Groups by league table position

When looking at the correlation between the economic conditions of the clubs and their success on the pitch, it is noticeable that the six clubs in the top third of the table only earned and spent slightly more than the league average, while the figures for the clubs in the middle of the table were almost identical. At 20 per cent above the average, the top clubs recorded the highest income of all three clusters – the clubs in seventh to twelfth place recorded an increase of 16 per cent – but in terms expenditure, at 17 per cent above average, they were even below the clubs in the middle cluster (plus 23 per cent). The six clubs in the lower table regions accounted for 64 per cent of income and 60 per cent of expenditure.