Originally Posted by
Heliosphan
These figures are taken from the Salary Sport website so won't be 100% accurate but will give you a fair indication. The first figure is the annual wage bill. The second figure is weekly bill. The third figure is average attendance, followed by final league position.
Wigan paid out £4 million less in wages than Sheffield Wednesday. £3 million less than Ipswich Town and not even twice what we were paying out in our promotion season. They had a budget comparable to Sunderland and Charlton.
So when you say that Wigan had much higher budget, were you talking complete *******s?
Sheffield Wednesday - £10,131,160. £194,830. 22,470. 4th.
Ipswich Town - £9,395,360. £180,680. 21,779. 11th.
Wigan - £6,276, 920. £120,710. 10,397. 1st.
Charlton - £6,056,440. £116,470. 15,592. 13th.
Sunderland £5,998,200. £115,350. 30,847. 5th. P.
Portsmouth - £4,293, 640. £82,570. 15,003. 10th.
Oxford - £4,182,880. £80,440. 8,463. 8th.
MK Dons - £3,828,760. £73,630. 9,255. 3rd.
Burton - £3,757,520. £72,260. 3,229. 16th.
Wycombe - £3,473,080. £66,790. 5,662. 6th.
Rotherham £3,426,280. £65,890. 9,337. 2nd.
Bolton - £3,304, 080. £63,540. 15,439. 9th.
Doncaster - £3,251,040. £62,520. 6,906. 22nd. R.
Lincoln - £3,189,680. £61,340. 8,773. 17th.
Shrewsbury - £2,774,720. £53,360. 6,216. 18th.
Fleetwood - £2,765,880. £53,190. 3,228. 20th.
Argyle - £2,558,409. £49,200
13,130. 7th.
AFC Wimbledon - £2,266,160. £43,580. 7,704. 23rd. R.
Gillingham - £2,260,440. £43,470. 5,167. 21st. R.
Crewe - £2,182,440. £41,979. 4,523. 24th. R.
Morecambe -£2,003,560, £38,550.4,310. 19th.
Cheltenham - £1,839,760. £35,380. 4,239. 15th.
Accrington - £1,812,200. £34,850. 2,915. 12th.
Cambridge - £1,793,480. £34,490. 5,668. 14th.