Looking at the expenses of a club such as Arsenal one finds where the £67,000 they take at the gate goes during the year. First of all, before ever a player is signed there are scouts who officiate throughout the country, to pay. These men, old and experienced footballers, are paid between two and five pounds a week, in addition to expenses, Then come the players, of whom there are about three dozen on the books, Twentyone of the players earn £8 a week for thirtyflve weeks, making a yearly wage bill for them of £7,980. Then there are the other fifteen players, who average about a y making an additional £4,500. Adding bonuses and benefits, wages come altogether to about £13,000, Trainers and coaches amount to about £3,000 a year, medical expenses to more than £1,000, the managerial staff £5,000 and travelling and kit about £6,000, all big items to place against the club's income.
If the, expenditure on players wert all economic in the fullest sense- the expense would still be heavy, but in actual fact much of it is virtually wasted. The club must take a chance with a promising young man, but after three or four years of careful training and attention he may prove a failure. In fact only one in ten becomes a real star, though they have all had the attention due to a star lavished upon them, and Mr, George Allison, the Arsenal manager, cal-culetes that on that basis every suc*
It Ipswich hits the football map it will be largely due to the generosity of a wealthy brewer, who is prepared to spend fabulous sums to see the Ipswich Town team established in the Third Division of the Football League, and, ultimately, the First Division.
All clubs have their financial worries, and it is not only the small clubs struggling along with reduced attendances that find it needs mathematical and financial genius to cessful player costs the club £9,000, Some of them have good transfer values, of course, but others have not.
Groundsmen account for a further £3,000 or £4,000 a year, and there are gateman and policemen to pay, but the stewards who shepherd the crowds into their positions are y workers, and it is interesting to note that nine tenths of them balance their budget The big clubs have correspondingly bigger expenses and the income has to be big indeed to cope with the huge expenditure needed by a club in the First Division.
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