Accrington Stanley has used social media to highlight the massive gulf in spending power between the game’s ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ after the announcement of a recording-breaking TV deal.
Premier League bosses earlier this week announced the combined £5.1 billion deal allowing Sky Sports and BT Sport to show games between 2016 and 2019.
With each game worth £10 million, Stanley took to Twitter to show how just one televised match would cover their wage bill for the next 20 years.
They posted: “The Prem Lge has a new £5bn TV deal. £10m per match. One game would pay our annual wage bill for the next 20 years.”
The club has also urged supporters to invest in club shares and attend more future home matches.
They tweeted: “If you’d like to help us you can. A share in ASFC is just £100. We may not be in Prem. We may not be on TV. We may not be glamorous. But we care about every shareholder. We’re not saying be anti-Prem. Just try to support the little guys. Buy a scarf. Go to a game. Small amounts make a big difference.
“Selling 15 of these pays 1 of our young professionals for a week.
“So watch the Prem on TV. Enjoy it. Just please keep an eye on your local lower league club. We all need your support. Thanks.
“Our followers (20,200) would now fill the Store First Stadium 4 times over. Be lovely if even 10% of you could make it to a game 1 day.”
The new television deal saw Sky Sports snap up five of the seven packages with BT Sport taking the other two.
