Ever wondered how much your favourite club
is making in ticket sales from home games?
Once or twice you must have checked the
Forbes list of the top richest football clubs,
then boast gleefully, Man United, Real Madrid
or Barcelona are the top richest clubs due to
their large stadium capacity.
According to the statista.com the average
match attendance of English football Premier
League in the 2017/2018 season shows that
Manchester united top the chart with 75,102,
followed be Tottenham Hotspur due to them
using Wembley stadium last season with
average attendance of 70, 642. In the tenth
position is Leicester city with 31, 631
attendance, while according to
premierleague.com the average cost of a
football match ticket in EPL is £ 31, with
Arsenal fc having the highest ticket of £ 97 and
lowest ticket of £ 27, followed by Tottenham
Hotspur with the costlier ticket being 95pounds
and the lowest £30, and on the bottom of the
ladder is Wolves with the highest ticket costing
£ 40 and the lowest £22 per ticket, on position
number nineteen is Cardiff with the highest
ticket costing £ 42 and the lowest costing £ 25.
The table below shows the average attendance
recorded by top ten clubs in the premier league
last season multiply by the average ticket
prices of each club.
Name of the Club Avg, Attendance per year Highest ticket prices Lowest prices Average ticket prices TOTAL
Man. United 75102 53 31 42 £ 3,154,284.00
Tottenham 70642 95 30 62.5 £ 4,415,125.00
Arsenal Fc 59323 97 27 62 £ 3,678,026.00
West Ham Utd 56896 80 25 52.5 £ 2,987,040.00
Man. City 54054 58 30 44 £ 2,378,376.00
Liverpool 52958 59 9 34 £ 1,800,572.00
Newcastle 52297 50 27 38.5 £ 2,013,434.50
Chelsea 41281 87 30 58.5 £ 2,414,938.50
Everton 39043 49 38 43.5 £ 1,698,370.50
Leicester 31631 50 26 38 £ 1,201,978.00
From the table, it shows that the team with
highest revenue is Tottenham Hotspur, with
just a sum of 4.4million pounds, followed by
Arsenal with £ 3.67million, those at the bottom
of the table includes Liverpool with
£ 1.8million, Everton with £1.6m and former
Premier league champions coming last in the
top ten with £1.2million.
This shows that while bigger stadium and high
ticket prices equals more revenue, it is still a
paltry sum compare to how much each clubs
are making each year, the lofty revenue
generating from TV deals, Shirt and Stadium
sponsor, Player transfers, merchandise and
many more, are still the biggest determinant
factors in making more money for the club. In
fact according to an article on Forbes website,
Manchester United derive 20% of their income
from matchday revenue – a summation of not
just the match day ticket prices but also
includes hospitality and food/beverage – while
around twice that comes from TV deals and yet
more from commercial deals. Interestingly,
Bournemouth, the worst attended club with
just over 11,000 attendances, get less than 4%
of their income from matchday revenue.
So as a fan, before you boast of bigger stadium
means more revenue for your favourite club,
consider a lot of things.

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