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Sport lends itself to statistics, opinions and a lot of money. Interestingly, these three rarely tally. I aim to shed a little light on the area of sports statistics to prove (or otherwise) the perceived wisdoms of sport.

This blog is for day-to-day observations. My other blog, www.minto.net (see links on the right) is where I put longer pieces of research.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Manflation

"Chelsea are furious". Really? Why? Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe points out that their wage bill is huge, but gets a few figures wrong.

Sutcliffe told delegates at the FT Sports Industry Summit yesterday morning that Terry earns £150,000 a week, that Chelsea are "£250m in the red" and that United had increased ticket prices by 13%. Both clubs disputed his figures.
Yes, ManU have increased their ticket prices for a season ticket by 10.87%.

Hang on... 11 per cent isn't exactly in line with inflation. That hasn't been up to 11 per cent since, ooh, 1981. Why ManU fans put up with this I have no idea.
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