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BillyManutd
16 May 2004, 10:56 PM
How much does a team in the FA Cup and League Cup wins in every round? and for the winner?
My friend told me it's £500 in preliminary round and increases after each round plus money from TV coverage.
I would like to know the exact or approximate amount of money a team gets in each competition. Also does a team have to pay in order to play in each competitions?
kwik1980
17 May 2004, 12:02 AM
As far as the FA Cup:
There is an entry fee, though it is not made public on the FA website. If a club is not part of the Premiership or the Football League, they must have taken part in the FA Trophy, or FA Vase competition in the previous season to be eligible to play in the FA Cup, and they must belong in a valid league.
Prize Money
1st Preliminary round winners- £500
2nd Preliminary round- £1,000
1st Qualifying round- £2,250
2nd Qyalifying round- £3,750
3rd Qualifying round- £5,000
4th Qualifying round- £10,000
1st Round proper- £12,500
2nd Round- £15,000
3rd Round- £50,000
4th Round- £75,000
5th Round- £150,000
6th Round- £400,000
Runner-up- £1,000,000
Winner- £2,000,000
For broadcast:
In the 1st and 2nd rounds proper, you get £50,000 if you are in the live match, and £20,000 if you are in a "highlights match" (Cameras were there, but the match wasn't shown in full. At least 20 minutes, and not more than 60 minutes qualify for a highlights payment). For rounds 3-6, it goes up to £265,000 for the live match, and £30,000 for highlights. There is also a payment for full match commentary for national radio broadcast (£9,000), half match commentary (£4,500), or at least 20 minutes of highlights (£2,250)
There is no information for the League Cup on the Football League website (www.football-league.co.uk), all the FA Cup information came from the FA's website at www.thefa.com
Wide Boy
17 May 2004, 01:18 AM
Great info!
To put this in perspective, Everton will get more prize money for finishing 17th in the Premiership than the winners get from the FA Cup.
I can only guess what the entrance fee for the FA Cup is, but assuming that it is the same for all clubs (including those joining at the 1st Preliminary round stage) I don't believe it can be very significant.
DAGSports
17 May 2004, 05:24 PM
Is the prize money compounded? In other words, if an EPL team wins its 3rd round game, do they get that prize money AND the prize money that will come for the next round? Or just the possibility of more ticket and media revenue?
Wide Boy
17 May 2004, 09:58 PM
The prize money is accumulated, but apart from the final it only goes to the winners in each round.
I.e., a team winning in the third round would get prize money for that, but if they were knocked out in the fourth round they would get no more prize money.
BillyManutd
17 May 2004, 11:56 PM
Thanks for the info kwik1980.
So if a team lose in the first preliminary round doesn't get a prize money?
kwik1980
20 May 2004, 12:02 AM
So if a team lose in the first preliminary round doesn't get a prize money?
There is no prize money, but they do split the gate recipts. At the first preliminary round, I can't see that being a huge amount of money, but it's there. The gate is split after all match expenses are taken out.
Devilish Red
27 May 2004, 04:00 PM
There is no information for the League Cup on the Football League website (www.football-league.co.uk), all the FA Cup information came from the FA's website at www.thefa.com
I came across a post in another forum that said in the League Cup the winners get £50K and the finalists £25k. Which seems surprisingly low, even for the League Cup.
Perhaps the Middlesborough website will have some useful info?
Philip in London
05 Jun 2004, 10:16 AM
There has only been prize money in the FA Cup for a few years. Before that, the gate receipts were the only financial reward. Plus extra merchandising revenue, but that would probably only be significant for the winners, and for small clubs that did much better than expected.
The FA kept the media income from the cup, and used it fund the sport. Now there is much more money coming in, they share it with the participants.
www.stgeorgeforum.tk
06 Jun 2004, 11:01 AM
They did prize money in the vup to help compeat with the champions league with all the prize money it has. So the stronger teams were less inclined to field weakend teams.
Devil_78
29 Jun 2004, 05:35 AM
Interesting historical note. The FA Cup was officially non-professional until mid this century, I think. Up till then, the winners won their own weight in Goosberries!
Thus, it is the oldest sports trophy in the world, whilst the title of oldest professional trophy goes to the Stanley Cup. However, back to prize money, it has been there for ages. Until recently, it was pretty much nominal, until the clubs turned on the FA.
its called football
29 Jun 2004, 06:16 AM
It shouldn't really matter.
Przybylinski
13 Jul 2004, 01:02 AM
I think FSW has the American TV rights to the FA Cup games this year whick means we might get a chance to see more of the games. Last year I think it was all on PPV. I'd love to see some of the smaller teams play, there's more heart and excitement in those games than in the Premiership teams playing in the FA Cup.
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14 Jul 2004, 06:05 PM
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blackburn supporter
04 May 2006, 06:43 AM
How much does a team in the FA Cup and League Cup wins in every round? and for the winner?
My friend told me it's £500 in preliminary round and increases after each round plus money from TV coverage.
I would like to know the exact or approximate amount of money a team gets in each competition. Also does a team have to pay in order to play in each competitions?
ok, so when do u get your prizemoney for your position in the epl? do you get it in june or july? do you get any money mid-season? in the january transfer window, how many weeks do you get to transfer, buy or sell players? how much money do you get for winning the league cup? and how much prizemoney for uefa and champions league cup? how much prizemoney for winnig epl?
act smiley
05 May 2006, 11:34 AM
ok, so when do u get your prizemoney for your position in the epl? do you get it in june or july? do you get any money mid-season? in the january transfer window, how many weeks do you get to transfer, buy or sell players? how much money do you get for winning the league cup? and how much prizemoney for uefa and champions league cup? how much prizemoney for winnig epl?
TV money, league prize money and parachute payments are given out between seasons. June or July, its no big deal because its already worked out. I don't know the official date.
The January transfer window is suprisingly, uhhh, all of January? :p
Not too sure on the League Cup's prize money, but its less than the FA Cup, I think.
The Champions League prize money can be summed up as "a lot" - fairly sure that the total for getting all the way through from the group stage would be something in the 8-figure range, and the UEFA Cup a fair bit less than that but still a lot.