A new Sky Sports TV deal has driven record turnover figures at the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL).
Its revenue grew 6% to £44.3m, which has also led to a 6% increase in its payment to clubs – up to £37.9m. This was in addition to net gate receipts of £2.1m distributed to the 4 clubs taking part in the Premier Sports Cup semi finals and final.
“Given the challenging market and economic conditions right now, these encouraging results reinforce the huge popularity of Scottish football, as well as the level of interest this generates with our broadcasters and our increasing roster of partners,” said Neil Doncaster, SPFL Group Chief Executive.
“In recent months, we’ve agreed a major new title sponsorship deal with William Hill, as well as a new TV contract with Premier Sports. The SPFL has just reported significantly higher attendances per capita than any other European league in a new UEFA report, and whilst we’ll never be complacent, these results give us a strong foundation upon which to further improve our performance.”
Murdoch MacLennan, SPFL chairman, added:
“These latest annual results are testament to the hard work and talent of the SPFL’s member clubs and to the efforts of the dedicated team at the SPFL, which works tirelessly on their behalf. “We are extremely pleased to be able to provide our members with the highest annual distributions in the history of Scottish league football and thank our members for their vigorous support.”
