I don't understand how they aren't in the Premier league though as they have a nice shiny new ground, big capacity for ticket incentives / freebies, and a large away section and corporate facilities. If only we had the same we could be in MK's position in the league ...................... oh wait a minute
Despite all the commercial side (and I was at Arena MK for a sold out Masters Darts tournament) they/Winkleman has failed to invest in the playing side.
They're still a league 1 team with a mix of permanent, youngster and loan players....just like us.
Commercial revenue and income HAS to go hand in hand with investment on the pitch....or whats the point??
Winklemans statement that they made a 3 million pound loss last year is very misleading. That is for the whole Inter MK Group.....where on a turnover of £27 million their operating costs were £30 million.....so yes, a 3m loss for the whole group on paper....but what proportion of that £27m is football club related? To put it into context I believe NTFC's turnover for the year was around £4m
The turnover for Inter MK also increased from 18m in 2014 to 27m in 2015, so that's a healthy 50% increase year on year. Their balance sheet shows that they made over £5m on player disposals (sales) in 2014, but only £775k in 2015.
Their balance sheet also shows that they have tangible assets of over £107 million pounds. Ours shows assets of £2.4 million.
Its very hard to feel sorry for them isn't it?!