Arsenal top TV & prize money list

[deviant]

wow the Gunners gunned down Chelsea in MONEY
Earnings of Premier League clubs in 2005/06 (prize money and TV cash but not gate receipts or merchandise income).

Arsenal £52.7m*
Chelsea £47.5m
Liverpool £43.2m**
Man Utd £39.8m
Tottenham £26.2m
West Ham £24.4m**
Middlesbrough £24.3m
Newcastle £24.0m
Bolton £23.7m
Blackburn £23.6m
Wigan £22.9m
Everton £22.4m
Charlton £21.0m
Man City £20.6m
Fulham £20.3m
Aston Villa £19.6m
Birmingham £19.4m
Portsmouth £18.0m
West Brom £16.9m
Sunderland £16.1m

Arsenal's run to the Champions League final has seen them eclipse Chelsea's earnings for television income and prize money in the 2005-06 season.

The Gunners have made £52.7m so far while champions Chelsea took £47.5m.

Liverpool made £43.2m from television and prize money while their great rivals Manchester United got £39.9m.

Almost half Arsenal's income has come from the Champions League - victory over Barcelona in the final would bring in a further £2m.

Spurs, the highest-placed club not involved in the Champions League, earned £26.2m, less than half the sum their north London rivals pulled in.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...em/4759033.stm

[zaffo]

all to do with CL progression...they would have racked in shite loads with the teams they played against.

[Supa]

I wonder what the figures are if you include merchandising and ticket sales? Man U would probably be #1 and Liverpool #2? Or?

It's great to see that it's going very well financially.
Keep up the good work gunners!

[rockycool]

only extra 2m for winning the CL? i feel thats very little....

Originally Posted by Supa

I wonder what the figures are if you include merchandising and ticket sales? Man U would probably be #1 and Liverpool #2? Or?

Liverpool will still stay above United because they have played more matches than United.

[steve huge]

Originally Posted by saurabh

Liverpool will still stay above United because they have played more matches than United.

Are you sure about that? I was reading somewhere that Old Trafford, with its new extensions, brings in something like 2m quid more than Anfield does for every home game. We really need to be in a bigger stadium.......

Originally Posted by steve huge

Are you sure about that? I was reading somewhere that Old Trafford, with its new extensions, brings in something like 2m quid more than Anfield does for every home game. We really need to be in a bigger stadium.......

You are right but the gate receipts are shared by both teams which play. And Liverpool have played far too many games more than United. Not to mention the participation fee in World Club Champ. Mercahndise income for Liverpool will include the income from Champions League shirt+other merchandise sale which were released only this season. And we all know they were bestsellers. Also remember that we are still in the race to make more money by winning the FA Cup final, and United's AIG deal comes into force only next season.

This is the second season we have grossed more than 40m and last season the board took 10m off these earnings plus gate receipts and merch. income. to cover their costs. If the costs are similar, we have a 30m surplus which can be utilised for transfer business.