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Had not reallised just how bad fiancially for the club it is.
Knew about the one less home game. -5000 paying spectators. ( Season ticket included )
The 3 home games are against lesser teams. -9000 paying spectators
14000 x £20 = £280K !
What price is a marquee signing ?'"
Finishing 8th gives you home games against 1st, 2nd and 5th ............. lesser teams ?
The one home game is likely to cost 3000 paying spectators, not 5000
And your calculation make no allowance for the fact that some of those "missing fans" will be kids/OAPs/students etc.
Now, those figures are purely gate receipts, NOT the amount that the club actually makes from the game. lets say we go with 5000 x £20 = £100k. Take out of that the cost of opening the stadium, the cost of staffing the game, Maybe the cost of policing the game (minimum £6000).
In a nutshell, finishing in the lower half of the top 8 will NOT cost £1/4m
