breakdown ?. clubs used to fancy a top flight team away so they got a bigger proceeds payout, game receipts etc so has covid affected that ?, so if there,s no extras do we want a non league/minnow to better our chances of progressing into the next round
I was just going to post the same ..... Imagine if Chorley got Man Utd/City away with no gate receipts ....... gutted
Think you're right. There's prize money for how far you progress, it increases each round, but the gate receipts are pretty much gone. Very little if any value in drawing a big club. Even for the players, yes, they've had the chance to play against some huge names in the world of football, but will that mean anything if no one is in the stadium to watch? The magic of the cup has dwindled over the years, which I think is really sad, but this season there's almost none there to be had.
The Emirates FA Cup Season 2020-21 Payments made from The FA's prize fund Extra preliminary round (184) £1,125 Losers receive £375 Preliminary round (160) £1,444 Losers receive £481 First round qualifying (116) £2,250 Losers receive £750 Second Round Qualifying (80) £3,375 Losers receive £1,125 Third Round Qualifying (40) £5,625 Losers receive £1,875 Fourth Round Qualifying (32) £9,375 Losers receive £3,125 First Round Proper (40) £16,972 Losers receive £5,657 Second Round Proper (20) £25,500 Losers receive £8500 Third Round Proper winners (32) £82,000 Fourth Round Proper winners (16) £90,000 Fifth Round Proper winners (8) £180,000 Quarter-Final winners (4) £360,000 Semi-Final winners (2) £900,000 Semi-Final losers (2) £450,000 Final runners-up (1) £900,000 Final winners (1) £1,800,000 Amounts are per club in each round. Numbers in brackets represent the number of winning clubs per round
You honestly think they’ll ever allow us to properly attend matches again in full houses??? Hahaha, no chance.
Not that it really matters this year, but I thought the gate receipts were handled differently for cup games. In the league, the home team keeps 100% of the takings. In cup games, the FA take a cut (20%, or so) and the remainder is divided equally between both teams. I could be wrong, as I often am.
The teams are rewarded for progressing in each round as follows: https://www.thefa.com/competitions/thefacup/prize-fund EDIT - just seen Hooky response