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Stats & Data

Football Clubs performance on UK Stock Markets

Club

Market

Float Date

Float Price

Aug-07

Aug-06

Aug-05

Aug-04

Aug-03

Aug-02

Aug-01

Aug-00

Aug-99

Aug-98

Aug-97

Aberdeen

AIM

Feb-00

150.00

 

 

 

De-Listed

55.00

105.00

 

 

 

 

 

Arsenal

PLUS

Nov-95

£700

£6,950

£4,525

£4,500

£1,975

£1,600

£1,475

£1,700

£1,725

£2,600

£2,900

£2,800

Aston Villa

LSE

May-97

1100.00

544.00

540.00

393.50

312.50

167.50

113.50

158.00

157.50

600.00

677.50

895.50

Birmingham City

AIM

Mar-97

50.00

41.00

19.00

23.00

14.50

14.00

13.00

18.00

21.00

 

 

 

Bradford City

OFEX

Nov-98

55.00

 

 

 

 

 

De-Listed

69.50

69.50

 

 

 

Bolton Wanderers

AIM

Apr-97

52.00

 

 

 

 

De-Listed

2.75

7.75

5.25

15.50

21.50

35.00

Celtic

LSE

Sep-95

280.00

59.78

24.00

50.50

57.50

52.50

48.00

87.50

 

312.50

248.00

275.00

Charlton Athletic

AIM

Mar-97

80.00

42.00

38.00

29.00

21.00

18.50

16.50

26.00

21.50

43.50

52.50

51.50

Chelsea (Village)

AIM

Mar-96

55.00

 

 

 

 

De-Listed

15.00

33.00

25.00

83.00

71.00

118.00

Hearts

LSE

 

 

De-Listed

30.00

33.50

42.50

17.50

48.50

 

 

 

 

 

QPR (Loftus Road)

AIM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

De-Listed

11.25

16.50

11.00

52.50

Leeds Utd

LSE

Aug-96

19.00

 

 

 

De-Listed

5.25

5.00

10.25

10.25

24.50

14.75

25.25

Leicester City

LSE

Oct-97

93.00

 

 

 

 

De-Listed

7.75

45.00

27.50

41.50

34.50

110.00

Manchester City

OFEX

Oct-95

68.00

De-Listed

22.50

14.00

15.00

18.00

20.00

28.00

42.50

 

 

 

Manchester Utd

LSE

Jun-91

385.00

 

 

De-Listed

273.50

267.00

103.50

130.00

135.75

228.50

226.00

163.00

Millwall

AIM

Oct-95

20.00

0.03

0.05

0.05

0.25

0.25

0.50

0.68

0.63

0.75

1.00

1.50

Newcastle Utd

LSE

Apr-97

135.00

100.00

61.00

57.50

41.00

34.00

20.50

28.50

31.50

76.00

92.00

127.50

Notts Forest

AIM

Oct-97

70.00

 

 

 

 

 

De-Listed

11.75

19.50

31.50

29.00

70.00

Preston NE

AIM

Oct-95

400.00

148.00

114.00

110.00

124.00

120.00

117.50

200.00

187.50

272.50

335.00

540.00

Rangers

PLUS

 

 

52.50

59.50

77.00

98.50

92.50

110.00

200.00

325.00

310.00

390.00

535.00

Sheffield Utd

AIM

Jan-97

60.00

15.25

15.00

9.50

9.25

9.00

5.00

8.75

6.25

17.00

30.00

49.50

Southampton

LSE

Jan-97

150.00

54.00

44.00

38.00

42.00

36.50

26.00

39.00

39.00

40.00

49.00

86.50

Sunderland

LSE

Dec-96

585.00

 

 

 

De-Listed

55.00

152.50

410.00

370.00

490.00

490.00

337.50

Tottenham H.

LSE

Oct-93

100.00

115.00

53.00

45.00

28.00

25.00

27.00

44.00

45.00

72.00

68.50

99.50

West Brom.

AIM

Jan-97

£280

 

 

De-Listed

£65

£52

£68

£78

£78

£105

£115

£160

Watford (Leisure)

AIM

Aug-01

 

32.00

32.00

45.00