New financial Championship rules for next season

[skintsaint]

If of course we lose the final....

Edited Friday at 20:47 by skintsaint

[leesaint88]

Interesting. Based on the last Championship campaign our revenue was just shy of £85 million, with the likes of Portsmouth (boo) at £14 million and Middlesbrough (double boo) at £31 million. 

That suggests that even if we stay down, we would have a reasonable amount to play with. 

[CSA96]

Squad Cost Rules (SCR) are calculated as...

Clubs are allowed to spend 85% of their total revenue on football costs:

- Head Coach and Players salaries
- Agent fees
- Transfer fees (amortised) 

Excluded from the calculation is:

- Women's squad costs
- Academy squad costs
- Infrastructure costs

Club owners are allowed to inject £10m over and above the 85% as an annual equity injection, should they wish.

Edited Friday at 13:22 by CSA96

[Doctoroncall]

What’s the age limit for academy players?

[Weston Super Saint]

2 hours ago, Doctoroncall said:

What’s the age limit for academy players?

39

[Green]

Presumably this benefits the big clubs more then? And there must be loopholes aplenty to exploit this?

[badgerx16]

Presumably there will somewhere be a new financial rule that says Middlesborough can sue any team that beats them.

[Pamplemousse]

I wonder which teams voted against? Wrexham? Birmingham? They're the two big spenders

[skintsaint]

1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said:

I wonder which teams voted against? Wrexham? Birmingham? They're the two big spenders

Pretty sure Wrexham would be pro for this, with their revenue streams.

[EssEffCee]

On 15/05/2026 at 20:23, Pamplemousse said:

I wonder which teams voted against? Wrexham? Birmingham? They're the two big spenders

This benefits the clubs with bigger revenue. It'll be likes of Blackburn and Skates who'll have voted against.

[St Chalet]

On the face of it this seems pretty sensible, will mandate and expand funding into development and infrastructure.

[Doctoroncall]

On 15/05/2026 at 18:25, Weston Super Saint said:

39

That’s the squad sorted if we remain in the Championship. Young hungry players… can’t go wrong 😑 

[Roo1976]

On 15/05/2026 at 16:06, Doctoroncall said:

What’s the age limit for academy players?