How important Old Trafford match-days are to Man Utd's finances

Every other weekend, more than 74,000 fans descend on Old Trafford to watch Manchester United.

Combined with the customary European midweek games and cup matches, the range of normal match-day seats and hospitality packages brings in considerable money for the club.

"We believe Old Trafford is one of the world's iconic sports venues," Manchester United says.

"It currently seats 74,140 and is the largest football club stadium in the UK.

"We have averaged over 99% of attendance capacity for our Premier League matches in each of the last 21 years."

The club is part of a very exclusive club which can claim revenues north of nine figures from match-day earnings, based on both the volume and value of seats.

Indeed, only Arsenal in recent seasons can claim to make so much money from match-day activities, based on the cost of a seat at the Emirates Stadium and the enormous capacity.

In the past five seasons, United's earnings from match-days is more than £500million - with the only blot on the club's copy book being in 2014/15 when they did not qualify for European competition.

Here is a break down of the club's revenues from match-days and how important they were to overall income.

2018/19

Match-day revenues: £110.8m

Total revenues: £627.1m

Percentage of income stemming from match day revenues: 17.7%

League finish: 6th

Number of home matches: 26

2017/18

Match-day revenues: £109.8m

Total revenues: £589.8m

Percentage of income stemming from match-day revenues: 18.6%

League finish: 2nd

Number of home matches: 26

2016/17

Match-day revenues: £111.6m

Total revenues: £581.3m

Percentage of income stemming from match-day revenues: 19.2%

League finish: 6th

Number of home matches: 31

2015/16

Match-day revenues: £106.6m

Total revenues: £515.3m

Percentage of income stemming from match-day revenues: 20.7%

League finish: 5th

Number of home matches: 29

2014/15

Match-day revenues: £90.6m

Total revenues: £395.2m

Percentage of income stemming from match-day revenues: 22.9%

League finish: 4th

Number of home matches: 21

Totals 2015-19

Match-day revenues: £529.4m

Total revenues: £3.24billion

Average percentage of income stemming from match-day revenues: 17.5%

Average number of home matches: 26.6