A Look at Premier League Finances

There has been a lot of press in recently about the £3.1 billion worth of debts that the 20 Premier League teams have amassed.

The Guardian had a great club by club breakdown last week of match day revenues and the wage bills of each Premier League team.

Today, we'll look at the match-day revenues and the huge gap between the big clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal and the smaller clubs like West Brom and Fulham.

These big clubs have a huge competitive advantage over the rest of the league.

It's easy to see why a large club like Liverpool needs a new stadium if it hopes to compete with the other four big teams, and why Chelsea needs the deep pockets of Roman Abramovich.

How big a competitive advantage do Arsenal and Man United have?

Their combined gate and match-day income is £196.5. The rest of the Premier League combined is £196.8! (note that amount only covers the teams reporting gate and match day income).

Team                       Gate and match-day income
Arsenal                                 £95m
Aston Villa                         18.5
Blackburn                           6.2
Bolton                                 6.8
Chelsea                              N/A
Everton                           20.5
Fulham                           9.6
Hull                                 N/A
Liverpool                    N/A
Man City                      13.6
Man United              101.5
Boro                             11.1
Newcastle               32.3
Portsmouth              12
Stoke                         N/A
Sunderland            13.6
Spurs                       28.6
West Brom                    7
West Ham                   17

Tomorrow, we'll look at the difference in wags bills across the Premier League.