10 Worst Run Football Clubs in UK

No suprise at number one, but one or two of the others (and the order) maybe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/11770309/The-10-worst-run-football-clubs.html#?frame=3391144

At least we are not on the list!

Worst is Blackpool
2. Qpr
3. Newcastle
4. Rangers
5. Cardiff
6. Leeds
7. Blackburn
8. Bolton
9. Coventry
10 . Aston Villa

 

wot a mess !

Makes you appreciate what we have doesn't it

 

Rubbish, the Sags must be on that list!! Or is it only open to the 'big' teams and those recently in the Premiership

 

Very surprised and slightly curious that Portsmouth aren't in the top 2.

 

Interesting.
On my phone now so haven't studied the article, but to be honest Blackpool and QPR have both been in the prem recently which must mean they have done something right.
With the size of Bristol and the surrounding catchment area I would expect US to feature around number 2 behind Rangers.
We have been outside the top tier for 35 years and were only there for 5.

Hopefully the present management team will fix us. Positive signs are there but there is a long way to go.

 

Under fan ownership Pompey via the Pompey Supporters Trust they have paid off their debts, and made an operating profit.

 

In my mind, it depends on how you define well run. In my mind, if a club cannot stand on its own two feet and isn't successful, it's not well run. Last season was a success, but was largely one correction to cover up a ton of wrongs from the past couple of seasons. We're not a successful club, and despite spending nothing we're still completely reliant on Lansdown's fortune to stay alive. That's not well run.

We're not as bad as others, but we're no shining example either. Additionally, our strategy has constantly been to emulate the flavour of the week (at one point Southampton, now Bournemouth) as a way to justify not spending money. If we can stay in the Championship AND become profitable over the next few years, I'd consider us to be well run.

 

Maybe, but over the past 15 years or so they have to be one of the worst run clubs

 

I take it you mean 35 years not 15 ?

 

Bristol City could be considered a consistently poorly run club over a ten year period.. Bristol City have restructured debt and on going losses, with no recent top flight football to show for it.

As already pointed out City's ,long term methodology has been boom and bust,, five pillars and now BS. It is not an example that bears much scrutiny.

 

If we want to be on the top 10 next year the answer is simple - hire Arry and let him spend and spend - no that has never worked has it?

 

Of course! Edited now.

 

Well he fluked his way to an FA Cup win with Portsmouth and also fluked QPR to promotion via the Play Off final in a game that Derby County should have won.
Harry is a lucky, and well dodgy character. Look at the trail of broken dreams and clubs he's left behind.

 

Not required at City.

 

best run club = Swansea

 

I agree with Swansea but Southampton are also a club to be admired because like the Swans they have a great new stadium and a philosophy of flowing football. Full marks to both clubs.

 

But both clubs were on the brink of bankruptcy? So surely they can only be based on last 5-10 years

 

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We have been outside the top tier for 35 years and were only there for 5.

4 years Bcfc.

 

yes Red, I agree with your comment. Since Huw Jenkins took over the Swans have done remarkably well, were nearly out of business 2003 (I think).

 

An article run by the Telegraph has the Swans in third place in the list of "Best run football clubs in the country" with Premier League rivals Southampton and Arsenal the two sides that top them in the article.
The Telegraph said of the Swans "A model club, both on and off the pitch. Despite a prudent financial strategy, Swansea have firmly established themselves in the top flight: their 8th-placed finish was their highest in almost 35 years.
"The Liberty Stadium is a constant sell-out, with a long waiting list for season tickets, and wages are largely tied to performance for both players and officials. The club are unique in the Premier League in that the supporters own more than 20% of the club and have a representative on the board."
The Swans have been hailed many times in their rise through the divisions as a model club and are one of only two Premier League clubs detailed as having no debt. We sparked hope for many when we won promotion to the Premier League in 2011 and it is quite apt that we have been listed just ahead of Bournemouth who this week hailed us as a club that they wanted to emulate.
Arsenal ended up second in the list according to the Telegraph who said "Relentless consistency in the red half of north London. While the club have secured a top-four finish for the last nineteen seasons, they have completed an expensive but, ultimately, crucial move to the Emirates Stadium, one which has allowed revenues, profits and cash reserves to sky-rocket - only Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona generate more matchday income than the Gunners"
But it is Southampton who have been hailed as the best run in the country. Having been an established top flight team for many years before monetary issues hit home, the Saints have bounced back with three impressive Premier League seasons that have now seen them return to Europe this season thanks to last season's 7th placed finish. The article reads "A second summer of selling their best players for as much as possible, and doing their damnedest to replace them with talented bargains. Such a turnover of players hasn’t destabilised the club, who continued to punch above their weight in the Premier League.