always a fascinating read and analysis

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championship clubs debt at the end of the 2016 season

brighton 117m in debt
cardiff 112m
rovers 104m
hull 101
boro 99m

So on paper Leeds look to be a reasonably well run club - who would have thought that!

Some fascinating figures there....virtually all showing what an outstanding financial position we're in .

Thanks for posting that,Goalposts. A lot of interesting information there. I was surprised to see that we were Football League champions with only the tenth highest wage bill. That really is some achievement and a poke in the eye for some of the big spenders who finished below us.

Bloom himself has admitted Brighton have debts of £150 million hasn't he?
He said that was acceptable too.

I also heard Cardiffs was higher then Brightons, so some numbers are being moved around somewhere.

Still funny either way.

Brighton's debt should read £171m.

I think it probably depends which set of accounts are being used, as a lot will have group accounts, such as Brighton.

Looks like Brighton will go up so they should be ok

They won't be because they won't clear that debt anytime soon, just makes it easier to service.
Bloom will take a slice of the TV money, just like Davies was doing at Bolton.

On closer inspection there are some quite frightening figures on there, none moreso than Notts Forest. They have a wages to turnover ratio of 166% (£31m / £18m) and a debt of £71m. They are teetering on the brink of relegation to League One which would be a total disaster with those kind of figures.

A word of praise though for Preston. They clearly have a very tightly run ship and to say they are so close to the play-off places, they have done that with zero debt and a wages figure of £11m. Fair play to them.

Preston have been relying on Hemmings for a number of years now to keep them afloat.

Forest's debt was higher then that I thought I'd read somewhere else.

The Swiss Ramble doesn't get his figures wrong

"Preston have been relying on Hemmings for a number of years now to keep them afloat."


Any cash injection though must have been by way of 'a gift', as opposed to a loan, there's no indication in the accounts of any money owing. Very similar scenario to our figures in the '13/'14 promotion season with the difference being that we had a few million pounds outstanding in director loans which were only repaid following promotion.