Tottenham Hotspur have announced record revenues of £306.3 million for the 2016-17 season.
Revenues for the year ending June 30, 2017, increased by £96.5m — 46 percent — from the previous year’s total of £209.8m, while the club recorded a profit of £41.2m after interest and tax, up from £33m in 2016.
Tottenham’s net assets rose to £227.2m from £206.1m.
The Premier League’s new three-year broadcasting deal accounted for a significant chunk of the figures, with television and media revenues at £149.8m, up £54.93m (57.9 percent) from the 2015-16 total of £94.87m.
Tottenham’s participation in the group stages of the Champions League and Europa League round-of-32 resulted in European gate receipts and prize money of £44.6m, up from £18.7m the previous year.
But gate receipts fell from £22.2m to £19m after White Hart Lane, the club’s former home, lost over 4,000 seats in the north-east corner to allow building work on their new 62,000-seater stadium to begin.
The revenue figures offered ammunition to supporters who claim season ticket prices for the club’s new home, due to be ready next season, are too high.
Martin Cloake, the co-chair of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust, said the results supported the view that gate receipts are increasingly irrelevant to financial success.
“A healthy set of financial results illustrates the decreasing proportion of revenue that comes from gate receipts,” he told the Evening Standard.
“It makes interesting reading when looked at against the pricing recently announced for our new stadium.”
Spurs said spending on the new stadium project increased from £115.3m to £315.1m during last season and revealed that the waiting list for season tickets has increased to more than 62,000.
Spurs also experienced a large increase in profit from operations, excluding football trading, which rose to £117.6m from £63.3m.
The club are yet to release their financial figures in full and the complete audit is yet to be published by Companies House, even though the deadline for submission has passed.
“We are in an historic period for the club and there is a growing sense of excitement,” Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy told the official Tottenham website.
“There will, however, be many challenges in the coming months as we near the latter stages of the construction of the new stadium and its opening.
“The drive and determination to deliver our best across all areas of the club, together with the unity and support of all involved, will, I believe, see us meet those challenges.”
Meanwhile, striker Harry Kane has said Spurs must win the FA Cup to make this season a success after they took a significant step towards a third consecutive season in the Champions League with a 3-1 win at Chelsea on Sunday.
Fourth-placed Spurs are eight points clear of the Blues and face an FA Cup against Manchester United as they bid for a first trophy since 2008.
“Champions League football is a must and we’re in a great position,” Kane said.
“I think we’ve got to try and win the FA Cup. If we do that, we can say it’s been a very good season.”
Dan is ESPN FC’s Tottenham correspondent. Follow him on Twitter: @Dan_KP.
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