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Is the Championship heading for financial ‘catastrophe’?
5 April 2026 Off

Is the Championship heading for financial ‘catastrophe’?

By Total Football News

Four of the ever-present Championship sides since 2020-21 are also among the top six current second-tier clubs hardest hit by losses.

Bristol City (£111m), Preston (£84.4m), QPR (£82.9m) and Middlesbrough (£80.4m) have all failed to record a profit for five consecutive seasons – as have Derby, Millwall, Oxford, Portsmouth and Swansea.

Coventry City, who are on course to win promotion to the Premier League this season, have lost £29.5m in

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Portsmouth FC: Michael Eisner warns Championship is facing financial ‘catastrophe’
18 March 2026 Off

Portsmouth FC: Michael Eisner warns Championship is facing financial ‘catastrophe’

By Total Football News

Portsmouth chairman Michael Eisner has warned of a looming financial catastrophe in the Championship after Pompey became the latest second-tier club to post losses.

While the £4.36m loss for the 2024-25 financial year is relatively modest compared to rivals Hull City, who reported a £41.7m loss in December, and Coventry City, who last month posted a £21.6m loss, it follows the same uncomfortable trend.

Eisner, 84, the former

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