that tatty name all over the club

[Jammy89]

Well put June, i didn't realise it had crashed that much.

Very depressing reading.

[toonlegend]

id like to take credit but all i did was copy and paste

[TheOtherTerryMac]

both commercial and match day revenue have decreased since ashley took over - yet can't be because less people go - nope definitely not

Commercial income
Ashley took over the club with a fine reputation for business acumen. He had grown Sports Direct from nothing to the biggest sports retail store in the UK. So it would be expected that he would increase the club’s commercial revenue (sponsorship etc).

In 2007, the club’s commercial revenue was £27.6m. After 9 years of Ashley’s leadership, the latest figures available (2016) show that NUFC were actually generating less commercial income (£25.1m) than they were in 2007.

Newcastle’s brand has become so toxic under Ashley that sponsors just don’t want to be associated with the club. Whilst other clubs have exploited the popularity of the Premier League and the unique marketing of their stadium to the full, Newcastle have gone backwards under Ashley.

Worth noting a number of items here contributing to the failure to grow our commercial revenue:

Newcastle United receive absolutely no income from the Sports Direct advertising at St James’ Park
United outsourced their catering facilities in 2009 so no longer make any money from this activity
The renaming of St James’ Park to the Sports Direct Arena (which Ashley has again admitted was a mistake) generated no commercial revenue but a load of negative publicity for the club.
Even Sunderland have managed to innovatively increase their commercial revenue by using the SoL for pop concerts. Yet St James Park, with it’s unique city centre location, is only slowly catching up with utilising this funding source.
Match Day income
AsUnited’s commercial income has failed to keep pace with other clubs, how has NUFC’s match day income held up under Ashley?

In 2007, match day income was £33.6m. After 9 years of Ashley, match day income has crashed to £24.7m, or by 26%.

In fact, the only income growth that the club has seen is as a result of the Sky TV deal. And this has absolutely nothing to do with Ashley, it is centrally negotiated between the Premier League and Sky.

So why is this important? Because generally those clubs with higher income perform better on the pitch. And this brings us to relegation number 2.

Good points June but you can give the Ashley Brigade all the facts and they will see no wrong in his ownership of the Club

[toonlegend]

here is the rest of the article

http://www.true-faith.co.uk/true-fai...f-mike-ashley/

[TheOtherTerryMac]

here is the rest of the article



http://www.true-faith.co.uk/true-fai...f-mike-ashley/

When you think about it there isn't any room for additional advertising as Sports Direct shyte is plastered everywhere.

[toonlegend]

When you think about it there isn't any room for additional advertising as Sports Direct shyte is plastered everywhere.

yep

[ronandtet]

here is the rest of the article

http://www.true-faith.co.uk/true-fai...f-mike-ashley/

i like that one sentence 6 commercial income -
"Ashley took over the club with a fine reputation for business acumen."

but i thought they were northern numpties

[toptoon]

Good points June but you can give the Ashley Brigade all the facts and they will see no wrong in his ownership of the Club

I´ve never spoken to anyone who has seen no wrong in his ownership but I´ve seen plenty who refuse to see anything good in his ownership of the club.
Few things in life are that 'black and white' (excusing the pun).

[toonlegend]

i like that one sentence 6 commercial income -
"Ashley took over the club with a fine reputation for business acumen."

but i thought they were northern numpties

i think its saying ashley had a fine reputation....

[ronandtet]

i think its saying ashley had a fine reputation....

lol depends which way you read it june