Leeds United may have only returned to the Premier League last summer but the financial accounts for the 2024/25 season showed that the club and 49ers Enterprises were already operating as a top-tier outfit.

There was lots to be impressed about in the release of annual figures on Wednesday - a 7% rise in revenue from the previous year, a 19% reduction in losses, a 34% increase in commercial income. It was a positive report, although perhaps it ought to have been.

The backdrop of Championship promotion and the activity that brings, boasting the 14th largest football stadium in England and hosting two cup games at Elland Road will have all contributed to the £31.6million brought in through matchdays.

The standout line is that this matchday figure comfortably puts Leeds as a mid-table Premier League side and the overarching tale is that the club responded to financial risk following play-off defeat with aplomb. The 49ers set out a plan and fulfilled it.

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