Old Rover

This article refers to Sheffield Wednesday, it says EFL clubs get sold for 2 to 3 tomes their revenue, our revenue in the last accounts was 21.5 million, so around 50 million should do it. Chansiri has admitted he turned down two offers for the club earlier this summer, claiming one was worth £40m, with another £30m from a US-based group. At the time, the 57-year-old said in a statement: "I repeat that I am willing to sell but the deal must be correct on all fronts." The valuation Chansiri has put on the Owls is understood to be about £100m, more than two-and-a-half times what he paid when he bought the club from previous owner Milan Mandaric in 2015. Is that figure fair? With inflation, the £37.5m Chansiri parted with a decade ago would now be worth about £52m, still only around half of what he seems to be demanding to relinquish control now. "Most EFL clubs are being sold for roughly two or two-and-a-half times their revenue," says football finance expert Kieran Maguire. "In Sheffield Wednesday's case, that puts them in the region of about £40m to £50m. "When you take into consideration the state of the stadium, and the fact the club doesn't own it, they should be towards the bottom of that scale. The £100m valuation appears to be without merit and has no logical backing." During Chansiri's time in charge of the club, Wednesday have lost almost £200m. He originally spent heavily as he targeted a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2000, and has regularly turned down significant bids from rival clubs for sought-after players. But in recent years his spending has receded significantly, and the Owls are far more likely to be playing in League One than the Premier League in the next few years.

13,580 with 1083 Norwich fans , last week was 19,552 with 7033 Birmingham, so down to around 12500 home fans.

Good to see they are thinking of the fans and offering great matchday value. This will obviously be reflected in the price of a pint in there ?

you have got to blame the whole approach, bringing kids through the academy too soon for the first team to try and get them in the shop window, the first team is bad enough, the whole thing is a shitshow, the manager , the stooges, the owners, embarrassing

Still one of the lowest wage bills in the Championship. Crap and average players are on a fortune these days, pisses me off

From the last accounts: Turnover (Doesn't include player sales.) Matchday inc season tickets/away fans/walk on 4.9 Media 9.4 Commercial 6.4 other 0.2 total 21.4 million Wages and salaries 25.4 "other " operating expenses 13.2 total 38.6 Loss before player trading 17.2 player trading 21.2 So we made a profit that season of 3.3 million which would have gone towards 24/25 operating expenses. We probably made a small loss last season which would be why i think 4 million or whatever was requested and sent over after the last court case in June 2025.

Just been reading about Sheffield Wednesday, on 20th December 2024 with no notice their early bird season tickets went on sale and they had until 4th January 2025 to buy before the prices went up. The cheapest ticket was £460 but the rest at least £570. Currently in their South stand it is £701 for a season ticket. Some of their games this season the cheapest matchday price is £45. One of their stands has now been shut down through lack of upkeep. 17 players have left this summer, no arrivals. . Their owner is probably worse than ours ......... just.

Unless something was mentioned in the meeting last week they are being vey coy about numbers sold. I believe it was just over 8000 after the early bird finished. Normally there are complementary tickets given by Blackburn Sports College to boost the numbers around this time but heard nothing about that this season. Doesn't look like the £299 early bird tickets in the Riverside tempted many. Last season only 4104 tickets were full paying adults so we will have to see if that embarrassing statistic improves but I guess they will keep quiet on the demographics as well.

i know that the transfer market site isn't the most accurate of sites but it states Tavares MV (market value) is 800K yet we have supposedly paid 2K. Also Moreirense F.C. who we bought him from had a average attendance 2,387 last season and only won 10 games. There is no way we would have over paid , his stats as a defensive midfielder don't really excite me much 76 appearances for pretty much mundane teams in uneventful campaigns and 1 career goal Big step up for this lad.if he is to feature regulalrly

yeah, when in 1978 the crowd was over 27000 , not many were supporting us, things change, a few years later we won the league , ups and downs, the biggest home support i remember-after we won the league cup in 2002, against Fulham, 10 pound a ticket , we also got 26700 against Oxford, in 2018 guess what, 10 pound a ticket

WATR must also be held to account for some of these season ticket prices. They have been working with the board over a prolonged period of time and have always been banging on about a cheaper "entry level" price. They have now got what they wanted with a respectable price of £299 in the Riverside. But they did not cover all bases (and you have to with swags) and I bet they didn't even contemplate that the entry level price would be at a cost increase to the other stands. They do not make things clear with their half baked announcements like the one the last month, the one where I think they were having a go at the owners and after reading it I didn't know if we were to protest, boycott, show are support. Not clear like their strategy on season tickets. The owners and directors just do not take them seriously. This week they have made a half-arsed statement about a fluid situation and hint that they are doing something but don't really announce anything really. They really need to stop sitting on the fence and pretending they have serious influence. Burn their bridges with the board and connections and organise a real demonstration and a plan before it's too late. It's time for proper action or else we will be obliterated.

Even their highest early bird is cheaper than our cheapest will be

These free season tickets should help boost sales. Blackburn Rovers Sports College offers a unique experience for students to study at the home of a professional football club. There are a number of perks to being a student at Blackburn Rovers Sports College, and for the 2024-25 football season, all students enrolled will receive a complimentary season ticket funded by Blackburn Rovers Community Trust.

Think the club Iis still struggling with the concept of a deadline. With U18 at £56 and U11 at £23, also 600 available at £300 , we should easily get 10.000 at the very least.

Bolton's cheapest end was the South Stand Lower which holds just over 3000. The price was £249 for a renewal or £279 for a new applicant. This is what the price should be in at least one end at Ewood. Just to attract border line people where price is a real big issue. The ongoing prices are all too expensive, and probably what Waggot will compare his season ticket prices to. He will come out with a lame excuse why we couldn't have a proper early bird rate.