Accringtons weekly wage bill.....

[Bideford_Robin]

Interesting comments in yesterdays League Paper from Accrington Stanleys manager John Coleman.......

Having seen his side collect 5 yellow cards/cautions against Oxford Utd he said his side were walking a tightrope for the remainder of the game as a 6th caution would mean a £2,000 fine and that for a club with a weekly wage bill of less than £10,000 is potentially crippling

A squad of 21 and a weekly wage bill of less than £10k - average wage of £476.19 at best per player - astounding, though based on their attendance figures etc understandable.

[iffy]

If their average gate is 1,500 and the gate price is £15, they're taking at most £22,500 per home game. So players earning £24k-£35k each a year is about right. Anyone know what our wage bill is?

[jonny72]

Off the top of my head the wage bill was around £4m in League One (not sure how it breaks down for playing staff vs non-playing staff as the accounts don't make a clear distinction). Due to the wage cap I'd guess at around £2m to £2.5m this season.

[Benzel]

Still - nearly 500 quid a week to play football? I could live off that.

[TheMajorSTFC]

Still - nearly 500 quid a week to play football? I could live off that.

I'll second that!

[reeves4england]

Still - nearly 500 quid a week to play football? I could live off that.

That's an average though, which means that even some of the players in their squad of 16 each week are likely to be on a fair bit less than that.