Two Live TV games in March

Having dug a little deeper I came across the following information. I hadn't quite realised that the figures per season were so high.

Broadcast Payments for 2011-12 season
From The Official FA PL Website [Scroll down at that link for the full table.]

2010-11 there is a gap to the team above us in the earnings (Spurs) of about £3.4 million. This also seems to be the biggest single gap between any of the teams.

2011-12 and the gap has widened to about £5.4 million between us and Newcastle (the Barcodes increased their revenue by about £7 million from 2010-11, Spurs had gone up by £4 million, and ours dropped by about £700k).

Hopefully our performance throughout 2012 will enable us to break the £50 million 'barrier' and closed the gap on the 'elite' group.

On the thread about the increased attendances someone pointed out how little that positive news contributed by way of extra cash (though more fans present equals less empty spaces and more voices to 'inspire' the team). This, however, shows that there are real bonuses to being attractive to the media.

Interesting one for ESPN to pick (the RS playing on Sunday?). Maybe they have some UFC stuff coming up that night and wanted to preview it with the Fellaini v Shawcross rematch.

I thought a prerequisite of being in the Premier League or Championship was under-soil heating or some form of protection against bad weather? Hopefully someone can answer that for me.

He also reckons the ground may only be half-full because of Nigel Adkins's sacking — the local radio was having to use the delay button on the phone-in all day!