Manchester United understand the yearly increase of prize money more than anyone and just how important every position is within the premier league. When they first won the premier league, they received Prize Money of £815,210. This season they received £15,220,000. That is a massive increase of £14.4m over 17 years.
The total Prize money in 1993 was £9.3m, now the total fund is £160m. in addition to this, there are large amounts to be made from playing live on TV. The Premier League is now surely the most lucrative league in world football.
Premier League
1992-1993 Comparisons 2008-2009
£815,210 Manchester United £15,220,000
£778,155 Liverpool £14,459,000
£741,100 Chelsea £13,698,000
£704,045 Arsenal £12,937,000
£666,990 Everton £12,176,000
£629,975 Aston Villa £11,415,000
£592,880 Fulham £10,654,000
£555,825 Tottenham £9,893,000
£518,770 West Ham £9,132,000
£481,715 Manchester City £8,371,000
£440,660 Stoke City £7,610,000
£407,605 Wigan Athletic £6,849,000
£370,550 Bolton Wanderers £6,088,000
£333,495 Portsmouth £5,327,000
£296,440 Blackburn Rovers £4,566,000
£259,385 Sunderland £3,805,000
£222,330 Hull City £3,044,000
£185,275 Newcastle £2,283,000
£148,220 Middlesbrough £1,522,000
£111,165 West Bromwich Albion £761,000
£74,110 - N/A
£37,055 - N/A
£9,372,820 Total £159,810,000
