“Figures released by the club last night revealed an operating profit of $820,204 on the 2009 season.

“The Western Bulldogs are on the way to being financially viable, and 2010 will see a key focus on the completion of the (Whitten Oval) redevelopment and debt-reduction strategies,” chief executive Campbell Rose said.

The result follows profits in 2008 ($600,000) and 2007 ($500,000).

The Bulldogs had revenue of nearly $32 million this year.

“That was an increase on last year, a pleasing result in the current economic climate,” Rose said.

“To have established income growth in the face of the global financial crisis was a very pleasing outcome for our club.”

Not bad for a club that has been a financial basket case for the last 3 decades – on top of the GFS, etc.

I’m not sure, but I would think that this includes the AFL assistance package of some $1 mill per annum, but would exclude the extra $1 mill owed them in the revised stadium deal.

The mighty West is back in town!!