Reading FC Womens World

[Fox Talbot]

'Fraid so. In terms of turnover the whole club is about one third the size it was 10 years ago (Champ, parachutes). We're in the third tier and broke now. Last few annual accounts for women's team suggest it was losing £1m-£1.5m pa. Crowds generally <500, no transfer fees out, not much TV income in ...

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[Orion1871]

£12 in advance- £14 on the day -Parking was £5 in advance £10 on the day.

plus those given away free to kids...

So let’s say 300 people paying £14. £4200 per game in gate receipts. And that’s absolute maximum. Loads of kids paying far less people paying in advance etc etc I don’t need to do the math. The absolute maximum for gate receipts for for a home game is £4200. Most likely £2000. How many home games in a season? Come on . It’s just not sustainable. The correct business decision has been made:

Well if we're closing things down because they're not sustainable then they might as well close the entire club and most of the professional clubs in the country.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

plus those given away free to kids...

So let’s say 300 people paying £14. £4200 per game in gate receipts. And that’s absolute maximum. Loads of kids paying far less people paying in advance etc etc I don’t need to do the math. The absolute maximum for gate receipts for for a home game is £4200. Most likely £2000. How many home games in a season? Come on . It’s just not sustainable. The correct business decision has been made:

Well if we're closing things down because they're not sustainable then they might as well close the entire club.

On its way m3