The O’s play at Brisbane Road (Capacity: 11,217) in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The home stadium is officially known as the Matchroom Stadium after chairman Barry Hearn’s sports promotion company. Barry Hearn became chairman in 1995 after the club was famously put on sale for five pounds by the then-chairman, Tony Wood OBE, after his coffee-growing business in Rwanda was destroyed by that country’s civil war. The club has spent one single season in the top-flight of English football, in 1962-63. Promoted to League One for season 2006/07.
The O’s play at Brisbane Road (Capacity: 11,217) in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The home stadium is officially known as the Matchroom Stadium after chairman Barry Hearn’s sports promotion company. Barry Hearn became chairman in 1995 after the club was famously put on sale for five pounds by the then-chairman, Tony Wood OBE, after his coffee-growing business in Rwanda was destroyed by that country’s civil war. The club has spent one single season in the top-flight of English football, in 1962-63. Promoted to League One for season 2006/07.
Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.
Financial Overview
Year |
Turnover |
Pre-tax profit |
Wages / Turnover ratio (%) |
Employees |
2006/07 |
3.606 |
-0.132 |
64.9 |
121 |
2006/07 |
4.055 |
0.869 |
54.9 |
117 |
2005/06 |
2.836 |
0.501 |
64.2 |
117 |
2004/05 |
2.068 |
6.256 |
70.8 |
83 |
2003/04 |
2.002 |
-0.670 |
77.1 |
81 |
2002/03 |
2.367 |
-0.649 |
70.9 |
73 |
2001/02 |
2.738 |
-0.754 |
72.4 |
77 |
2000/01 |
3.271 |
0.084 |
55.7 |
98 |
1999/00 |
1.914 |
-0.808 |
85.4 |
103 |
1998/99 |
2.435 |
-0.075 |
62.4 |
93 |
1997/98 |
2.152 |
-0.057 |
60.6 |
55 |
1996/97 |
1.715 |
-0.657 |
75.6 |
56 |
1995/96 |
1.727 |
0.012 |
56.2 |
55 |
1994/95 |
1.178 |
1.434 |
|
53 |