Referring at the financial position of one of the biggest football clubs in the world 'Tottenham Hotspurs' ,The income statement and the statement of financial position can be found on pages 9 and 10 of the report:

https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/media/5679/2017-tottenham-hotspur-plc-annual-report.pdf

the questions are :

1) For 2017 and 2016, calculate the gearing ratio and interest cover.

2017 2016 Gearing ratio (numbers from the statement of long term (non current) liabilities financial position) share capital + reserves + long term liabilities Interest cover (numbers from the operating profit income statement) interest payable