Financial Overview

Year	Turnover	Pre-tax profit	Wages / Turnover ratio (%)	Employees
2006/07	12.232	1.491	51.5	183
2005/06	11.613	-0.457	48.8	171
2004/05	9.661	-3.007	57.0	178
2003/04	9.026	-4.105	66.3	176
2002/03	8.512	-8.361		192
2001/02	18.552	-0.387	61.5	194
2000/01	13.228			198
1999/00	18.026	-2.633	79.8	222
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1993/94	11.914	-0.199		138

Spectator Numbers since 1994/95

(domestic league matches only)

Archived Articles on Sheffield Wednesday FC

Woe Amid Joy At Wednesday - 20/01/2008
Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws certainly enjoyed his club's derby victory over Sheffield United - it gave him a welcome distraction from the money worries which continue to beset the Owls. The board maintains that there is no chance that the club will be next to go into administration, although debts are estimated at £26m and Laws is under pressure to sell up to five players. Millionaire casino magnate David Allen quit as chairman after threatening legal action against fan websites, then director Keith Addy was forced to resign and apologise for making a racist remark. Speculation is rife that the club will have new owners before the end of February. Allen reckoned that new ownership was the only way forward but was frustrated by progress, particularly as there has been no lack of prospective buyers for the historic club. So far, though, no purchasers have been able to negotiate their way through the club's complex and diversified shareholdings which include a 10 per cent stake held by supporters.

Uncertainty Undermines Owls - 30/12/2007
Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws made it clear in a Sky television interview last Friday that he thinks that the financial uncertainity at the club is undermining its performance on the pitch...

Bates Bids For Owls - 27/03/2004
Chel$ki exile Ken Bates has bid to put some of the £18m he made from the sale of the club into ailing giant Sheffield Wednesday...