He'll PM you in a moment Wire_85 but don't worry folks we'll all get to see it too

Ive gone back to using Firefox, so it shouldn't happen again. For some reason the "quote" function when using google chrome causes problems.

Or maybe it doesn't like 63 year olds.

Noooo, just bent the rules a little like most super league clubs were doing at the time. Believe Leeds have a test case ongoing at the moment.

Did they bend the rules? I thought it was some stupid retrospective law that will shaft a few clubs?

I must have a good 20 years to go then coz it cont cause me any problems....

And we hadn't heard about this before Rogues informed us....

Think the law was always there, just not enforced, open to interpretation, football will be there main target.

Does this mean if we don't reach a final we will make a loss ?

I would have thought the extension, if it shows on next years accounts, would guarantee a loss anyway.

You've got to speculate to accumulate.

Wigan summary for 2010
Accounts for the last financial year (ending Nov 2010 - i.e. the 2010 season) has recently been filed by the club with Companies House.

Main highlights:

- Operating profit of £141k against an operating loss of £459k from 2009

- Turnover up 15% to £5.5m against £4.8m the previous year

- Stadium rental costs of £197k against £190k the previous year. Notes to the accounts confirm that "rates determined by match revenues" and we have a "25 year renewable lease"

- The £2m loan that was assumed to be owed to Whelan was paid on 3 December.

- Net debt position reduced from £1.63m to £1.29m

Overall some very encouraging results and will probably only get better this year.

25 year lease? Renewable when? I automatically assumed the lease would be a 99 years term.

PS

£2 million loan 'paid'? That wouldn't correlate with the accounts, so I assume it has been written-off/substituted by a current Director's loan to remove it from the accounts.