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Bristol City Football Club Limited

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Traditional Bristol City football shirt

The club was founded in 1897, when Bristol South End turned professional and changed its name to Bristol City. In 1900 the club merged with local rivals Bedminster, who had been founded as Southville in 1887. The side joined the Football League in 1901 and were the only non-London League side south of Birmingham until 1920. In 1982, City fell into the Fourth Division and were declared bankrupt. However, a new company - BCFC (1982) Ltd - was set up to allow the club to continue playing.

The club plays at Ashton Gate (Capacity: 21,497). In November 2007 the club announced plans to relocate to a new 30,000 capacity stadium in Ashton Vale with the option of expanding to 42,000 should it be considered for World Cup football in 2018.

Chairman Steve Lansdown and Club Director Keith Dawe were together the two largest shareholders in the club (2008).

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overiew

Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees

2007/08

9.859

-2.026

69.8

50

2006/07

4.946

-0.194

83.7

44

2005/06

7.081

-0.460

43.7

37

2004/05

3.367

-1.968

 

76

2003/04

3.853

-1.166

 

76

2002/03

3.852

-1.919

 

77

2001/02

3.712

-3.034

 

91

2000/01

3.120

-2.684

 

95

1999/00

3.438

-0.176

131.4

100

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- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

1994/95

1.794

-0.780

 

 

Website: 
www.bcfc.co.uk

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