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Football Economy The Business of the Beautiful Game
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Stats & Data

Manchester City Football Club Ltd.

Gate receipts were mortgaged to an American company for £30.3million in 2003, to be repaid with 7.27% interest over twenty-four years. The club left its old stadium (Maine Road – capacity 32,500) to move into the new City of Manchester Stadium (originally built to host the Commonwealth Games in 2002 – capacity 48,000) for which they share gate revenue with Sport England and Manchester city council after deducting costs.

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

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

2007/08

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

2007/08

82.295

-29.657

65.9

258

2006/07

56.925

-7.952

63.9

216

2005/06

61.802

13.211

55.6

209

2004/05

60.864

-12.405

61.4

204

2003/04

61.932

-13.759

60.9

199

2002/03

49.028

-14.103

72.1

184

2001/02

28.006

-13.882

87.1

172

2000/01

32.363

-0.615

55.9

148

1999/00

17.513

1.945

54.2

145

1998/99

12.731

-3.731

54.1

138

1997/98

15.272

-6.339

57.6

160

1996/97

12.727

-2.137

56.6

166

1995/96

12.698

-3.168

50.6

148

1994/95

11.353

0.204

 

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