The authoritative Swiss Ramble reviews the 2024/25 accounts of Bristol City. What fokllows is an extract of some of his main points. Despite the improvement on the pitch, Bristol City’s pre-tax loss significantly increased from £3.3m to £18.6m, mainly due to a much lower profit from player sales, which dropped from £21.7m to £6.0m. This was exacerbated by a reduction in revenue, which fell £2.5m (6%) from (restated) £42.8m to £40.3m, though operating expenses were cut £2.5m (4%) from £65.4m to £62.9m and net interest payable decreased £0.4m (16%) to £2.3m. Bristol City’s £40.3m revenue is actually the highest in the Championship – if you exclude clubs that benefit from parachute payments. With the exception of Leeds United, no club without parachute payments has generated more annual revenue in the history of the Championship than Bristol City. City chief executive Tom Rawcliffe observed, “Although the loss is evidently larger than last year, it is ...
As a neutral watching the highlights, West Ham were perhaps unlucky to fall to a late sucker punch from Fulham at the London Stadium yesterday. But they needed to be more clinical with their chances. Many fans are thoroughly fed up with the board and joined in a red card protest on 15 minutes, Fifteen represents the number of years that David Sullivan, the largest shareholder, and Baroness Karen Brady had been running the club. So far there is no sign of the current leadership making way for someone with vision and strategy, but with this great club stuck in the relegation positions, fans have to hope.