Deloitte report assessing the financial impact of The FA Cup reveals:
£650m earned by clubs in the past 10 years Crawley Town receive
£1m pay day from single FA Cup tie
As excitement builds ahead of The FA Cup with Budweiser Fourth Round Proper,
the financial impact of the competition has been revealed in a new report by the Sports Business
Group at Deloitte.
There is, perhaps, little surprising in the fact that the most confusing tie of the Third Round
of the FA Cup should involve Wrexham. The Blue Square Premier club the last non-league club still
involved in this year's competition have had possibly the most convoluted twelve months of any side
in the entire English league system, and this extended into the arrangements for this match against
Brighton & Hove Albion, following their 1-1 draw at The American Express Community Stadium a week
and a half ago.
While Darlington have grabbed most of the recent headlines in the race to the financial bottom
that the bottom of the Blue Square Premier seems to consist of this season, Kettering Town
remains in a critical condition itself.
On Saturday, their home match against Forest Green Rovers was called off at lunchtime, which
is unlikely to have done the stricken clubs bank account a great deal of good, and this morning the
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, a local newspaper which has been criticised by some supporters
as being too ready in the past to toe the Ladak party line, also stepped off the fence to deliver
its viewpoint of the recent difficulties that the club has faced.
Following the International Soccer League's solid beginnings in a New York relatively starved of
sporting competition in the summer of 1960, the nascent league consisting of the New York Americans
and a variety of high-profile visiting international clubs had begun 1961 with expanded horizons.
This including growing the league from 12 to 15 teams, and moving beyond its home at the Polo
Grounds in Manhattan by setting up a second location in Montreal, Canada.
Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images Europe.
We've heard all the arguments about the relevance of the League Cup to English football. But the
value of the gate receipts and er... exposure opportunities for clubs like Aldershot Town (and
busy women who don't have time to scour the lower leagues) cannot be underestimated.
Several weeks back it was aging AC Milan buggers hitting Jakarta, and Bali, in the name of a good,
free, holiday plus an exhibition football match with plenty of hugging and back slapping thrown in
for good measure, pandering to the masses.
Now, with the Thai Premier League limping to a slow and much delayed climax comes news that a bunch
of aging Germans will be having a free holiday, will be slapping their thighs in public and also
kick a ball around, expecting others to dig deep into their pockets in the name of charity.
There exists evidence to the contrary that a man's home is his castle. To begin, seeing as how
there are so few men living in castles these days, owing to their relatively poor resale value and
faulty electrical wiring incapable of handling the wattage necessary to capture the beautiful
game in breathtaking HD, castles just aren't prime real estate these days.
Yesterday in Plymouth, some people with lots of money demanded more money, some people with much
less money were told they were getting no more money, until the people with lots of money got more
money. This was morally indefensible. Doubtless, there will be people on hand to claim "it isn't as
simple as that.
Chelsea FC directors say their club needs more season tickets as the ground isn't big enough.
There is a suspicion that their Russian Oligarch wants away from financing them and it's time for
them to stand on their own feet as Financial Fair Play looms large. Player's wages versus gate
receipts cannot be justified if they stay where they are.
Championship giants West Ham United have confirmed they are still very much interested in a move to
the London Olympic Stadium following the completion of next year's Olympic Games. The Hammers had
originally won the bid to take over the ground as part of the legacy of the games, but with legal
challenges from London rivals Spurs and Leyton Orient looming it was instead decided that the
stadium would remain in public ownership as a valued asset and be leased out instead - with some
circles of the British press reportedly claiming the rental of the ground would cost a fee in the
region of £2 million per year.
Barney Battles.
A name worthy of echoing down the decades. And Scottish football can boast two of them.
Both with a tale to tell.
Barney Battles Senior played for Celtic, Liverpool, Dundee, Hearts and Kilmarnock and was capped
for Scotland three times.
In 1896 he went on strike at Celtic because he'd been criticised by a number of journalists.
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Manchester City have confirmed that the City of Manchester Stadium, aka Eastlands, will be
renamed the Etihad Stadium after signing a 10-year deal with the airline. The Abu Dhabi-based
company is already the club's shirt sponsor.
"We are delighted to be expanding our relationship with Etihad Airways through this partnership
agreement," said City chief executive Garry Cook.
Manchester City have confirmed that the City of Manchester Stadium will be renamed the Etihad
Stadium after signing a 10-year deal with the airline. The Abu Dhabi-based company is already the
club's shirt sponsor.
"We are delighted to be expanding our relationship with Etihad Airways through this partnership
agreement," said City chief executive Garry Cook.
Deloitte state that the side who secures promotion are set to have an increase in revenue of around
£40 million due to broadcast income as well as shirt sales and gate receipts
The football economy had an article today on what relegation means to West Ham financially. It
does not paint a rosy picture if you are a West Ham fan.
More than half of West Ham's 2009-10 turnover of £71.7m came from Premier League revenue
distributions. The minimum £40m of television and central sponsorship income for the bottom club
(up from £31.
The football economy had an article today on what relegation means to West Ham financially. It
does not paint a rosy picture if you are a West Ham fan.
More than half of West Ham's 2009-10 turnover of £71.7m came from Premier League revenue
distributions. The minimum £40m of television and central sponsorship income for the bottom club
(up from £31.
Liverpool's newly-appointed managing director Ian Ayre has revealed the club are actively seeking
stadium naming rights partners should they move to a new stadium.
The club's owners, Fenway Sports Group, have made clear that boosting Liverpool's gate receipts
through an increased capacity is central to their plans to restore the side to former glories.
1 - Home United 4 3 1 0 11-2 102 - Tampines 4 3 1 0 12-4 103 - SAFFC 4 3 0 1 9-3 94 - Etoile 4 2 1
1 6-3 75 - Gombak United 4 2 1 1 4-4 7
4 - Mislav Karolgan (SAFFC), Aleksander Duric (Tampines Rovers) 3 - Maxime Belouet (Etoile), Park
Yo Seb (Tampines Rovers)
Tonight sees Tampines Rovers look to carry on their free scoring start to the season against Thai
champions Muang Thong United at Tampines Stadium.
Indonesia Super League
Persisam v Persela 4-1 (Ronald Fagundez, Julio Lopez 2, Ahmad Sambiring; Zuhlman Zamrun)
11,921Bontang v Deltras 2-1 (Kenji Adichihara, Julius Akosah; Danilo Fernando) 2,350Arema v
Persipura 1-0 (Sunarto) 36,994Sriwijaya v Semen Padang 5-0 (Budi Sudarsono 2, Keith Kayamba, Rudi
Widodo, Korinus Finkrew) 15,431Persib v Pelita Jaya 1-0 (Christian Gonzalez)
Persipura's unbeaten record came to an end at the Kanjuruhan Stadium as Sunarto's late, late winner
secured the points for the champions.
It's the Third Round of The FA Cup this weekend, and Alan Smithy will be looking forward to
not all of the matches played being decided on the day. Alan writes Football Hobo,
and you can follow him on Twitter here.
We all love a good cup replay, don't we?
