[Football] Palace’s Accounts

[El Presidente]

Short version

Revenue up 3% (and higher than the Albion)
Wages up 2% (and higher than the Albion)
Operating losses £36 million (and higher than the Albion)
Sale of Wan-Bissaka at end of season reversed the losses but no cash received at sale date
Steve Parish employment cost £3m (higher than the Albion)
Squad cost £208m (higher than the Albion).
Net debt £71m (lower than the Albion)

Overall their numbers reflect six years of being in PL compared to our two. Risky strategy in terms of some players on £130k a week but it has worked to date.

Long version is here

http://priceoffootball.com/crystal-palace-2018-19-dissidents/

 

[Se20]

On the other hand, if you listen to Swiss Ramble it reads,

£5.2 million profit after tax
Broadcasting money - £124.4 million ( up 3%)
Commercial - £16.4 million ( up 6%)
Match day - £14.6 million ( up 7%)
Wages - up £2 million ( to £119 million)
Other expenses - down £1 million
Made a profit in 4 seasons out of 6 .

 

[albionalex]

Is it unusual that no cash was received for AWB at the sale date?

 

[Danny Wilson Said]

On the other hand, if you listen to Swiss Ramble it reads,

£5.2 million profit after tax
Broadcasting money - £124.4 million ( up 3%)
Commercial - £16.4 million ( up 6%)
Match day - £14.6 million ( up 7%)
Wages - up £2 million ( to £119 million)
Other expenses - down £1 million
Made a profit in 4 seasons out of 6 .

When Swiss Ramble is the first-call football finance expert for every media outlet, broadcast and print, and does a podcast with Palace fan Kevin Day, maybe we'll pay attention. Until then ...

 

[Se20]

When Swiss Ramble is the first-call football finance expert for every media outlet, broadcast and print, and does a podcast with Palace fan Kevin Day, maybe we'll pay attention. Until then ...

You are quite correct, El Pres is indeed the dogs bollocks regarding football finance, but he does put a Brighton spin on Palace related items.

 

[Mancgull]

What are the Albion's wages? Just so that I can compare?
Would also be interesting to know what an independent valuation of player value is, as I get the impression that Palace's squad is older than ours.
A 7% increase in Matchday revenue is decent.
The current state of play is going to have a big impact for all clubs, and my instinct would be that the cost of wages will be very closely looked at by all clubs going forwards with great importance on reducing them.

 

[gripper stebson]

What's most impressive is the Se20 replied to a Palace related thread on here just 16 minutes after it was posted when there has been no actual football for 100 days!

 

[Mancgull]

The importance, for clubs like Palace and the Albion, of uncovering talent like Wan Bissaka / Ben White, will be brought into focus.

 

[bobbysmith01]

Parish is earning £3million a year?,For what? Turfing out good Palace Fans from their seats so that group of hooded virgins, with spotty noses, drums and loud hailers can create the best noise of the league ( think they have one of the worst home records)We have Bloom who puts in £300 million, they have Disney, thank the Lord, there is a god.



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[El Presidente]

You are quite correct, El Pres is indeed the dogs bollocks regarding football finance, but he does put a Brighton spin on Palace related items.

Where’s the spin, more revenue, wages, player spend is all there.

 

[El Presidente]

What are the Albion's wages? Just so that I can compare?
Would also be interesting to know what an independent valuation of player value is, as I get the impression that Palace's squad is older than ours.
A 7% increase in Matchday revenue is decent.
The current state of play is going to have a big impact for all clubs, and my instinct would be that the cost of wages will be very closely looked at by all clubs going forwards with great importance on reducing them.

 

[El Presidente]

When Swiss Ramble is the first-call football finance expert for every media outlet, broadcast and print, and does a podcast with Palace fan Kevin Day, maybe we'll pay attention. Until then ...

Swiss is a good friend of mine and is the Godfather of football finance in my eyes. He’s far too smart and earning millions to waste his time doing unpaid media work!

 

[Se20]

Where’s the spin, more revenue, wages, player spend is all there.

Funnily enough, all the things I mentioned were there as well

 

[El Presidente]

Funnily enough, all the things I mentioned were there as well

Read the long version and they are there too.


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[Albion Dan]

At the end of the day you cant argue that Palaces approach hasn't been more effective than ours in terms of performance in the now. It may unravel long term but our position and performance is horrible for our outlay and Tony must be disappointed.

 

[Weststander]

Short version

Revenue up 3% (and higher than the Albion)
Wages up 2% (and higher than the Albion)
Operating losses £36 million (and higher than the Albion)
Sale of Wan-Bissaka at end of season reversed the losses but no cash received at sale date
Steve Parish employment cost £3m (higher than the Albion)
Squad cost £208m (higher than the Albion).
Net debt £71m (lower than the Albion)

Overall their numbers reflect six years of being in PL compared to our two. Risky strategy in terms of some players on £130k a week but it has worked to date.

Long version is here

http://priceoffootball.com/crystal-palace-2018-19-dissidents/

Lower debt partly because:

1. They haven’t spent £174m on infrastructure. Just a few quid on Hammerite rust paint.

2. Their insolvency wiped out debt in an instant.

 

[The Mole]

Agree with you about Bojo

 

[Weststander]

At the end of the day you cant argue that Palaces approach hasn't been more effective than ours in terms of performance in the now. It may unravel long term but our position and performance is horrible for our outlay and Tony must be disappointed.

Watford and Burnley are the consistent over achievers.

Everton and West Ham the car crashes.

Palace are always in the mid table of PL wage spends and match that in the table, so they are not over performing.

Brighton had a lower end PL wage spend, so unsurprisingly we find ourselves in PL relegation battles.

 

[Jim in the West]

At the end of the day you cant argue that Palaces approach hasn't been more effective than ours in terms of performance in the now. It may unravel long term but our position and performance is horrible for our outlay and Tony must be disappointed.

Tony probably IS disappointed, but the investment in the long term is amazing - stadium, training facilities, Development Squad, women's team, etc, etc.

 

[Seasidesage]

I also read somewhere the other day that Palace had borrowed £14m to aid cash flow. Now all clubs must be hurting but it does suggest some on going issues? Assuming its true of course...