent £12 to read the accounts of some of the SL clubs?

No, actually, £12 for this year's and £12 for last year's. Less than the difference between adult pass prices at the KC and Craven Park, so even with this expense, I'm still better off than a Rovers passholder and I have some lovely accounts to read.

Besides, if I didn't post this stuff, who would Chang and his buddies have to bleat about on the hidden board?

A hidden board ?

Please explain how any board on the internet can be hidden

If you mean a select board where supporters of that team can post without having the trolls / misfits / green eyed / chairman stalkers then yes please

It's hidden from me. I seemed to get banned/deleted, despite never having posted?



It was probably that...

What's the point though when all club accounts get revealed for free in the press (in good time) anyway?

Some clubs are a bit selective with what goes in the press and some newspapers print one-eyed and irrelevant comparators. Having the actual accounts mean you can judge for yourself.