Depends on the club, the players they have and - probably most importantly - the fixed assets that they own. For example Bohs are currently closing a deal on selling Dalyer for a total package (including a new stadium near Ballymun as part of the package) worth c. €60M but they would be unusual in eL circles in owning a ground of that value outright (or owning a ground at all!). I don't know of any eL club that has managed to balance their books consistently in recent years so, right now, an eL club will always lose you money and, personally, I don't see anything to suggest that this will change or that the (semi)professional football in Ireland will become a sustainable venture any time soon. To paraphrase an old cliché about the airline business (?) - how do you become a millionaire? Start off as a billionaire and then buy a football club!But what are Eircom League clubs worth?
As far as I know they had a long (part?) leasehold which they sold for a few million a few years ago and have spent most or all of it already. Hence their eagerness to groundshare in a newly developed Dalyer at a relative pittance paid to Bohs - a prospective deal backed by the FAI and government which the Bohs members and board thankfully rejected. I think the deal valued Dalyer at about €10M - a laughable figure given the current deal being closed by Bohs.Do they own Tolka or have a long leasehold?
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