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Ok it was 2019 but if you include class 1 NIC and pension costs the clubs weekly wage was £120k a WEEK ok that was before relegation to the NL
It is said that the average players age in the NL is between £1-£1.5k a week. A squad of say 20 is going to be al least £20k plus another £2500 for NIC. If you the say 5 support staff including the manager ( there’s going to be more than that ) earning on average £800 a week + £100 NIC you are up to at circa £27k a week or £117k a month as a minimum.
But that sort of number doesn’t include the groundsmen, office staff CEO, bar staff etc then things like the managers car ,mobile phone-so as a minimum I would think you are talking of way over £2 million a year.
I don’t know if many picked up but the rateable value of Roots Hall have gone up from £49500 to £106,000 with the multiplier of £0.51 ( there doesn’t appear to be any transitional relief ) that means buisness rates have potentially gone up from just under £500 per week to over £1k a week.
The problem is that £400k should be treated as deferred income and drip fed into cash flow as the season progresses but almost certainly every £ has been used to fire fight. Some creditors just can’t be ignored because well quite simply they won’t supply goods or services. From the coach company to attending doctors to kit suppliers to beer and catering supplies .
