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this is not dig, but fans like coolflames won't be happy that the only way to compete on a regular basis will be to nurture and satisfy the global fan base.

Yes but in terms fan based revenue comes from match going fans most are uk based with some from Ireland and Scandinavia. How much do the Asian or American fans contribute money wise ? Sponsorship is of course levered from the global fanbase. All this might change when they get direct club pay per view

it would be interesting if anyone has the details, but for the clubs we want to compete with, what portion of the revenue comes from gate receipts?

I think it is about a third mighty

http://footballspeak.com/post/2011/07/07/Footballs-Finances-and-the-Richest-Clubs.aspx

looking the figures here, we can see how far behind we are on gate receipts.

Interesting statistics man utd take £70m more a year than us in gate receipts and one would expect the cost of the ground would be about the same so that's £70m more for profit or the transfer fund or players contracts

RVP was the difference for them this year. He gave them the lift they needed.

Citeh should have stumped up the cash to sign him when it mattered. It was the player that they didn't buy that made them lose the title.

We've seen from the examples of city and Chelsea that money isn't enough. That gives us hope. If we can close the revenue gap to a certain extent, but make sure we have a decent coach.. one who can pass on a legacy to a successor then there's still hope.

United have issues in that the have debts to finance and what they will do post fergie. If a Morinho type figure comes in, then they'll pretty much be in the same boat as City, Chelsea. If they go for someone like Moyes with a view to replicting Fergie style longevity, what are the chnaces of pulling it off?

We need to hope that BR is the right guy so that he can tke advantage when Fergie finishes.

agree about city's failure to sign RVP.

stanley will it still be this huge following you bang on about in about 5 years time if there has been no cup success and 5 mid table finishes, I think not mate, your basing this so called huge fan base on the global fans which is strictly not a true figure as they are far too fickle, they may buy a Liverpool shirt one year but they will certainly buy the Chelsea, United or City one the year after. I know your banking on the pay per view on Liverpool games coming in but why would sky or the Premier League go for that, you may get loads of fans buying pay per view all season for Liverpool, United, Chelsea, City and Arsenal, but who and how many would want to buy Fulham, Stoke or Wigan's games, not as many thats for sure, so by keeping all the Clubs under one umbrella they can sell the rights for all teams and collect money from every Clubs fans, no good splitting them up...

Well we did go 6 years without a trophy and we still have our fan base so that ruins you points. And il also have you know our fan base is growing ALOT all over the world and more and more Americans are taking an interest in us everyday. You'll no doubt go against this FACT though as your a complete doom and gloomer