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Rochdale have announced a small trading loss for the financial year to May 31st 2005.
The £27,008 loss on a turnover of £1.7million featured £1.4million spent on players wages with the club narrowly missing the League Two play-offs. By comparison, for the same financial year, the Bulls spent just £0.6million on players with a £1.1million turnover, finishing second in the Conference.
Squad budgeting rules for the coming season are tighter than the Conference, with only 60% of turnover allowable to be spent on wages rather than 65%. Rochdale spent 82% of their turnover on wages in this comparison, the Bulls spent just 56%.
