Income

This graph shows the breakdown of the money Rangers has taken in since 1997.

The total income since 1st July 1996 is just over £508m.

The amount of money coming into the club is key to its ability to compete. Of course the figures peaked in 2004 and 2006 due to playing in the Champions League. The 2006 Champions League run brought in £15.5m.

The dramatic drop from 2006 to 2007 comes from the club selling off all its shops and getting JJB to run them. JJB paid money up front for this, and now also guarantee the club a minimum of £3m each year. This figure can be higher if sales levels are met, which hopefully they were with the Uefa run in 2008

The graph below shows the split of the income across the areas the club report. The biggest monetary change since 1999 is in gate receipts and TV money. Many clubs separate out the amounts that come from TV revenue, but Rangers do not. The other huge area of growth is in retail.

As the TV revenue cannot be split out, we have looked at Celtic's recent figures for their TV income and it is in the £11m-£16m range. If the Rangers TV income in the last four seasons was say £12m then the retail sales are bigger than the gate receipts.

The games in the Champions League for 2007-2008 will gain mean a huge income.

As mentioned above the drop in Retail comes form the JJB deal.

The final graph shows the split of the income for 2007.

The changes in the importance of each of the streams is shown here