Manchester United top of the earnings table

Club is the first in UK to break through the £500m revenue mark

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Manchester United have smashed their previous revenue record and become the first football club in the UK to turn over half a billion pounds in a single year.

In its latest annual results for the year to the end of June, the club revealed an income of £515.3m. Operating profit more than doubled to £68.6m, reports the Daily Mail.

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