Fleetwood Town among best performers in coronavirus impact survey

Fleetwood Town have coped well financially during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new  analysis.
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An investigation, conducted by Business Rescue Expert, assessed the potential revenue loss at all clubs in England’s top four divisions due to the crisis, including the cost of pies, pints and programmes.

When it came to losses among League One clubs, only Accrington Stanley fared better than Town for minimising the shortfall.

A survey has found that Fleetwood Town endured less revenue loss due to coronavirus than almost all the other League One clubsA survey has found that Fleetwood Town endured less revenue loss due to coronavirus than almost all the other League One clubs
A survey has found that Fleetwood Town endured less revenue loss due to coronavirus than almost all the other League One clubs
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All clubs took a financial hit as a result of the pandemic, either seeing their season curtailed or playing matches behind closed doors – as has been the case for clubs in the Premier League, the Championship and those like Fleetwood involved in the play-offs for League One or Two.

According to the study, the Cod Army lost £433,675 thanks to their season ending nine games early, whereas Blackpool lost more than three times that sum.

Town did take the decision to furlough many of their non-playing personnel and coaching team, operating on a skeleton staff.

However, Fleetwood can boast both the cheapest programme at £1 and joint-cheapest pint at £3.50, while their pies cost £3, again putting them second to Accrington Stanley at £2.50.

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Placing Town’s figures in context, Manchester City topped the list with losses of £23,932,040 due to the pandemic, more than 55 times the amount Town could have missed out on.

Leeds United’s figure of £6,852,274 was the highest in the Championship, while Sunderland’s total of £4,547,818 surpassed the rest of League One by more than £1m.

In League Two, Bradford City topped the table with losses of £2,123,250m, around five times the losses at Highbury.