05-01-2022, 05:04 PM
(05-01-2022, 04:40 PM)Wightblue Wrote: Perhaps the reason why some expect Pompey to pay higher wages than most clubs is that we get higher gates than most, FYI, Football Web Pages.co.uk show the Average Home Attendances 2021-2022 as follows:
1 Sunderland - 30,017
2 Sheffield Wed - 22,078
3 Ipswich Town - 20,821
4 Charlton - 17,279
5 Bolton Wand’s - 15,362
6 Portsmouth - 15,148
7 Plymouth - 12,426
The rest range down from 8 Wigan- 9,332 to the lowest 24 Burton - 3,090
I wouldn’t think it unreasonable to expect Pompey to be amongst those who have the higher wages bills, even before you factor in that Pompey have one of the richest owners in all 3 EFL leagues (probably amongst the Top 5).
We probably are about 6th in the wage bill list too. I know Catlin claimed were in the top 5 a couple of years ago and we have not increased much since then , but a couple of clubs have come into money, or been relegated, so will have pushed us down the list a bit.
And you need to get past the 'rich owner' bit. They have made it clear they are running the club as they promised they would as a sustainable business not a charity case so it makes little difference if they have 20million or 20 billion on paper. The important bit is every penny they are putting in is not racking up debts to be paid off in the future.