Not great for CCFC and a consequence of a whole lot of bad history. Sadly we can expect more of the same. For the foreseeable future this is how it will be. We will keep having this discussion but nothing will change. We are left with the realities
Why would Wasps put the interests of CCFC above their own....... if it were reversed CCFC wouldn't? It is not about keeping a tenant happy, when it comes down to hindering your own team or business, someone else's interest or business will come second at best.
I don't think there is much point referring to past assurances........... Eastwood had no choice in saying that because it was most probably in the four year contract already in place before Wasps came in. They were not doing us any favours. Of course now its a new contract ........... they wont do us any favours
CCFC cant get the same deal as Doncaster unless CCC build an entirely new stadium ........ just not going to happen
Wasps are going to put their interests first ........... if that doesn't help CCFC then they wont lose any sleep over it. There is an operational relationship but no goodwill
There is nothing really to stop CCFC putting events on at the stadium ............ but they would have to do it by using ACL, until recently that just was not allowed to happen. Boddy seems to have change that at least a little so well done him
Did Wasps close parts of the grounds or was it CCFC wanted to keep costs as low as possible?
And all teams pay match day costs (maybe not so high but we don't know what is included) and those other teams can be paying other stadium overheads. As I understand it they were in the region of £300k plus the rent. I would assume that most of the matchday expenses are paid to ACL but is it all of the matchday expenses? I would assume included in there is the supply of stadium staff, an element of insurance and utilities, security cost & licence fees etc and contribution wear and tear. Rent £4347 per match and other costs £13043 per match, against which income from match receipts averages out last season at round £90k per match
Its crap, and sadly I don't see it changing
btw Doncaster in their 2017 accounts showed a £2m+ loss despite the possibility of all those other income sources, which meant they needed the directors to put in £2m in loans. So owning the ground even on favourable terms doesn't mean financial success. They regularly show around £2m losses per year (ignoring £4.6m loans written off in 2015). Strangely the accounts say they have no employees but 236 in 2016?- think that's just a typo though
Just to show how incomes could be split I have attached details of Bristol City (who have a multi use stadium I believe) for 2017 & 2016 and are one of the few clubs to show any real detail. Their wage costs exceeded turnover though
Point I am making is where are these other incomes that will make such a big difference. CCFC already have the L1 or 2 equivalents to many of those sources. What you have above is the top line before deducting staff and stadium costs, so what is left for the team from other commercial will be significantly lower . (we get the retail share already)
Thing is unless in the Premier League very few clubs make a profit from their operations very often because of the wage costs involved, until that is addressed in football and rugby it is hard to see anyone making profits at the Ricoh or many other stadiums
The way to CCFC success is through people going with increased numbers, the rest is secondary
