Right, I've had a few pints after work, granted however I just can't see logic with this. How can you not break even in europe??
Expenses - flying the first team out to France
- 8000 thunder stix
Income - Europe money
- tv money, 2 live games including money from French tv stations
- full house at fir park
- hospitality, both home for the big game and the £500 punters who flew on the claret and amber flights
- european tour merchandising, (all the t-shirts, flags, scarves, photos of fir park etc etc)
Maybe i've missed a few things, and hands up im not well versed in the financial implications of european participation, but I really can't see how we lost money on that.