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Reading Football Club plc

Traditional Reading FC strip.

Notes:

Promoted to the Premier League after season 2005/06 - the first time the club has ever made the top league since its foundation in 1871.

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

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

Address: Madejski Stadium, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0FL

 

Financial Overview

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

2006/07

17.768

-6.465

80.2

435

2004/05

15.118

-4.554

73.2

438

2003/04

15.590

-1.850

60.4

391

2002/03

10.187

-1.832

69.2

308

2001/02

8.368

3.177

77.7

319

2000/01

6.319

-4.653

91.7

319

1999/00

4.766

-0.552

 

136

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1994/95

2.999

-0.172

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading FC Match Attendance stats since 1994/95

reading FC Match Attendance figures graph

(domestic league matches only)

Archived Articles on Reading FC

Royals Looking For New Shirt Deal - 30/12/2007
Reading have taken the unusual step of putting themselves on the open market as they attempt to get a bigger slice of the £70m a year shirt sponorship market. The team's three year deal with copying giant Kyocera comes to an end this season, but Reading believe they are worth more than the estimated £500,000 a year Kyocera have been paying and expect other bids. Reading's 6-4 defeat away to Spurs helped to register a record 4.6m audience for Match of the Day.

Reading In The Black - 30/12/2007
After several years of losses, Reading owner John Madejski has fulfilled his ambition of seeing Reading trade in the black. Its first season in the Premiership saw pre-tax profits of £6.6m for the year to June 2007, against a £6.5m loss in the previous 12 months. Sales for the latest period were £49.9m, nearly three times the £17.8m generated in previous year. Much of the profit is being reinvested and Madjeski plans to increase stadium capacity and build a new £2m office block and media centre. However, Madjeski has made it clear that he would be willing to sell the club should a suitable offer materialise.

Steve Coppell Uses His Economics Degree - 28/02/2007
If anyone wonders why Reading put out a largely second string team against Manchester United in the FA Cup last night, they should remember that, like Arsene Wenger, manager Steve Coppell has a degree in Economics...

Madejski: I'm Not Ready To Sell Royals - 23/07/2006
Reading chairman John Madejski has taken some stick in the press after reports that he wanted to sell Reading because he could not compete financially...




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