EPL: IS TICKETS PRICES STILL THE MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR FOOTBALL CLUBS?

Watching football on Tv Vs watching it in stadium.

 

Ever wondered how much your favourite club is making in ticket sales from home games? Once or twice you must have checked the Forbes list of the top richest football clubs, then boast gleefully, Man United, Real Madrid or Barcelona are the top richest clubs due to their large stadium capacity.

According to the statista.com the average match attendance of English football  Premier League in the 2017/2018 season shows that Manchester united top the chart with 75,102, followed be Tottenham Hotspur due to them using Wembley stadium last season with average attendance of 70, 642. In the tenth position is Leicester city with 31, 631 attendance, while according to premierleague.com the average cost of a football match ticket in EPL is £31,  with Arsenal fc having the highest ticket of £97 and lowest ticket  of £27, followed by Tottenham Hotspur with the costlier ticket being 95pounds and the lowest £30,  and on the bottom of the ladder is Wolves with the highest ticket costing £40 and the lowest £22 per ticket, on position number nineteen is Cardiff with the highest ticket costing £42 and the lowest costing £25.

The table below shows the average attendance recorded by top ten clubs in the premier league last season multiply by the average ticket prices of each club.

Name of the Club	Avg, Attendance per year	Highest ticket prices	Lowest prices	Average  ticket prices	TOTAL
Man. United	75102	53	31	42	£       3,154,284.00
Tottenham	70642	95	30	62.5	£       4,415,125.00
Arsenal Fc	59323	97	27	62	£       3,678,026.00
West Ham Utd	56896	80	25	52.5	£       2,987,040.00
Man. City	54054	58	30	44	£       2,378,376.00
Liverpool	52958	59	9	34	£       1,800,572.00
Newcastle	52297	50	27	38.5	£       2,013,434.50
Chelsea	41281	87	30	58.5	£       2,414,938.50
Everton	39043	49	38	43.5	£       1,698,370.50
Leicester	31631	50	26	38	£       1,201,978.00

From the table, it shows that the team with highest revenue is Tottenham Hotspur, with just a sum of 4.4million pounds, followed by Arsenal with £3.67million, those at the bottom of the table includes Liverpool with £1.8million, Everton with £1.6m and former Premier league champions coming last in the top ten with £1.2million.

This shows that while bigger stadium and high ticket prices equals more revenue, it is still a paltry sum compare to how much each clubs are making each year, the lofty revenue generating from TV deals, Shirt and Stadium sponsor, Player transfers, merchandise and many more, are still the biggest determinant  factors in making more money for the club. In fact according to an article on Forbes website, Manchester United derive 20% of their income from matchday revenue – a summation of not just the match day ticket prices but also includes hospitality and food/beverage – while around twice that comes from TV deals and yet more from commercial deals. Interestingly, Bournemouth, the worst attended club with just over 11,000 attendances, get less than 4% of their income from matchday revenue.

So as a fan, before you boast of bigger stadium means more revenue for your favourite club, consider a lot of things.