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Burnley’s 2016/17 financial results covered a season when they finished 16th in the Premier League, thus securing consecutive seasons in the top flight for the first time since 1974, having been promoted from the Championship in 2015/16. Some thoughts follow #BurnleyFC
Following promotion to the Premier League #BurnleyFC converted a pre-tax £4.8m loss to £27.3m profit, as revenue tripled from £40m to a record £121m, though profit on player sales was down £11m to £1.3m. After tax, the club made a £22.2m profit, compared to a £3.7m loss in 15/16. 
#BurnleyFC £81m revenue growth was very largely driven by broadcasting’s £75m increase to £105m, due to the much higher money in the Premier League (plus first year of new deal), while commercial also increased £4.9m (91%) to £10.4m and match day was £0.9m (18%) up at £5.8m.
