Hello All
Hope you're wintering well. On my blog I have a review of the financial position of 17 of the 18 first class counties, which includes a financial stability league table. And Warwickshire are off the bottom. Link below.
https://sideoncricket.blogspot.com/2024/02/bentley-forbes-consulting-rankings-2022.html
Thanks Reabank. I will set this aside to have a full read in the future. Appreciate your analysis. I'm a part-qualified accountant, alas, and can't fully decipher the results from source. So defer to you as the fully-qualified analyst!
Hello All
Hope you're well enjoying World Cup, T20 and the Euros. I have rather belatedly done a review of Warwickshire's 2023 financial statements. Link to the post is
https://sideonviewcricket.substack.com/p/warwickshire-county-cricket-club
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Thanks for this.
As usual, it's a really interesting read, if slightly depressing in places.
Regarding the pavilion redevelopment, I guess it's impossible to say what would have happened if it hadn't been done; but it's reasonable to assume that Edgbaston's allocation of major international matches would have dried up more or less completely. I actually loved the old pavilion and spent many happy hours there but it was no longer fit for purpose.
I often looked at our old pavilion and thought "How on earth do we ever get Test matches with a pavilion like that..." but even though I was happy that we had a new one, I cannot say it is very pleasing to the eye or a place where I sat a lot during games. It was all based on being big and getting loads of people in but when you are a business, I suppose this sort of pavilion is needed in terms of making a profit.
Very interesting, thanks.
Yes I can't escape the thought that the redevelopment of the Raglan and Priory stands is merely a vanity project of Cain etc It just feels a bit unnecessary and over the top. When will the building and redevelopment work ever end. Its a bit unsettling.