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As Lead Author, a proud moment to launch the Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report 2025 with ex-players inc. @MichaelVaughan and sports finance experts inc. @ProfRob_Wilson @DrDanPlumley @millar_robbie @dr_smondal at The Kia Oval
Download the report here: tinyurl.com/3h8tcd46
Proud day at the @FootballMuseum in Manchester this time last week with @ProfRob_Wilson and @MrMattJarvis launching the Leonard Curtis Football Finance Report on the @EFL @SkyBetChamp
Download the report here: tinyurl.com/3u7v598c
#footballfinance #EFL #SkyBetChampionship
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🚨 Championship "Cannot Control Its Wage Bill"
- Leonard Curtis report highlights Championship's growing financial divide
- Leeds, Sheffield United, Burnley, Luton top revenue rankings
- Those four clubs made up nearly 40% of league revenue
- Parachute clubs generated 2.8 times more revenue than rivals
- Also four times more likely to secure promotion overall
- Wages-to-turnover ratio never dropped below 91% since 2015
- 13 of 23 clubs spent more than their entire turnover
- New Squad Cost Rules would see 18 clubs breach limits
- Preston reportedly hit 160% under retrospective SCR test
- Report warns promotion increasingly "won in the balance sheet"
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Colour me shocked but it turns out the Championship is still allergic to profits and parachute payments are bad for its competitive balance.
If only we had an independent regulator who might be able to do something about these intractable problems…oh!
nytimes.com/athletic/7598404…
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A new report on the finances of the Championship has painted a bleak picture of a division hooked on unsustainable spending but dominated by clubs that receive Premier League parachute payments.
Commissioned by corporate restructuring firm Leonard Curtis, the Football Finance Report has been co-authored by Professor Rob Wilson, the provost of the University Campus of Football Business (UFCB), and Dr Dan Plumley, a senior lecturer in sports finance at Loughborough University.
📝 @mjshrimper
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The Full report into the finances of the game In the UK
leonardcurtis.co.uk/sport-fi…
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Really enjoyed being involved in the Leonard Curtis report on crickets finances .. here is the podcast leonardcurtis.co.uk/podcast/…
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📊🏏 A new report warns The Hundred's financial benefits are not being shared evenly across county cricket.
The Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report 2026 says counties with a Hundred team continue to pull further ahead of non-host counties despite the competition's £520 million windfall, raising fresh questions about the long-term financial balance of the domestic game.
🔗 Full story: cricexec.com/new-report-warn…
@ECB_cricket @englandcricket @thehundred @MichaelVaughan
Great day at @Edgbaston on Wednesday launching the Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report 2026 with co-authors @ProfRob_Wilson @DrDanPlumley @millar_robbie
Foreword by @MichaelVaughan
Download the report here: tinyurl.com/yc5jyueh
#countycricket #TheHundred #sportbiz
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A new report found that the "big four" counties of Surrey, Lancashire, Hampshire and Warwickshire generated 53% of all the revenue of the 18 first-class counties: £134 million out of £253 million cricinfo.com/story/new-count…
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The Hundred is causing significant financial disparity "between host and non-host counties" which "appears to be widening", according to a new report into the finances of the first-class counties | ✍️ @GeorgeDobell1
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"Turning point" for English cricket as gap between Hundred hosts and rival counties widens | @GeorgeDobell1
thecricketer.com/Topics/coun…
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The well-respected Leonard Curtis report is out again
"The Hundred is causing significant financial disparity "between host and non-host counties" which "appears to be widening", according to a new report into the finances of the first-class counties."
thecricketer.com/Topics/coun…
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County cricket's mixed financial picture highlights the monumental triumphs and fears for the future | ✒️ @GeorgeDobell1
thecricketer.com/Topics/coun…
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"With the sales of stakes in many of The Hundred teams now complete, and the distribution of funds to the 18 first-class counties underway, finances across the domestic game are set to come under intense scrutiny over the coming months and years" | ✍️ @JonathanPDyson
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🖊️ @JonathanPDyson breaks down the key findings from the new Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report, as counties prepare to enjoy a handsome windfall from The Hundred...
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Newcastle’s Red Bull takeover litmus test for Prem Rugby governance bit.ly/3WfituR
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My last shout-out for the Sept issue of @TheCricketerMag with its feast of fantastic features inc:
🏏The Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report shines light on county finances
🏏Tanya Aldred pays tribute to Siggy Cragwell
🏏David Hopps despairs at another domestic schedule review
Big thanks to @TheCricketerMag for the chance to share the key findings of the Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report in the latest issue
Download the report here: tinyurl.com/3h8tcd46
@MichaelVaughan @ProfRob_Wilson @DrDanPlumley
@millar_robbie @drsarthakmondal
Thanks for your brilliant contribution to the report @dr_smondal
It was great to be at the launch of the Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance report at The Oval.
Sneaked in a picture alongside @MichaelVaughan as I got to contribute to the competitive balance section of this report.
