Manchester United vs. CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions League Group Stage, Group B, at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, March 11, 2015. Manchester United's Wayne Rooney celebrates scoring their first goal. Reuters Manchester United, probably the world's most recognisable club football team, reported its first-quarter results on Tuesday at lunchtime, and thanks to the club's return to the Champions' League, it's generally pretty good news.

Here are some of the headline figures from today's results, which take into account the three months to the end of September:

Revenues up 39.3% to £123.6 million ($187.7 million)

Match-day revenues grew by 64.2% to £24.8 million ($37.7 million)

Sponsorship revenues were £46.3 million ($70.3 million)

Profits down from £8.9 million ($13.5 million) to £4.9 million ($7.4 million)

United's revenue numbers have been pushed up by the football team's return to the world's most prestigious club tournament, the Champions' League.

This is especially true with regards to match-day revenues. Not only does the side have more games that it can sell tickets for, but it can also charge more for tickets at these games thanks to the prestige of the tournament.

Prior to this season, the club had spent two years away from top-level competition due to poor performances in the league following the departure of legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

While revenues grew strongly, profits dropped by almost 44% thanks to a big summer of spending on new players. United made a net loss of £7.4 million ($11.2 million) in the transfer market, thanks to buying big-name players like Memphis Depay, Morgan Schneiderlin, and Matteo Darmian this summer. Over the same period last year, United made a profit of £18.3 million ($27.8 million) on players.

All those new players also helped to push up the club's overall wage bill, which grew by 19.2% to £58.9 million ($89.4 million).

The club's executive vice chairman, Ed Woodward, commented on the results, saying that they "demonstrate the continued strength of our businesses."

Manchester United — which is owned by the Glazer family, an American family that owns several sports teams — is the only British football team to be publicly listed, following its flotation on the New York Stock Exchange in 2012.