by muirinho »
07 Jun 2022 17:52
tmesis Green Snowflake Royal Nah,there's always a phoenix
There is on the proviso you've got a motivated and keen supporter base who'll rally round to make it happen.
Who have we got... STAR? Don't get me wrong I'm not knocking the coaches or the biannual Fan's Forums but we're talking a different level of commitment here.
I've no doubt it would happen.
Indeed, in the perfect scenario of being able to play at the Madejski still, without being crippled with rent costs, I'm sure we'd get ridiculously good crowds for the level - certainly more than any other phoenix club.Stuck at Scours Lane though, or even at Maidenhead, things wouldn't look so rosy.
It's not even just about the rent either.
Last full season (2018 / 2019) we have accounts for, match day receipts were 4.7million.
In that season Admin expenses,
excluding wages and salaries was £14million. Now that presumably includes the rent of 1.5 million, and non-staff costs associated with the academy (let's say 2.5 million) but what on earth was the other £10million for? Based on that - even if the same number of people turned up and paid the same prices, and every single one of the footballers, coaches, match-day staff, admin staff etc worked for nothing (fat chance), you'd still be £5 million short....
I expect the costs associated with running a large stadium are, well, large. Even if we could play rent free, if we had to pay for running costs, we could not afford that as a phoenix club.
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muirinho on 07 Jun 2022 17:54, edited 1 time in total.