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The club was founded in 1876 and plays at Vale Park in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent (capacity 20,000). In February 2006, the pop star Robbie Williams, a long-time supporter, bought £240,000 worth of shares in the club. In December 2006 the club secured £2.2m for new projects at its ground by the government agency 'North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone'.

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overview

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

2007/08

4.098

-0.384

75.6

269

2006/07

4.294

0.173

63.8

252

2005/06

3.893

0.102

61.8

230

2004/05

3.169

-0.149

66.1

271

2003/04

2.456

-0.827

 

 

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

2000/01

2.999

-0.599

79.8

67

1999/00

3.005

-0.439

94.3

68

1998/99

2.927

0.761

122.7

63

1997/98

3.044

0.654

78.2

61

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