Position
(prior year
position) Club Revenue (£m) Revenue (€m)
1 (1) Real Madrid 236.2 351.0
2 (4) Manchester United 212.1 315.2
3 (2) FC Barcelona 195.3 290.1
4 (6) Chelsea 190.5 283.0
5 (9) Arsenal 177.6 263.9
6 (5) AC Milan 153.0 227.2
7 (8) Bayern Munich 150.3 223.3
8 (10) Liverpool 133.9 198.9
9 (7) Internazionale 131.3 195.0
10 (12) AS Roma 106.1 157.6
11 (15) Tottenham Hotspur 103.1 153.1
12 (3) Juventus 97.7 145.2
13 (11) Olympique Lyonnais 94.6 140.6
14 (13) Newcastle United 87.1 129.4
15 (16) Hamburg SV 81.0 120.4
16 (14) Schalke 04 76.9 114.3
17 (n/a) Celtic 75.2 111.8
18 (n/a) Valencia 72.4 107.6
19 (n/a) Olympique de Marseille 66.6 99.0
20 (n/a) Werder Bremen 65.5 97.3

Peter Swales became chairman in October 1973,^[2] and held the position for more than 20 years.

In 1994, Swales was ousted from his chairmanship by former City player Francis Lee, whose paper business F.H Lee Ltd. had made him a multimillionaire. Lee's takeover was preceded a long anti-Swales campaign by supporters, who had formed a movement named Forward With Franny backing his attempt to gain control of the club.^[3] Lee gained control of the club by purchasing £3 million of shares at a price of £13.35 per share.^[4] Upon becoming chairman, Lee made a series of extravagant claims about his plans for the club, announcing that "This will be the happiest club in the land. The players will be the best paid and we'll drink plenty of champagne, celebrate and sing until we're hoarse".^[3] The club floated on the OFEX exchange in 1995, valuing the club at £8 million. ^[5]

In 1996 Lee appointed his friend Alan Ball as manager, but the appointment proved unsuccessful and the club were relegated. Lee stepped down in 1998, with the club on the brink of relegation to the third tier of English football, a fate which Lee had dismissed at the previous annual general meeting by saying that he would "jump off the Kippax" if the club were relegated.^[6] He was replaced as chairman by financial director David Bernstein.

In November 1999 broadcaster BSkyB purchased a 9.9% stake in the club for £5.5 million, plus a further sum for media rights. The deal was part of a series of acquisitions by BSkyB which included a similar stake in Leeds United.^[7] A share rights issue announced at the same time as the BSkyB purchase saw JD Sports founders John Wardle and David Makin increase their stake and become the club's largest shareholders.^[8]

Bernstein resigned on 5 March 2003, believing that differences of opinion regarding player transfers had undermined his ability to lead the club.^[9] Bernstein had favoured a fiscally conservative transfer policy, but manager Kevin Keegan and major shareholder John Wardle wished to spend heavily on new players, such as Robbie Fowler.^[10] Wardle became temporary chairman, taking the position on a permanent basis two months later.^[11] Bryan Bodek, who had been a board member since February 2000,^[12] was appointed as his deputy.

In December 2006, the club issued a statement regarding a possible takeover,^[13] prompting press speculation about potential buyers. On 24 April, former Manchester City player Ray Ranson announced interest in making an offer for the club,^[14] though the club denied press reports that a bid had been made.^[15] On 1 May 2007, it was announced that former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had been granted access to the clubs accounts.^[16] However, the deal was thrown into doubt when Thailand's military government froze £830m of Shinawatra's assets after they investigated allegations of corruption made against him.^[17] On the 21st June the Manchester City board accepted an £81.6million offer for the club from Thaksin Shinawatra and advised the shareholders to accept the bid. On the 6th July, Thaksin finally acquired a 75% share in the club, enough to take full control of the club and delist it as full owner.^[18] One of his first moves was to schedule a press conference to announce former-England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson as his new manager.^[19]

 

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Too often, we lose sight of lifes simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown, BUT, it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap that mother....pass it on.

turnover and revenue have nearly same meaning. i think you means profit but its difficult to say because club asset this year has increase a lot. and if we can join european league or eufa cup its worth a lot more than 30m+

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I'm not a girls.

if yes, we're close to 20th Bremen 65.5 £m while citys revenue at 61.8 £m....

this year this year .... 2008

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I'm not a girls.