That is how much Championship clubs have lost in the past 10 years. It would also get you about 760 properties in London's Mayfair - by far the UK's most expensive place to live. "No club can survive for the long-term in this system and if that continues, catastrophe will happen," warned Portsmouth chairman Michael Eisner. So, has the financial bubble burst in the Championship? Or is it more a big balloon that has been slowly inflating towards popping point over more than a decade?

Source: BBC April 05, 2026 13:57 UTC