FA Cup cash boost

[riverroyal]

The Royals will be getting £247,500 just for being shown live on TV against Man City/Villa . . . plus £360,000 should they win!

A replay would earn another TV fee.

They also got prize money of £67,500 for winning third round, £90,000 for fourth round and £180,000 for beating Everton plus £123,750 for last night's game being shown live.

On top of this there is a share of gate receipts, plus fees for being on radio and highlights shown on TV of other rounds

So far alone (including TV from quarter final) the Royals have made £708,750 from prize money and TV alone, so it must be over £1million so far . . .

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

That's handy.

Won't need to sell Long now.

[under the tin]

I hope it will help us to be able to buy Ledge in the close season. His market value must be growing game by game.

[Snowball]

I hope it will help us to be able to buy Ledge in the close season. His market value must be growing game by game.

unfortunately...

[Wycombe Royal]

I hope it will help us to be able to buy Ledge in the close season. His market value must be growing game by game.

unfortunately...

I would hope when we negotiated the extension to his loan deal that an option to buy permanently was also agreed and therefore fixing the price......

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

It could also be that being at RFC is just what he needs, moving to another club may not work out, settling in, new team etc etc. Working with McD may suit him down to the ground, as it suited so many with Coppell.

[Snowball]

I hope it will help us to be able to buy Ledge in the close season. His market value must be growing game by game.

unfortunately...

I would hope when we negotiated the extension to his loan deal that an option to buy permanently was also agreed and therefore fixing the price......

Me too. That's not the worry.

The worry is OTHER SIDES offering him better terms than we can

[Snowball]

It could also be that being at RFC is just what he needs, moving to another club may not work out, settling in, new team etc etc. Working with McD may suit him down to the ground, as it suited so many with Coppell.

Absolutely. I hope you're right.

Frankly I don't think I've seen one player have
such a major affect, except maybe Fabregas
for Arsenal or Gerard for Liverpool

[Stuka]

All this cup windfall should be invested in sorting out the Jazz Cafe. This is top priority. It's just not chic enough!

[brendywendy]

I hope it will help us to be able to buy Ledge in the close season. His market value must be growing game by game.

i can only hope that this will be true^^^^^

[PieEater]

I think part of the reason Legs does well here is that he is good mates with McAnuff.

[Whore Jackie]

I think part of the reason Legs does well here is that he is good mates with McAnuff.

I think McAnuff is mates with just about everyone. Have we ever had a player, so popular with other pros, amongst our ranks?

[Ferris]

I think part of the reason Legs does well here is that he is good mates with McAnuff.

I think McAnuff is mates with just about everyone. Have we ever had a player, so popular with other pros, amongst our ranks?

I fcuking love McAnuff *massive homo*

[Z175]

Our FA cup run will have earned us about 350k before last night in prize money and gate receipts.

Last night will have brought in £427k from the FA. £247k in broadcast fees and £180k in prize money. When you add in 50% of Goodison park ticket sales - we're now sitting on about 1.25m of unexpected extra income.

We're guaranteed another £247k in broadcast fees and perhaps about £400k in gate receipts depending who we play. Therefore we now hopefully have a hefty £2m to deduct from our annual shortfall of 5-7m.

Yet it could be so much more. Win the next game and suddenly its big money. £360k for winning the quarter final, a guaranteed £450k for losing the semi final, 50% of a Wembley attendance of 90,000 and another TV fee and so we're thinking another £2.5m if we win this one game.

Sheer dreamland but if we were to win the semi, you get £900k for winning and another £900k for losing the final a massive TV fee and another 50% of a very expensive 90,000 stadium. Probably worth £3-4m more than losing the semi.

So win the quarter final and the semi final and theres no excuse to sell any players this summer.



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http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompeti ... /FACuponTV

[Kitson12]

DODD
http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=104519

[Royal Lady]

We got around £1 million for the cup run last year - will a possible further 2 games really generate 3 or 4 times that?

[papereyes]

If one is running a deficit, the extra money shouldn't be spent on short term projects.

[Top Flight]

If we had drawn last night and the replay was also televised. Would we be paid again for more TV Coverage or are you paid just the once for that round?

[papereyes]

I thought TV money was a per-game thing so it can be financially better to get the draw and the replay.

[Schards#2]

It won't be reinvested in the squad so it's academic.