martinw Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 All, How much does it cost to run a Conference club per year? Here are some figures that you may find interesting: £200 per match to switch on (and keep on) the floodlights £2,000 per year for match and training balls £35,000 per year for 1st team travel to away games £10,000 per year for match officials at 30 home matches £3,500 per year for the utility bills at the home ground £4,000 per year for energy drinks, energy gels and jaffa cakes £15,000 per year for hotel stays on long distance away matches £9,000 each year for pitch re-seeding and maintenance (every May) All the above are approximate and are for Ebbsfleet United. I have no reason for posting this other than general interest and that it may explain some of the 'other costs' in the budgets in FM. For those of you who hold 'toilet seat press conferences', you can use it to explain why you paid AFC Wimbledon a huge amount to visit your 60,000 seat stadium for a pre-season friendly. Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atonement Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 interesting post chum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevicus Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 All,How much does it cost to run a Conference club per year? Here are some figures that you may find interesting: £200 per match to switch on (and keep on) the floodlights £2,000 per year for match and training balls £35,000 per year for 1st team travel to away games £10,000 per year for match officials at 30 home matches £3,500 per year for the utility bills at the home ground £4,000 per year for energy drinks, energy gels and jaffa cakes £15,000 per year for hotel stays on long distance away matches £9,000 each year for pitch re-seeding and maintenance (every May) All the above are approximate and are for Ebbsfleet United. I have no reason for posting this other than general interest and that it may explain some of the 'other costs' in the budgets in FM. For those of you who hold 'toilet seat press conferences', you can use it to explain why you paid AFC Wimbledon a huge amount to visit your 60,000 seat stadium for a pre-season friendly. Martin Round about £90k a year if i worked it out correctly! on my games my BSP clubs seem to leak that much money in a couple of months! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinw Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 interesting post chum CHUM! Do you think I'm a tin of dog food? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atonement Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 CHUM! Do you think I'm a tin of dog food? sorry, pal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinw Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 sorry, pal You know too many old jokes. (don't point at me!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 £35,000 for away travel? Do they hire limos or something? For 23 league games and say 3 cup matches, that's nearly £1350 per match. I find that hard to believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 £2,000 per year for match and training balls That seems like a lot to me lol. BTW what are jafa cakes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryds Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 That seems like a lot to me lol.BTW what are jafa cakes? that's a BSP secret, they are a bit like kryptonite and are used against the opposition 'keeper. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trux Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 2K for balls seems high as well. Plus are'nt match balls usually sponsered? Interesting post though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackSparrow Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 £3,500 per year for the utility bills at the home ground£4,000 per year for energy drinks, energy gels and jaffa cakes Spending more on Lucozade than Gas/Electric? Riiiiiiiiiiiight.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atonement Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Spending more on Lucozade than Gas/Electric? Riiiiiiiiiiiight.... gas and electric dont help top, or in this case sub par, athletes go 33% longer but then you cant fuel a car with lucozade so its peaks and troughs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinw Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 £35,000 for away travel? Do they hire limos or something? For 23 league games and say 3 cup matches, that's nearly £1350 per match. I find that hard to believe. How much does coach hire cost? Also, what about stopovers on the way (Kent to Manchester without a pea break?) Don't forget, that there are also more cup competitions lower down the league (FA, FA Trophy, FA Vase and county competitions in some cases as well) where a Conference team would be expected to do quite well. So it's probably closer to 30. Sometimes they may take a train. Also, this is an approximate figure and could be a up to £5,000 higher or lower depending on how successful the team are (and how greedy the coach company is). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinw Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 2K for balls seems high as well. Plus are'nt match balls usually sponsered? Interesting post though. It's match AND training balls. Given that there are usually upwards of a dozen balls at each match and the number of balls that must wear out in training or get lost, this isn't a unreasonable figure. As for sponsoring, that will cover the cost, but the cost is still there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinw Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 Spending more on Lucozade than Gas/Electric? Riiiiiiiiiiiight.... Maybe they let the staff freeze so the players can take energy drinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 How much does coach hire cost? Also, what about stopovers on the way (Kent to Manchester without a pea break?) Don't forget, that there are also more cup competitions lower down the league (FA, FA Trophy, FA Vase and county competitions in some cases as well) where a Conference team would be expected to do quite well. So it's probably closer to 30.Sometimes they may take a train. Also, this is an approximate figure and could be a up to £5,000 higher or lower depending on how successful the team are (and how greedy the coach company is). For any local matches (which county competitions would certainly fall under), there would not be a need to hire a coach. Also, a club doesn't play in both the FA Trophy and FA Vase. They play in one or the other depending on where they are on the pyramid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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