FA Cup finances

Was talking with my daughter's step Grandfather at her game this weekend and he was curious about any FA Cup results I knew about. He spends half the year here the other half near his beloved Plymouth Argyle team). I've always equated the FA Cup w/the NCAA B-Ball Tourney (the cream usually always rises, but the 'little guys' take down some big boys on the way). I did have a question on finances that he didn't know the answer. Besides the obvious gate receipts, do teams recieve extra TV revenue for each successive round? or is it like playoff structures here where the further you go each player gets a bigger bonus?

 

As far as I am aware, there are no payments made for progressing through the rounds. Each team gets half the gate recipts, after that teams split the money for any match that is televised, it does not go into a pot and is split.

The insentives for the smaller teams is that they get Man U at old trafford (half the gate recipts for that will keep a 2nd division club afloat for 2 years), and there is more chance of being on TV.

 

Thanks GBFC for the information.

 

FA Cup Payments to Clubs


The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
Season 2006/07

The FA distributes prize money and broadcast payments to clubs for their participation in The FA Cup.

The FA’s stated objective is to use The FA Cup to redistribute funds throughout the game and together the prize fund and the television monies represent an investment in the competition of around £15 million.

Clubs winning ties receive money from The FA's Prize Fund, while for matches on TV, live or highlights, or on the radio, The FA pays the two competing clubs in each featured tie a fee from their Broadcast Fund.

Full details of payments in each round this season are set out below.

The FA Prize Fund

Round
Payment

Extra Preliminary Round winners (129)
£500
Preliminary Round winners (166)
£1,000
First Round Qualifying winners (116)
£2,250
Second Round Qualifying winners (80)
£3,750
Third Round Qualifying winners (40)
£5,000
Fourth Round Qualifying winners (32)
£10,000
First Round Proper winners (40)
£16,000
Second Round Proper winners (20)
£24,000
Third Round Proper winners (32)
£40,000
Fourth Round Proper winners (16)
£60,000
Fifth Round Proper winners (8)
£120,000
Sixth Round Proper winners (4)
£300,000
Semi-Final winners (2)
£900,000
Winners (1)
£1,000,000


The FA Broadcast Fund
The official broadcast partners for the Competition are the BBC and Sky Sports.
The television payments to be made by The FA to the relevant clubs for this season’s Competition will be set out below once they are confirmed.

First Round Proper
£75,000 (live)
£13,000 (highlights)
Second Round Proper
£75,000
£13,000
Third Round Proper
£150,000
£18,000
Fourth Round Proper
£150,000
£18,000
Fifth Round Proper
£265,000
£18,000
Sixth Round Proper
£265,000
£18,000

Radio Fees (BBC 5 Live)

Full Match (90 mins)
£9,000
Half Match (45 mins)
£4,500
Quarter Match (24 mins)
£2,255

Life goes pretty slow in Kingston :wink: