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Stats & Data

Arsenal Football Club plc Finances and Statistics

June 2007 · original dataset

Company shares are traded on the Ofex market. New stadium at Ashburton Grove (open for season 2006/07) will double present attendance capacity, so match-day revenue boost expected from this point on.

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Year

Turnover

Pre-tax profit

Wages / Turnover ratio (%)

Employees

2003/04

Year	Turnover	Pre-tax profit	Wages / Turnover ratio (%)	Employees
2003/04	115.056	-2.525	59.5	271
2002/03	103.789	-2.969	58.4	256
2001/02	90.602	-18.882	66.7	239
2000/01	62.911	29.401	64.6	218
1999/00	61.260	21.215	55.5	188
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1993/94	21.472	5.630		128