To be honest, their performances and achievements for the last few years are pretty dire. How that doesn't translate into a downward revenue would be rather puzzling.

However, their filling is rather opaque... Leeds Rugby Limited: Administrative Expense, £32. Profit just under £5k, just like last year. Income from fixed assets, £4,992 just like last year. Leeds Rugby League Limited, dormant.

According to Bilko Wigan have lost 50,000 pounds for staging this game tonight rather than Friday no wonder the Club is losing money

Try Leeds Cricket Football And Athletic Company Ltd

Interesting that there isn't just one legal entity! Running at a loss too.

I read the other day that lancashire cricket club will make over 8 million this year from gate reciepts from the tests and odi's plus a further 2 million from providing matchday hospitality for man united, thats on top of reciepts from t20 and other lancashire matches plus reciepts from concerts held at the ground and the central funding from the mcc from tv deals etc, kind of confirms that rl clubs are very much second class citizens when it comes to sports finance, god help us if the likes of leneghan,moran,caddick and macmannus/coleman decide theyve had enough

Quote goobervision="goobervision"Interesting that there isn't just one legal entity! Running at a loss too.'" You might not be aware but millions has recently been spent on ground redevelopments. Last year was the first loss making year for a long time. https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yo ... al-triumph

Quote goobervision="goobervision"Interesting that there isn't just one legal entity! Running at a loss too.'" You might not be aware but millions has recently been spent on ground redevelopments. Last year was the first loss making year for a long time. https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yo ... al-triumph

Quote Les Norton="Les Norton"You might not be aware but millions has recently been spent on ground redevelopments. Last year was the first loss making year for a long time. https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yo ... al-triumph'" You'll pay it off in no time if you keep charging 27 quid for the away terrace, fook me that was a surprise last night, and not a good one

Quote Les Norton="Les Norton"You might not be aware but millions has recently been spent on ground redevelopments. Last year was the first loss making year for a long time. https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yo ... al-triumph'" You'll pay it off in no time if you keep charging 27 quid for the away terrace, fook me that was a surprise last night, and not a good one

Having read the thread I am surprised more has not been said abut that idiotic trip to Australia. It made a loss and for it to break even they would have needed a totally unrealistic crowd of 40K for the friendly. Whoever planned it and came up with the business case that had that crowd figure in it wants shooting. The accounts state the loss on the trip counted "very significantly" to the overall financial performance.

I suppose it means next year the loss will at least be reduced because I can't see that being repeated any time soon.

As to IL ban rolling the club I am obviously glad he does but I don't think it's great one man owns 89% of the shares and is the only backer who is an actual stakeholder ( as in not just a sponsor). If he got knocked down by a bus tomorrow where would that leave the club?

Maybe next year we'll see a WCC Vs Canberra. Complete pipe dream, but that's a license to print money imo.

Have to disagree on the IL situation. Name me one other successful sports team that isn't owned by one person/family. The one that stands out is Barcelona, but that's a different kettle of fish to Wigan. If IL drops dead tomorrow then his wealth will pass to his family. They might sell or they might continue, either way I'm confident we'll be ok.

Handed down to his next of kin(Wife)

I know Saints have one major backer bit I am pretty sure the other directors have put money into the club.

I’d prefer it the ownership of the club was such that if IL did drop dead it’s not what his family decides that counts.

Then there is always the idea that two heads are better then one. We could do with a proper board of directors invested in the club IMO. Not only could they put money in as I believe happens at Saints but IL is not infallible as the Oz trip showed. I also thought pre IL one of the criticisms was it was just DW who owned the club with his sidekick Mo Lindsay running it. Well it’s IL and Rads occupying those roles now.