[article] Football Club Rich List

mike65

from BBC full article here

1 (1) Man Utd £171.5m
2 (4) Real Madrid £156.3m
3 (3) AC Milan £147.2m
4 (10) Chelsea £143.7m
5 (2) Juventus £142.4m
6 (7) Arsenal £115m
7 (13) Barcelona £110.1m
8 (6) Inter Milan £110.3m
9 (5) Bayern Munich £110.1m
10 (8) Liverpool £92.3m
11 (10) Newcastle £90.5m
12 (11) Roma £72m
13 (18) Celtic £69m
14 (16) Tottenham £66.3m
15 (15) Lazio £65.8m
16 (-) Man City £61.9m
17 (14) Schalke £60.5m
18 (-) Marseille £58.3m
19 (-) Rangers £57.1m
20 (-) Aston Villa £55.9m

Manchester United remain the world's richest club in terms of income - but Chelsea are closing the gap, according to a new report.

In 2003/04 Man Utd's income was £172m, and Chelsea, who moved from 10th to fourth spot in the list, made £144m.

But the Deloitte report concluded: "Chelsea will not think that future overall leadership is beyond them."

The report also shows the world top 20 football clubs are set to break the £2bn ($3.8bn) income mark in 2005.

Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal, Celtic, Newcastle, Rangers, Manchester City and Aston Villa were the other British clubs in the top 20.

Mike.

smemon

i thought chelsea made record losses like 150m or something last year??

how is that list calculated?

Jivin Turkey

Its incomes not profits.

Chelsea's wages would be incomparable to many other clubs.

PHB

Profit wise, Man Utd are leagues ahead of CHelsea, but income wise, its fairly similar, especially considering Uniteds poor form in Europe, and also their lack of outgoing transfer sales.

Also, this list was released about 4 months ago, just a rehashed news story

Guy:Incognito

PHB wrote:

Profit wise, Man Utd are leagues ahead of CHelsea, but income wise, its fairly similar, especially considering Uniteds poor form in Europe, and also their lack of outgoing transfer sales.

Also, this list was released about 4 months ago, just a rehashed news story

Considering Chelsea made £150m loss, everyone is leagues ahead of Chelsea profit wise. All a club has to do is turn £1 profit to be miles ahead of chelsea.:D

Rikand

i wonder who were 9th last year, that they didnt make the list this year! <ponders>

Rikand

Ummm, guys ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4716174.stm

The up to date one...the original posters list was 2003-2004

the link i have above is 2004-2005, check the dates

1(2) Real Madrid £186.2m
2(1) Man Utd £166.4m
3(3) AC Milan £158m
4(5) Juventus £154.9m
5(4) Chelsea £149.1m
6(7) Barcelona £140.4m
7(9) Bayern Munich £128m
8(10) Liverpool £122.4m
9(8) Inter Milan £119.7m
10(6) Arsenal £115.7m
11(12) Roma £89m
12(11) Newcastle £87.1m
13(14) Spurs £70.6m
14(17) Schalke £65.8m
15(-) Lyon £62.7m
16(13) Celtic £62.6m
17(16) Man City £60.9m
18(-) Everton £60m
19(-) Valencia £57.2m
20(15) Lazio £56.1m
Source: Deloitte (Previous season's positions in brackets)

MrJoeSoap

Yeah I was wondering about that...

Hobart

Is the rise in income for Liverpool down to their success in the CL last season? Thats some rise in income on the previous year.

emc2

Was thinking there was an F*ck up somewhere as sky have been talking about real being back at the top all morning.

iregk

Hobart wrote:

Is the rise in income for Liverpool down to their success in the CL last season? Thats some rise in income on the previous year.

Yes it is, a good CL run, particularly if you win it is worth anywhere from 30 - 40mill...

Third_Echelon

Nice to see Everton in the top 20. They have really got their finger out in their marketing dept last year and it is paying off....

CorkMan

I'm glad Real are top, more money for transfers

mike65

Rickylovesuall wrote:

Ummm, guys ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4716174.stm

The up to date one...the original posters list was 2003-2004

the link i have above is 2004-2005, check the dates

erm.....:o Sorry, I heard the story on radio last night and did a quick google saw the bbc story but misread the date. Ahem.

Mike.