BUSINESS IS GOOD

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31377, 24 May 1967, Page 15

BUSINESS IS GOOD

a It has always been * J acknowledged that pro- ■ ■ fessional soccer is Mg * J business, with a eouple of J I big B’s, but it Is not until ■ i the World Cup series J ■ comes along that the ■ ! world realises just how • ■ big it Is. ; * The latest issue of ! • F.I.F.A. News, the official j J journal of soccer’s con- a a trolling body, reveals the * a

■ accounts of the last a a World Cup series in Eng- ! a land—and a whopping * ■ profit of £1,427,830. a ■ Beceipts for the 13- ■ J day period of the series * a were £2,034,595, states the i J journal. After deducting a t expenses of £606,765, a ! a profit of £1,427,830 was J } left to be distributed ■ ■ among the competition’s ! ■ 16 finalists. a Gate receipts of f ■ £1,551,100 and £385,209 a a from the television rights, * a made up the bulk of the ■ * Income, the rest of the ■ ■ money coming from radio ! ■ and film rights and a 10 a J per cent levy on friendly ■ a matches. i Attendances at the * a games were exceptionally ■ ! high, and more than ■ ■ 1,600,000 paid to watch J ■ the 32 games played, an ■ J average “gate” of 50,458. •

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