@Bigbutslimmerbloke – you selectively quoted there 🙂 while ticket sales aren’t the main source of income they are still significant. A quick check on Old Trafford ticket prices shows full price tickets are from £31 to £53, let’s say an average of £40, ground capacity is 50,000 (I’m sure it’s more but 50K will make the sums quicker and possibly allow for season ticket holders) so that’s £2M per game in tickets, 19 home games per season, that’s £38M. Last season MU got £96.75M from the TV deal. So while ticket sales aren’t on a par with the TV money it’s still significant. These figures are Premier League fixtures only.
OK, the above are back of envelope figures. From MU’s financial report we have (in whole millions)
Commercial: £286M
Broadcasting: £140
Matchday: £104 (this will include all the pies)
So roughly a 50%/30%20% split.
Their “Employee Benefit Expenses” (their words not mine) are £232M
I’d imagine the other top clubs have similar figures and income spread.