Football's Magic Money Tree

[Chester Perry]

There is a lot to like about Grimsby Town co-owner Jason Stockwood, though I do not always agree with him. In this months column for the Guardian he makes a lot of strong points about the path being taken by the ownership team at Birmingham City. The criticisms could be stronger, but there is much about football in this country that will remain an anathema to American owners, even as they exploit it for their own gain - I have yest to see one that is truly a custodian, in the traditional English sense, of the club that they own

Birmingham owner’s vision could transform city but football clubs are not just balance sheets
Knighthead’s ambitions are big but it will be telling to see how a profit-driven approach collides with an independent regulator
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... nce-sheets
https://archive.ph/KO0vM

[Chester Perry]

This has been a popular cross-topic of discussion over the last 18 months, but what are the numbers

from The Athletic

Premier League clubs, PSR and £1.9bn in academy sales since 2020: How much has each club made?
https://archive.ph/NaaFf

[Chester Perry]

It is kind of nice to know that some American owners really do know how to boost commercial income. If we look at our own club, the best Velocity have achieved is just over £14m which scrapes in as the 3rd best in the clubs history (thanks to Covid repayments in 2019/2020 or it would have been 4th, the suggestion is that year will be much better. It is likely that Wrexham will (at least) double what we do.

For the sake of fairness, Wrexham will also likely outperform (at least) half the Premier League) in commercial revenues, we will be in the relegation zone with Brentford

from The Financial Times

Wrexham commercial revenue set to rival Premier League clubs’
Distribution deals after Disney documentary mean Welsh football team’s shirts will be sold in US retail chains
https://archive.ph/JjAoB

[Chester Perry]

It can be all well and good for people (yes I include myself) to criticise how are clubs are run - but could we run the boardroom of a Premier League club? - I know I could not/ should not

Anyhoo the Financial Times have a new game where you can test yourself

https://ig.ft.com/football-game/

[Chester Perry]

I am far from sure that this premise is true - Betting sponsors can go on the sleeve and it is quite likely that the income from sleeve sponsorship is going to grow significantly, as will training kit sponsorship and perimeter advertising rates I suspect - there may still be a deficit (which will be disproportionate for the smaller clubs) but I would not be surprised if it is less than half the sum being mentioned

from The Athletic

Premier League clubs face £100m black hole left by betting sponsors – who will fill it?
https://archive.ph/CkiEc