My God this is what it has come down to - absolutely heartbreaking!

[Pablo]

If you look at the matchday earnings figures you can really see where our problem lies.

£92.5m - MU
£90.6m - Arsenal
£74.5m - Chelsea
£38.4m - Liverpool

we're bringing in a fraction of what the others are. How people can still expect us to be competing with them after looking at these figures is beyond me. We're in the same bracket as the likes of Everton rather than these top 3 teams. Just shows how much we really need that new stadium and how much all this dithering over it has cost us.

That really is a frightening statistic. Purely based on that we are overachieving by being part of a "top 4".

Well under half of what Arsenal and Man Ure make, no wonder we cant compete, we dont have a hope until we get this new stadium built

[sonsofthedesert]

If you look at the matchday earnings figures you can really see where our problem lies.

£92.5m - MU
£90.6m - Arsenal
£74.5m - Chelsea
£38.4m - Liverpool

we're bringing in a fraction of what the others are. How people can still expect us to be competing with them after looking at these figures is beyond me. We're in the same bracket as the likes of Everton rather than these top 3 teams. Just shows how much we really need that new stadium and how much all this dithering over it has cost us.

They must be wrong as Arsenal are taking more on a match day than Man u, they cahrge twice the amont fr tickets and have more boxes than anyone. You can see the benefit of the stadium when you see this though, with the extra boxes and having a capacity just less than united we should be looking at making the same/more than them on match day.

[Rich]

They must be wrong as Arsenal are taking more on a match day than Man u, they cahrge twice the amont fr tickets and have more boxes than anyone. You can see the benefit of the stadium when you see this though, with the extra boxes and having a capacity just less than united we should be looking at making the same/more than them on match day.

Perhaps United played more games at home last season?

[sonsofthedesert]

Perhaps United played more games at home last season?

Arsenal's cheapest season ticket is £1100, united's is £600. Arsenal have a lot more boxes than anyone as well. I'm sure the only reason Arsenal caught up was the new grond as well so the numbers look wrong.

[dww]

I'm aware of these things - especially the pricier tickets and (I assume) better marketing abroad - but surely the impact isn't as great as the discrepancy in those figures?!?

I mean, for a start, they get on average about 6000 fewer through the gates than we do, which would nullify at least some of the margin in gate receipts.

They operate the Chelsea Village which someone told me is quite profitable as a hotel/entertainment business. Their cheapest tickets are double our average price - it all adds up and when you add in the fact that corporate visitors to games will bring in a lot of extra per person revenue and I imagine in London there will be a greater number of these it starts to seem quite possible.

[Rich]

Arsenal's cheapest season ticket is £1100, united's is £600. Arsenal have a lot more boxes than anyone as well. I'm sure the only reason Arsenal caught up was the new grond as well so the numbers look wrong.

Yes, I hear what you're saying but United played more games at Old Trafford last season than Arsenal did at the Emirates, at a guess. (I don't want to be filthy and actually look for the stats though.... )

[Craig_H]

It's about trophies.

Bit difficult to win the top trophies if you cant compete for top players on a regular basis.

[Guest]

Bit difficult to win the top trophies if you cant compete for top players on a regular basis.

We won the CL, FA Cup .... go on

[Craig_H]

Yep, the league doesnt really matter does it?

Not when we can live on the past...

[Rich]

Bit difficult to win the top trophies if you cant compete for top players on a regular basis.

To be successful requires money to snaffle the best players.

You could argue that our FA Cup and Champions League wins were mere anomalies in an otherwise relentless match to the team which spends the most winning the majority of trophies...

[Guest]

Yep, the league doesnt really matter does it?

Not when we can live on the past...

Suits me fine to live in the past

[Rich]

Suits me fine to live in the past

I somehow think you're views wont be universal!

[Guest]

I somehow think you're views wont be universal!

Why ? We've won plenty of trophies in the past.

[Craig_H]

Never more was there a stronger endorsement for your status title...

[Guest]

Never more was there a stronger endorsement for your status title...

Come again, you're starting to interest me ...