If Wigan fans accept that its ok to win promotion by having an unfair advantage compared to the other clubs, praying that they won’t get caught, but if they do then their promotion and champions won’t be taken off them then a resounding yes.
Success.
Not sure any of the other 23 teams would agree though
I can’t see us spending very much in the summer, especially on transfer fees and also on wages. It will be a season of mitigate financial risks, if victor goes it will be staged payments and most of the money will be used to cover the cost of the training ground and nys pitch work. TS is preparing his exit and as such it will be slash costs wherever possible.
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.