Primary Recommendation

Powerleague - 5-a-side football firm with healthy new openings pipeline

April 2007

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Those who think we have become a nation of couch potatoes should think again given that 5-a-side football was able to claim a remarkable 2.7m participants in 2005. The fact that this shorter version of the game has eclipsed its traditional 11-a-side counterpart to become one of the most popular sports in the country, goes a long way to explaining the remarkable success of leading AIM-listed 5-a-side operator Powerleague. Under the canny leadership of chairman Claude Littner, Powerleague is forecast to more than double its pretax profit from £2.6m in 2005 to £5.4m in the year which starts on 1 July. And this could be just the beginning with Powerleague’s expansion, which should see it double in size, likely to underpin 1 ...

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