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Ipswich Town Football Club Company Limited

Ipswich Town traditional strip

Notes:

The club was founded in 1878 and plays at Portman Road ground (capacity = 30,311 - when they turn the livestock out to pasture).

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Website: www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/

 

Financial Overview

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

2006/07

10.475

-1.198

93.2

171

2005/06

10.597

-3.511

93.4

179

2004/05

17.482

-3.166

69.3

182

2003/04

19.888

1.249

71.8

229

2002/03

25.532

-8.270

73.6

245

2001/02

37.376

-3.297

64.7

247

2000/01

28.924

2.081

55.1

212

1999/00

9.957

2.127

85.5

181

1998/99

7.949

-0.001

75.5

174

1997/98

8.658

-1.414

56.5

143

1996/97

8.001

1.118

54.0

379

1995/96

4.593

-1.931

95.8

432

1994/95

6.851

-1.150

 

137

1993/94

7.203

0.815

 

107

1992/93

5.849

0.606

 

 

1991/92

3.514

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spectator Numbers since 1994/95

Ipswich Town Match Attendances

(domestic league matches only)

Archived Articles on Ipswich Town FC

'Root and Branch' Assessment at Ipswich – 01/02/08
The Ipswich Town chairman has confirmed that new owner Marcus Evans is carrying out a root and branch investigation into the football club. Sheepshanks told minority shareholders that the whole operation was being looked at, not necessarily critically, but 'to appraise and evaluate the effectiveness of everything we do as a business.' Finance director Anna Hughes confirmed that the £32m debt that was owed to Norwich Union and Barclays was now due to Marcus Evans Investments but interest would be paid only when the football club could afford it.

Benefactor Pumps £44m Into Ipswich - 04/11/2007
Ipswich Town's chances of regaining their Premiership status have been considerably boosted by the news that businessman Marcus Evans is prepared to put £44m into the club...

Two Bids In For Tractors - 01/05/2007
As the football takeover boom continues, less successful and fashionable clubs are attracting attention, the latest being Suffolk side Ipswich Town...

Tractor Boys Look For A Benefactor - 2/11/2005
Only four years ago Ipswich finished 5th in the Premiership, qualified for the Uefa Cup and splashed out £4.75m on an Italian goalkeeper. The Uefa Cup was in many ways their undoing...


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