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Burton Albion

By ChudsToday 08:16Today at 08:16:26

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Probably the only club smaller than us in League One, lost £8.3mil.

Another reminder of what we are dealing with and trying to compete with in League One, and why we cannot just go out and sign top players that some people are clamouring for, and why we end up with some players every season that people criticise like mad (Bez Lubala, for instance) because we have to take a chance on their potential, which doesn't always pay off.

Suspect our losses will be unpleasant this season, with so many midweek matches with smaller crowds, plus giving out lots of new contracts, and investing in three Championship strikers in Ahadme, Cornick and M.Phillips. Hopefully the sale of Doherty massively helps us out.

Every season we run with small (sadly, seemingly growing each year) losses and finish comfortably in League One, ensuring we remain solid for the future and don't risk the club, is a success. Any season we are pushing for promotion to the Championship, albeit that would be a whole new world of financial ruin, is a serious achievement for us.

As has been discussed many times, the worry comes when Phil sells up, we could easily end up with new owners like these Scandinavian chaps at Burton, and with eye-watering annual losses.

Edited by Chuds at 08:18:24 on 18th February 2026

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Re: Burton Albion

By Balders (BALDOCKBORO)Today 08:43Today at 08:43:10In response to Burton AlbionTop of thread

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Managed losses are fine, even large ones, if you have stable owner with deep pockets.

It's when they start chasing their losses with unsustainable investments.

Phil is clearly reluctantly content to lose several million a year now, and can afford it. That's why the Championship scares the shit out of me. He is too sensible to be content to lose multiples of that.

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