Leagues Financial facts & Rumours thread

[oriel]

Dundalk owner reports DFC will be posting a profit for 2008 season, the 60k prize money will have helped - but we were on target to break even before this.

Whats the current financial state of play at the end of season with other clubs that were not as much in the spotlight as others 2008.

Are Shamrock Rovers in good shape ?

Also Sligo would appear to have finished in a strong financial position ?

UCD ?

Derry ?

Are these the only 4 premier clubs in 2008 to finish in break even/profit ?

[Battery Rover]

This is where these things about clubs in profits is misleading. They are only basing it on this season and not accumalated debt from previous.

I know some clubs who are well in profit this season but because of existing past debt it is all being swallowed up by repayments on this.

Sligo are in the best shape of all the Premier clubs other than St Pats from what I know

[MariborKev]

Derry ?

We lost £80k for the Y.E 2007 and I would expect our Y.E 11/08 to be significantly worse.

[pineapple stu]

Whats the current financial state of play at the end of season with other clubs that were not as much in the spotlight as others 2008.

UCD ?

Are these the only 4 premier clubs in 2008 to finish in break even/profit ?

We made a loss of about E20-E25k for the year. So winning the A League final and being on telly the last game of the season was rather welcome!

[citybone]

We lost £80k for the Y.E 2007 and I would expect our Y.E 11/08 to be significantly worse.

werent your crowds up this year would that not have helped?

[Poor Student]

We made a loss of about E20-E25k for the year. So winning the A League final and being on telly the last game of the season was rather welcome!

That's including the loss of Budweiser as sponsor though? Isn't that the roughly the difference between loss and break even?

[pineapple stu]

Basically, yep.

[garyderry]

werent your crowds up this year would that not have helped?

second half of the season definitely down a good bit so probably down overall.

[MariborKev]

werent your crowds up this year would that not have helped?

We brought Kenny back on massive wages, we have the biggest squad in the League, we stay overnight for every away game. I'd be amazed if our losses are less this time round.

[micls]

we stay overnight for every away game. .

Seriously

That seems excessive.

[jinxy lilywhite]

We brought Kenny back on massive wages, we have the biggest squad in the League, we stay overnight for every away game. I'd be amazed if our losses are less this time round.

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even away to harps

[MariborKev]

Seriously

That seems excessive.

Sorry,

Should have clarified that. Every team bar Harps, Sligo and the Norn Iron sides in the Setanta. Part of SK's contract coming back was a guaranteed number of overnight stays for away games.

[micls]

Sorry,

Should have clarified that. Every team bar Harps, Sligo and the Norn Iron sides in the Setanta. Part of SK's contract coming back was a guaranteed number of overnight stays for away games.

But even Dublin teams? Drogheda?Why?

We're a longer distance and we dont even stay in Dublin

[MariborKev]

A bone of some contention amongst the more frugal of us.

Sure we flew 25 players/staff to a game in Cork on Good Friday.Madness.

[Mr A]

One of the few things Hegarty seems to have learned in his time with Kenny was how to make similar demands for Hotels, even for our recent game in Drogheda when he knew well the club was fecked for money.

[maroon ultra]

Cousins had a different take on this during his time at United. His cunning plan involved leaving early on the day of a match so the team could stop in a hotel, book in for two hours to sleep ahead of a game! Bizaare.

[Martinho II]

That's including the loss of Budweiser as sponsor though? Isn't that the roughly the difference between loss and break even?

why is budweiser not sponsoring ucd next season??

[Poor Student]

why is budweiser not sponsoring ucd next season??

Guess they reckoned they got all they were going to get out of it for the past twenty years or so. Obviously due to the declining global economy companies are going to scale back unecessary expenditure. I think they will continue to sponsor the Super League. To the best of my knowledge they haven't been our sponsor since the start of this year. I know they've been on our jerseys since but try and get new shirts quickly from O'Neills.

[HarpoJoyce]

why is budweiser not sponsoring ucd next season??

Following on with what Poor Student said. There is a belief that Alcohol sponsorship of Sports, at least within an environment that can be controlled/managed, shouldn't be necessary.
Unfortunately I can't find anything specifically to UCD Dublin, (there are two tribune.ie articles I can't access) but I can link to NUI Galway
http://www.socs.nuigalway.ie/files/a..._policy_81.pdf
Page 3 D. Controlling Marketing, Promotions and Sponsorship

UCC
http://www.ucc.ie/en/SIN/studentrule...e,51033,en.pdf
Page 5 3.4 Controlling Sponsorship, Marketing and Promotions
(Okay, somebody's plagirising, Who's plagirising?)

Senator Ivana Bacik has something to say aswell.
http://www.ivanabacik.com/archives/82

UCD put an 'Say No to Racism' badge over the Budweiser logo on the kids jerseys.

After Edit:
This has reminded of maybe other industries that maybe targetted. There's a famous fast food restaurant chain that sponsors accomodation and support of parents for patients at Crumlin Hospital for Sick Children. (They may have Golden Arches over the door.). Today supporters of a LoI of Ireland club from Dublin were decked out in their club strip including the Fast Food name on the back selling car fresheners to raise some money.
It will be a long hard road to prize that type of company away though.

[gufct]

Looks like its endgame for the Drogs after Players and Administrative Staff not paid today so Harps get to stay up is it.