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West Ham makes profit without fans

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Half of Premier League clubs could have played in empty stadiums and still made a pre-tax profit in the first season of the current broadcast deal, BBC research has found.

In 2016-17, during which clubs benefited from a record £8.3bn in global TV revenue, matchday income contributed less than 20p in every £1 earned by 18 top-flight outfits. The number of clubs that would have recorded pre-tax profits even if matchday income was taken away rose from two in 2015-16 to 10 in 2016-17.

Dr Rob Wilson, a sport finance specialist at Sheffield Hallam University, told the BBC that the previous £3.018bn broadcast deal struck in 2012 signalled a permanent change to top-flight football as a business in England.

West Ham would still have made a £14.87m profit without match going supporters being present in the London Stadium.

The full article can be read at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44850888

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  • West Ham Fan No 32 says:

    Its an interesting article would like to see how they come to the figure for each team, e.g. do they count in replica kit sales etc or do they just offset expenses vs tv revenue ?

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