thats us, Tottingham are 17th, why?

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

Answers

no mackems

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

Mackems aren't far behind us apparently....just outside the top 20...we've had no european competition for years doesn't help...

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

neither have they, nor will they

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

What's surprising is L'pool 19th

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

Does that mean we're no longer massive? And where is Charlton?

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

Just outside Greenwich...boom boom ;-)

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

old figures aren't they ?

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

yup.

1999-2000

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

Just shows how much we have stagnated while the herd caught us up. Only 3/4 of years ago we were around 4th or 5th highest in turnover.

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

Spurs are only higher because the Media have bought all their replica strips.

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

I thought we were the richest, as Sporting Life wrote, ..."These are United (1st), Chelsea (7th), Arsenal (11th), Leeds (13th), Rangers (15th), Tottenham (17th), Liverpool (19th)" followed by

"... and Newcastle (20th)", so which "United" are they on aboot?

Did they really have to add?:

"Even among the leading 20 clubs, the disparity between top and bottom is stark with a range between £117million for United in first place and £45.1million for Newcastle in 20th spot."

So "United" are top and we are "bottom"!

tw@ts :-(

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001

Here is the file:

Manchester United Tops World Football Rich List for Fourth Successive Year as Big Italian Clubs Move Up *Combined incomes for 20 richest clubs have soared to £1,376 million* *Broadcast income now main source of revenue* *14 English and Italian clubs in top 20*

London, 30 November, 2001—Manchester United has retained the top spot in the Deloitte & Touche/SportBusiness International Rich List for the 1999/2000 season—its fourth successive year at #1. Its turnover of £117 million is £13m above Real Madrid—the only other club generating over £100m.

Lucrative television deals were behind the strong Italian presence in this year's list. AC Milan moved to the highest Serie A position on the list (at #4) in the first year of its deal with broadcaster Telepiu. The FA Premier League, however, will stage a comeback when its television deals hit the accounts from 2001/02 onwards.

The fourth Deloitte & Touche Sport report, released jointly this year with SportBusiness Group in its December issue of Football Business International, identifies the 20 richest football clubs in the world and sees England's FA Premier League and Italy's Serie A dominate with seven clubs from each making the grade. The remaining places are filled by two German Bundesliga, two Spanish Primera Liga clubs, and one from each of Scotland's and France's top divisions. With eight clubs from the U.K. in the top 20, the popularity and financial strength of British football continues. Fiorentina and Olympique Marseille make debut appearances in the list at 14th and 16th, respectively, thanks to good runs in the Champions League.

For the first time, the Rich List also analyses the teams ranked 21- 40 in order to preview those clubs that may feature in future compilations. This shows that the highest ranked non-European club is Boca Juniors of Argentina in 31st place—with a turnover of £33.2 million. The list also includes a comparison with the U.S. NFL franchises—one of the few countries where football (or "soccer" as the U.S. calls it) does not dominate the sports scene.

Gerry Boon, partner in charge, Deloitte & Touche Sport, commented on this year's results: "The pace of football growth has been such that clubs have had to move fast to keep up. When we compiled the Top 20 list three years ago, those clubs had a combined income of £816m. This year that figure is 69 percent greater at £1,376 million. But while the minimum entry numbers have increased, the list of top moneymakers hasn't altered much—16 of this year's Rich List have made it each year we've drawn up the list."

The combined income of the 20 richest clubs broke the billion pound mark last year. This year's combined income rose 31 percent from last year. Even among the top 20 clubs the disparity between top and bottom is stark with a range of £117 million to £45.1 million.

"Stadium development continues to be a key factor in English clubs' football business supremacy, and these clubs' business models allow them to generate revenue from those assets on-, and off - season," said Gerry Boon. "England's stadia are far superior to European municipally-owned facilities and South America's crumbling venues. Germany and Portugal, however, are hosting major tournaments, which will spur stadium development."

Among the English clubs, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Newcastle United all slipped relatively in the ranking with only Leeds United climbing—from 17th to 13th place due to a turnover increase of 54 percent. Liverpool and Newcastle both dropped eight places to 19th and 20th, respectively.

Kevin Roberts, editorial director of SportBusiness Group added: "English clubs are the most commercially developed in terms of the breadth of income streams from television, gate, and commercial revenues. But the Rich List shows that the major European soccer brands will rise to the top. Bayern Munich and Juventus reportedly both plan to float in the near future—a move that should increase turnover if the money raised is invested wisely. Clubs all over Europe are also far more aware of the need to further develop commercially. The giants of the game have their sights on European leadership and global exposure and this is why the big clubs will always score over their smaller competitors in the long-run."

The richest Italian club—AC Milan—generated income of £89.7 million in the season ended 2000. Standing in fourth place, it leads Juventus, SS Lazio and AS Roma—as well as city rivals Internazionale— in an Italian dominated top 10. AS Roma entered the top 10 with a dramatic leap from 16th to 10th place, due to an 83 percent increase in turnover (from £39.4 million to £64.1 million).

The survey ranks clubs according to turnover, judging a club's richness to be reflected in its ability to generate income, regardless of how that revenue is then subsequently spent. Financial information from the season that ended in 2000 was used to rank the clubs.

Deloitte & Touche/SportBusiness International Rich List

Position Club Turnover (£m) 1 Manchester United 117.0 2 Real Madrid 103.7 3 Bayern Munich (Note 1) 91.6 4 AC Milan 89.7 5 Juventus 88.4 6 SS Lazio 79.4 7 Chelsea (Note 2) 76.7 8 Barcelona 75.2 9 Inter Milan 68.9 10 AS Roma 64.1 11 Arsenal 61.3 12 Borussia Dortmund 59.5 13 Leeds United 57.1 14 Fiorentina 54.2 15 Glasgow Rangers 51.7 16 Olympique Marseille 49.9 17 Tottenham Hotspur 48.0 18 Parma 47.5 19 Liverpool 46.4 20 Newcastle United 45.1

Source: Deloitte & Touche Sport

Note 1: Income includes transfer fees received, which could not be separately identified.

Note 2: Chelsea's turnover is adjusted to exclude their travel agency and property sales / leasing figures. These are about 40 percent of the size of the remaining football and ancillary income, in our view a disproportionately large figure, which would distort the comparison with other clubs. Chelsea's turnover—including the travel company but excluding property sales and leasing—is £104.8m, which would just place it in second position.

Bubbling under:

21 Bordeaux 41.9 22 Celtic 38.6 23 Sunderland 37.3 24 Aston Villa 35.8 25 West Ham United 35.7

Source: Deloitte & Touche Sport

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-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001