Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic plc
Blackburn Rovers Football Club was formed in 1875 and in 1888 was a founding member of The Football League. In 1890 Rovers moved to its permanent home at Ewood Park. In 1991 Blackburn were taken over by locally-born steel baron Jack Walker, a millionaire who lavished considerable sums of money on re-establishing the club that had fallen behind since being one of the dominant forces in English League football pre-WWI (FA Cup winners 1884, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1891, 1928 and League Champions in seasons 1911/12 and 1913/14 )and they won the Premier League in season 1994/95 and the League Cup in 2002. Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.
Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees
2007/08
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Year |
Turnover |
Pre-tax profit |
Wages / Turnover ratio (%) |
Employees |
|
2007/08 |
53.395 |
3.030 |
70.3 |
238 |
|
2006/07 |
43.303 |
-3.408 |
84.8 |
232 |
|
2005/06 |
43.396 |
-6.904 |
76.9 |
223 |
|
2004/05 |
41.303 |
-5.044 |
75.8 |
231 |
|
2003/04 |
40.843 |
-5.107 |
76.7 |
244 |
|
2002/03 |
45.438 |
-12.005 |
78.2 |
243 |
|
2001/02 |
38.480 |
-10.864 |
77.3 |
237 |
|
2000/01 |
17.498 |
-31.056 |
229 |
|
|
1999/00 |
12.886 |
-12.732 |
171.6 |
219 |
|
1998/99 |
21.274 |
-7.780 |
105.6 |
206 |
|
1997/98 |
19.356 |
-3.700 |
98.3 |
182 |
|
1996/97 |
14.302 |
8.093 |
|
204 |
|
1995/96 |
16.325 |
-9.056 |
66.4 |
203 |
|
1994/95 |
14.068 |
-3.954 |
|
149 |
|
1993/94 |
6.927 |
-8.209 |
|
108 |
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