English Premier League 2012/2013

Slashman X

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01 Jan 2013 16:31:29

Aguero deserved a goal today, been immense

Telegram Sam

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01 Jan 2013 16:33:02

Wigan have reported a net profit of £4.3m for the financial year ending on 31 May 2012.

It is the first time in six years that the club has reported a positive result, with the sum in marked contrast to the £7.2m net loss of 12 months ago.

The figures cover the 2011-12 season which ended with the Latics in 15th place, with turnover up from £50.5m to £52.6m.

Wigan said on the club's official website that while salaries remain their biggest expense, they had trimmed them from £39.9m to £37.7m, with £10.4m spent on new players. The sale of Charles N'Zogbia to Aston Villa meant that they made £7.9m profit on player sales.

The club's debt, including borrowings and loans from chairman Dave Whelan and his family, reduced to £20.5m from £72.2m, £48m of which was converted into equity.

"The results are once again encouraging and we are very pleased to report a net profit position in a very competitive environment," said the chief executive, Jonathan Jackson.

"By increasing turnover and controlling costs the club is continuing to progress to a break-even operating position which all football clubs are aspiring to but many are finding it difficult to achieve."

Roberto Martínez, the manager, welcomed the news ahead of the Latics' home match against Manchester United in the Premier League on Tuesday.

He said: "This is very exciting news because more than anything it allows us to build a very strong future for Wigan Athletic.

"It's very rare in modern football to be able to get those sort of results and obviously, for a club like ours, we have always relied on our chairman at the end of the season to balance the books and to put money in, so it's refreshing and it's a different way to work.

"It shows how hard we had to work behind the scenes in every department to be able to produce those results. But most significantly now we'll be able to invest that money in improving our facilities to take the football club to a different level."

Making a profit will enable Wigan to improve their training facilities, a project Martínez hopes will be completed in just over a year.

He said: "In 1999, moving to the new stadium gave the football club a different angle of what we wanted to achieve.

"Now is a very similar year in terms of investing in the structure and the facilities that will give us a massive boost to become a football club that is close to reaching our long-term ambitions.

"It's an exciting project. We're working already with the architect and our timescale will be trying to complete everything over the next 13-14 months."

Good for them. No easy feat considering their awful attendances.

Sam

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5,092

01 Jan 2013 16:33:39

Welbeck coming on.

It'll be good to see him get some minutes.

Slashman X

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01 Jan 2013 16:33:56

Sergio /o\

Slashman X

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01 Jan 2013 16:36:43

By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 01 January 2013 - 16:33 PM

Good for them. No easy feat considering their awful attendances.

Don't their board buy most of the tickets in the first place?

Sam

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01 Jan 2013 16:44:44

RVP.

VP.

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01 Jan 2013 17:00:22

LINE UP: Szczesny, Sagna, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Podolski, Walcott.

Subs: Martinez, Mertesacker, Coquelin, Ramsey, Rosicky, Gervinho, Giroud.

hammer9

18 years ago

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01 Jan 2013 17:02:55

Hooray 3 points for West Ham...Norwich was close to score draw! phew!

Telegram Sam

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01 Jan 2013 17:21:00

I know we're in good form but I get the feeling that we're always able to put in some dire away performance against one of the lesser sides in the league. If we play our best, we should win comfortably, but I just have a bad feeling we might drop points tonight.

Shola

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01 Jan 2013 17:44:28

"We don't need RVP" - Manchester United fans, Summer 2012.

Telegram Sam

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01 Jan 2013 17:49:23

By Shola | Permalink | On 01 January 2013 - 17:44 PM

"We don't need RVP" - Manchester United fans, Summer 2012.

http://www.brandautopsy.com/images/old/6a00d8341bf89d53ef01156fc7dd2f970c-pi.jpg

Ninja

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01 Jan 2013 17:51:47

By Shola | Permalink | On 01 January 2013 - 17:44 PM

"We don't need RVP" - Manchester United fans, Summer 2012.

We hardly needed him.

But he's the best player in the league by a mile and it's obvious that he's improved us going forward.

Telegram Sam

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01 Jan 2013 17:53:24

It must be an odd feeling lying down on the pitch whilst being booed by thousands of people after being kicked in the nuts.

Happy birthday, Jack.

Telegram Sam

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5,083

01 Jan 2013 17:55:04

This game needs more Giroud.

http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s674/PegglesUK/giroudgetsmewet_zps0bdcf075.gif

Ninja

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5,341

01 Jan 2013 18:06:13

That was so shit from everyone.

Telegram Sam

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5,083

01 Jan 2013 18:24:24

We're lucky to be level. Need to step it up in the second half.

rossiheslopi

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01 Jan 2013 19:09:31

I cannot believe how bad Gervinho actually is

Telegram Sam

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01 Jan 2013 19:10:43

By rossiheslopi | Permalink | On 01 January 2013 - 19:09 PM

I cannot believe how bad Gervinho actually is

Me neither.

Telegram Sam

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01 Jan 2013 19:18:58

What a depressing, dour performance. Just seeing Ramsey and Gervinho on the pitch makes we want to cry.

rossiheslopi

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01 Jan 2013 19:20:12

Can't believe he took off Chamberlain and Cazorla for those two, i'd have Rosicky before either of them

BR.

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01 Jan 2013 19:59:43

Cazorla and Oxlade off for Gervinho and Ramsey, did that really happen? Bad decisions from this man:

VP.

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25,280

01 Jan 2013 20:15:08

Well neither were doing fuck all, the whole team was shocking and couldn't pass for fuck. We'll blame Wenger though...

Telegram Sam

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01 Jan 2013 21:59:15

I'm reluctant to blame Wenger because we don't have much depth, but I'm annoyed that he thought Ramsey and/ or Gervinho had more chance of creating something than Rosicky. He was the only player of real quality we had on the bench.