EFL Championship Clubs Netspend from 2004
Here is the EFL Championship Netspend (new investment) for all player transfers for every English Football League Championship Club since 2004.
2004 is the year which heralded the begining of the EFL Championship previously known as the Football League First Division.
According to Deloitte, in the 2004–05 season The EFL Championship was the wealthiest non-top flight football division in the world, and the sixth richest division in Europe.
The table also shows new investment (Netspend) which owners have made available to their club managers. The new investment can be seen season by season on the Club page on the site main menu..
The "Purchased" column in this table shows the money spent on players in transfer fees by all the English Football League Championship clubs since 2003.
The "Sold" column shows the money received by the football club from the sale of players in the same period.
In the Netspend" column the total of transfer fees received from the sale of Players is subtracted from the total money spent in transfer fees on purchasing players since 2003 giving the netspend. This Netspend figure is the "new investment" made available each season to the manager to buy players.
The "per season" column is the " Netspend " total divided by the number of years that have passed since 2004 giving an average of the new investment in players by each premiership club each season since 2004.
EFL Championship Clubs Netspend from 2004
| # | Championship Teams 2004/05 to date | Purchased Gross | Sold | Nett | Per Season |
| 1 | Stoke City | £283.5 M | £94.7 M | £188.8 M | £11.8 M |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | £240.8 M | £137.0 M | £103.8 M | £06.5 M |
| 3 | Fulham Town | £242.4 M | £160.5 M | £81.8 M | £05.1 M |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | £140.8 M | £85.1 M | £55.6 M | £03.5 M |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | £104.0 M | £55.5 M | £48.4 M | £03.0 M |
| 6 | Cardiff City | £130.2 M | £70.6 M | £59.6 M | £03.7 M |
| 7 | Sheffield Wed | £47.0 M | £10.9 M | £36.1 M | £02.3 M |
| 8 | Derby | £102.4 M | £59.2 M | £43.1 M | £02.7 M |
| 9 | Birmingham | £116.0 M | £96.1 M | £19.9 M | £01.2 M |
| 10 | Hull City | £141.6 M | £124.9 M | £16.6 M | £01.0 M |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | £189.2 M | £180.7 M | £08.6 M | £00.5 M |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | £75.0 M | £72.3 M | £02.7 M | £00.2 M |
| 13 | Millwall | £13.1 M | £07.8 M | £05.3 M | £00.3 M |
| 14 | Luton Town | £00.0 M | £00.0 M | ||
| 15 | Preston North End | £07.1 M | £24.8 M | -£17.7 M | -£01.1 M |
| 16 | Bristol City | £54.6 M | £89.3 M | -£34.7 M | -£02.2 M |
| 17 | Reading | £52.0 M | £66.2 M | -£14.3 M | -£00.9 M |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | £113.2 M | £135.9 M | -£22.8 M | -£01.4 M |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | £42.8 M | £69.7 M | -£26.9 M | -£01.7 M |
| 20 | Swansea City | £201.2 M | £259.1 M | -£57.9 M | -£03.6 M |
| 21 | Brentford | £02.5 M | £92.2 M | -£89.7 M | -£05.6 M |
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers | £107.7 M | £158.7 M | -£51.0 M | -£03.2 M |
| 23 | Barnsley | £14.1 M | £69.7 M | -£55.6 M | -£03.5 M |
| 24 | Leeds | £66.6 M | £135.9 M | -£69.4 M | -£04.3 M |