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Football Clubs & Finance

Published by: Key Note Publications Ltd

Published: Jul. 1, 2009 - 134 Pages


Table of Contents


Executive Summary



1. Market Definition

REPORT COVERAGE

MARKET SECTORS

Size of Club

Type of Income

Ownership

MARKET TRENDS

European Football Continues to Grow in Popularity

Premier League Goes from Strength to Strength

`Big Four' Well Established

`Old Firm' Ever More Dominant

Income Sources Balance Out

Relegation Brings Threat of Financial Problems

Ownership Patterns Still Changing

ECONOMIC TRENDS

Population

Table 1.1: UK Resident Population Estimates by Sex (000), Mid-Years 2004-2008

Gross Domestic Product

Table 1.2: UK Gross Domestic Product at Current and Annual Chain-Linked Prices (£m), 2004-2008

Inflation

Table 1.3: UK Rate of Inflation (%), 2004-2008

Unemployment

Table 1.4: Actual Number of Unemployed Persons in the UK (million), 2004-2008

Household Disposable Income

Table 1.5: UK Household Disposable Income Per Capita (£), 2004-2008

MARKET POSITION

The UK

Overseas Position



2. Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

Table 2.1: Total Turnover of UK Football Clubs† by Value (£m), Seasons Ending May 2000-2008

Figure 2.1: Total Turnover of UK Football Clubs† by Value (£000), Seasons Ending May 2000-2008

BY MARKET SECTOR

By League Turnover

Table 2.2: Turnover of Main UK Football Clubs† by League by Value (£m and %), Seasons Ending May 2000-2008

Market Structure by Leagues

Table 2.3: Structure of Professional Football in the UK and Europe, 2009

The Premier Leagues, Promotion and Relegation

2008/2009 League and Cup Awards

Table 2.4: Final League Standings and Cup Winners, 2008/2009

By Type of Revenue

Table 2.5: Turnover of English Premier League by Type of Revenue (£m and %), Seasons Ending May 2000-2010

Match-Day Revenues

Table 2.6: Admissions to League Matches in England and Wales (million), Seasons Ending May 1949, 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999-2008

Table 2.7: Top UK Clubs by Average League Match Attendance (number), 2007/2008 and/or 2008/2009

Broadcasting Revenues

Sponsorship Revenues

Table 2.8: Sponsors of Premier League Clubs, 2008/2009 Season

Other Commercial Revenues



3. Industry Background

Recent History

Pre-1970

1970-1989

1990-Date

Number of Companies

Employment

Regional Variations in the Marketplace

Local Club Support

Working-Class Cities

Club Concentration

`Map of Success'

Rural Distances

OPPOSITION TO MERGERS

How Robust is the Market?

Legislation

Government Legislation

Governing Body Regulations

Football Organisations



4. Competitor Analysis

THE MARKETPLACE

Ownership Categories

MARKET LEADERS

Table 4.1: Largest UK Football Clubs by Turnover (£m), 2007-2008

Manchester Utd

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Chelsea

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Arsenal

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Liverpool

Club History

Company Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Tottenham Hotspur

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Newcastle Utd

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Manchester City

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

West Ham

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Everton FC

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Aston Villa

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Celtic

Club History

Company Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Rangers

Club History

Current Structure

Recent Developments

Financial Results

Other Clubs

OUTSIDE SUPPLIERS

Broadcasters

Replica Kit

MARKETING ACTIVITY



5. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS



6. Buying Behaviour

INTEREST IN FOOTBALL

Table 6.1: Interest in Football by Sex, Age, Social Grade and Region (% of adults), 2008

Table 6.2: Following Football in the Media by Sex, Age, Social Grade and Region (% adults), 2008

PREMIER LEAGUE FAN SURVEY



7. Current Issues

The 2008/2009 Season

The 2009 Close Season

Setanta GB in Administration



8. The Global Market

Overview

TOP EUROPEAN CLUBS

Table 8.1: Largest Football Clubs in Europe by Turnover and Average Home Admissions (_m and number), 2007/2008

EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS

THE GLOBAL PLAYER/MANAGER MARKET



9. Forecasts

Introduction

The Economy

Population

Table 9.1: Forecast UK Resident Population by Sex (000), Mid-Years 2009-2013

Gross Domestic Product

Table 9.2: Forecast UK Growth in Gross Domestic Product in Real Terms (%), 2009-2013

Inflation

Table 9.3: Forecast UK Rate of Inflation (%), 2009-2013

Unemployment

Table 9.4: Forecast Actual Number of Unemployed Persons in the UK (million), 2009-2013

FORECASTS 2009 to 2013

Table 9.5: Forecast Turnover of UK Football Clubs† (£m), Seasons Ending May 2009-2013

Market Growth

Figure 9.1: Total Turnover of UK Football Clubs† by Value (£m), Seasons Ending May 2004-2013

FUTURE TRENDS

Clubs in Administration

Vetting of Club Owners

Foreign Player Quotas and Transfer Windows

Dividing Up the `Pot'

Player Remuneration Issues

More Open Competition in Premiership



10. Company Profiles

Arsenal Holdings plC

Aston Villa FC Ltd

Celtic PLC

Chelsea FC plC

The Everton Football Club Company Ltd

The Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Ltd

Manchester city ltd

Manchester united ltd

Newcastle United football club ltd

tHE rANGERS fOOTBALL CLUB plc

Tottenham hotspur plc

West Ham Utd PLC



11. Glossary



12. Further Sources

Associations

Publications

General Sources

Government Publications

Other Sources

Key Note Sources

Abstract

Professional football is as popular now as ever before, both as a `live' spectacle at the stadium and on television. In the club season, which finished in May 2009, the UK's main professional and semi-professional employers of footballers are estimated to have generated revenues of £2.73bn, compared with £1.21bn at the start of the decade. Key Note forecasts that the market will rise to £3.5bn by 2013.

The strong growth rate has been driven by a variety of long-term improvements to the British club game, including stadium investment, foreign players and managers and attracting a more affluent and socially varied audience. However, the 2000 to 2009 period has brought two major boosts: broadcasters competing for the right to show Premier League matches, and investment from outside the UK.

Broadcasting rights now comprise half of all revenues in the Premier League, up from 31% in 2000.

Foreign investment was spearheaded, famously, by Roman Abramovich at Chelsea when he bought the club in 2003. Since then, historic clubs, including Manchester Utd, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Manchester City, have found foreign owners with the money to buy exciting new players. (For example, within days of buying Manchester City in 2008, its Abu Dhabi-based owners set a new UK transfer record, paying £32m to bring the Brazilian footballer Robinho to the club.)

This kind of investment may allow Manchester City and other foreign-owned English clubs to compete in the future with the `big four' — Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester Utd — which have been threatening to monopolise the club awards every year. This foursome provided three of the four semi-finalists in the 2008/2009 Champions League as they did for the two previous years. Three of the `big four' — Manchester Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal — have a turnover in excess of £200m a year, far more than is generated by even second-tier Premier clubs such as Everton or Aston Villa (under £100m each).

The successful club of the future, whatever its size, will be one which learns to maximise revenues from the unprecedented number of sources now available. In addition to the broadcasting rights, match-day revenues are generated not only from ticket admissions, but also from sales in the club's shops, bars and restaurants; punters invest here to make a `day out' of the live occasion. There is no shortage of sponsors for rights to adorn everything from shirts to stadia, and although supporters may object to the over-commercialisation, they are still prepared to pay for the newly designed strip each season, helping to advertise the club and its sponsors.



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