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Everton’s matchday income keeps dropping

Goodison Park

Getty Images | Built in 1892, Everton’s current home at Goodison Park is one of the Premier League’s oldest stadiums and it carries a lot of history. Paul Fletcher, who has been CEO at several stadiums and commercial director of the new Wembley Stadium, has a harsh verdict on Everton’s revenue possibilities at Goodison. 

Offthepitch.com has analysed the five latest accounts of the 13 teams consistently in the Premier League since 2014 to outline the development in matchday revenue. 

Everton’s matchday revenue has decreased most of the current Premier League teams. 

Moving to a bigger stadium, or just increasing capacity, as Liverpool have done, will massively grow matchday revenue.

But the cost of building a new stadium keeps piling up: “Each year the new stadium train gets faster and faster,” said one expert.

30 May 2019 - 10:03 AM

By Christian Fomsgaard Jensen

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