Everton report record revenues in latest accounts

Everton reporting record revenues for the second year running and the Echo reporting on top of the 𧵎 million Moshiri pumped into the club (as equity), he has added another 100 million squids.

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The club website possibly has a more thorough breakdown of the revenue numbers.

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This extract makes particularly interesting reading:

'The Club incurred 㿎m exceptional costs in 2018, not present in 2017, 㾺.4m of which related to settlement costs for the termination of former employees and other costs in relation to the change in coaching staff in the year. '

The price of sacking Koeman, Allardyce and their staff.

Also noteworthy: ' the Club's total wage to turnover ratio has risen from 61 per cent in 2017 to 77 per cent in 2018 (this figure would be 73 per cent with outsourced operations in retail and catering taken into account).'

Surely and hopefully the wage to turnover percentage decreases when we remove all the deadweight still on the books who are all out on loan. Surely we are picking up a large, large portion of the salaries from the host of players still on the books?

I'd love to know how much over 10,000 though I'm guessing not much otherwise the quote would have been "over 15.000" or whatever. Needless to say that's a very healthy number of Evertonians wanting to watch each and every home game.

So, without the allure of Bramley-Moore Dock and all that goes with it, we "could" at the moment be getting attendances of circa 42,000 which is nothing to be sniffed at! I'd expect 50,000 in a new stadium at the very least.

Fair-weather supporters get a bad rep but I think they serve a purpose. They return when it's worth paying to watch a game again.

Now I have maximum respect for everyone that pays to go to every game but personally until I get value for money, I ain't going back. It's starting under Marco and Marcel but we've still got some way to go, plus we've got to build the place to house them all.

Onwards and upwards.

Dean @5 you make a very valid point in my opinion regarding unconditional loyal support (from so many, home and away) against the entertainment value. At the end of the day, entertainment must play a major part, in giving fans value for money. Nobody expects us to win every game, (but hopes that we do) but if they have gone down fighting, created chances, and been thwarted by bad luck, bad refereeing or just that they had been outplayed a better side, it is acceptable.

Christy @6, yes it is encouraging that Moshiri is making money available in whatever form that takes, we as fans just hope it is spent wisely, although there are no guarantees that a new player will prove his compatibility or worth.

Football is awash with cash but it's also full of overpaid, underperforming chancers who, in some cases, should be prosecuted for fraud. If they knew they weren't going to get a golden handshake they might try a bit harder or get out of the game all together.

㾺m for Koeman and Sam is a disgrace (didn't Martinez get about 㾷m?) and no worker would get a huge payment for being shite, would they?

ps: While I'm here, I no longer go on TW like I used to as every time I go onto another site I have to sign back in (log on) when I return. Any suggestions to fix this? It's a pain in the arse.

It has something to do with your browser settings, I choose to log in and out of various sites but if the browser has been set to remember history or similar then the log-in processs isn't required. Hope that helps! :)

Wondered why you hadn't been on as often as you used to be, but on my System, Windows 10, there is a box you can tick, "stay logged in" (which I do) and I only have to resign in once a month, you should also be able to save your sign in information, so you just click and you have re-signed in. Hope that helped.

I bet there's 㿀 - 㿅 million of wages there that have either gone, or need to be gone.

Frightening how much of an effect poor recruitment can have on the accounts.

However, accounts are a bit academic when you have a 'sugar daddy' willing to pump 𧶲m odd into the club. How times have changed from Kenwright looking down the back of the sofa.

Looking forward to a new striker, right back and stadium. Hoping we can get all three in before the Sky goose stops laying the golden eggs.

Coming dear!

"Politics is the last refuge of a scoundrel"* so we have 650 elected ones in this country at least! Many more in the wings ready to usurp and occupy.

* Adapted by George Bernard Shaw as a parody on Samuel Johnson's "Patriotism is the last refuge of a Scoundrel".

From the viewpoint of a 'seasoned' season ticket holder, I attend games with an open mind knowing that anything can happen in a game of football, and a match can only be assessed after the final whistle.

I may be misreading your post but you seem to be pre-judging performances – a rare gift indeed, and my definition of a loyal supporter is one who supports through thick and thin, expecting, but not demanding value for money.

I am perfectly content to be in a minority of one. I suppose that as someone who would rather see Everton lose, than not see them at all, it may be seen by others as slightly eccentric. On reflection, if I was only interested in results, I could relinquish my season ticket and buy the 'Echo' – it's full of results, thus saving a considerable amount of money.

I could do two pressers. One saying how proud I am to take over and then immediately do the other saying l wish the club well blah blah.. then wait for the cheque.

And I got 㿇:50 a week. Jesus. Erm oh well. I'd never hit the front man off a corner twice in a row. That's never

The most embarrassing penalties were missed by the FA against Man City for FFP.

I think hiring Ricky Gervais to read them out would be fucking hilarious.

Maybe not all of those 10,000 would or could buy a season ticket if offered the chance but it gives a possible ballpark figure, as it now stands, of around 40,000 season ticket holders when we move to Bramley-Moore Dock.

I think a club must leave around 20% of capacity free for away supporters and casual sales. So, a capacity of 55,000 would limit season ticket sales to around 44,000 which, given a half decent side, would probably be insufficient.

If we could sell around 40,000 season tickets now, with an outdated stadium with poor transport links and for the last couple of seasons, dire management, then a world-class stadium with no restricted views, excellent facilities and much better transport links would surely increase this figure to nearer the 48,000, or so, allowed with a 60,000 capacity.

I know it obviously impacts on the budget, but I believe in getting the biggest that is possible, in the area designated. Let's face it if it was built with a limited capacity, then demand and hopefully success dictated that it should have been bigger; it's a bit late in the day to do much about it.

Also, when the Stadium is not in use by ourselves it could generate a profit with other activities, pop concerts, etc; a no-brainer, in my eyes, to go max from the off.

Only in football does this madness happen...

I hear Marco is on the shortlist for the Man Utd gig.