Cup Run

Given that we are now at the same stage Lincoln got to, albeit with much less publicity, what are the earnings we have got so far in the cup and what are we likely to end up with?

Lincoln’s run set them for their eventual place in league 1 where they have cemented a mid table place quite comfortably - this would be my aim.

Lincoln were live on national TV at the 3rd round stage replay I think, against Ipswich, I assume that would have earned them more than we got by the same stage.

Not sure about their other games apart from against Arsenal in the QF for which a sell out would have held double Brightons ground so more money there.

Definitely similarities between our runs, suppose the only difference is we were in NL. Like you we won away at a premiership club who made 6 changes in the 5th round (Burnley), and we actually knocked Brighton out who again made changes.. in the 4th round. That all changed away at Arsenal in the quarters as Wegner played his 1st 11, and we couldn't get a touch really, it was utter 1 way traffic, though I would imagine you have a stronger side than we had then being a division higher.

Money wise, we made our biggest amount, away at Arsenal, gate receipts were huge I think for us and TV too.

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Definitely similarities between our runs, suppose the only difference is we were in NL. Like you we won away at a premiership club who made 6 changes in the 5th round (Burnley), and we actually knocked Brighton out who again made changes.. in the 4th round. That all changed away at Arsenal in the quarters as Wegner played his 1st 11, and we couldn't get a touch really, it was utter 1 way traffic, though I would imagine you have a stronger side than we had then being a division higher.

Money wise, we made our biggest amount, away at Arsenal, gate receipts were huge I think for us and TV too.

Did the club ever reveal how much the cup run generated.  Am guessing over a million? How was the money spent? Did it go on transfer fees or big wages?

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Did the club ever reveal how much the cup run generated.  Am guessing over a million? How was the money spent? Did it go on transfer fees or big wages?

If you can be bothered to watch the first 20 seconds of this video, they bought their new training ground with it. Wages etc are being funded through other means, I imagine.

Our run can only help accelerate our own plans.

https://youtu.be/ztygIF7X9kM

Not sure if it’s been posted but my reckoning would be;

Prize Money £558,000 (this is definite)
TV - £250,000 (Brighton & Southampton)
Gates - £626,000 (based on 45% of all gates from all games, averaged at £18 per ticket and Brighton selling out)
EFL Fund - £250,000 (this has yet to be confirmed though?)

Total £1.64m

You’d imagine those figures aren’t a million miles away and absolutely massive for us long term.

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Not sure if it’s been posted but my reckoning would be;

Prize Money £558,000 (this is definite)
TV - £250,000 (Brighton & Southampton)
Gates - £626,000 (based on 45% of all gates from all games, averaged at £18 per ticket and Brighton selling out)
EFL Fund - £250,000 (this has yet to be confirmed though?)

Total £1.64m

You’d imagine those figures aren’t a million miles away and absolutely massive for us long term.

The EFL fund doesn't exist any more Kristine Green confirmed that. You have missed off the overseas TV fee for the Burton game though, 40k I think?

I think the gate receipts would be  a bit less (17k of the cup run gate was 15 quid for adults and a fiver for kids from the game at southampton) and 20k has to be paid for VAR for the two games with it (southampton and Brighton).

I would think more like 1.3 million assuming your other figures are right but sales of merchandise like Harry haddock would add a bit to that. A huge amount for us.

Quoted from pontoonlew

Not sure if it’s been posted but my reckoning would be;

Prize Money £558,000 (this is definite)
TV - £250,000 (Brighton & Southampton)
Gates - £626,000 (based on 45% of all gates from all games, averaged at £18 per ticket and Brighton selling out)
EFL Fund - £250,000 (this has yet to be confirmed though?)

Total £1.64m

You’d imagine those figures aren’t a million miles away and absolutely massive for us long term.

Last week in the media Jason Stockwood said the profit from the cup run will go into the playing budget. So they’ll be some costs and a well earned bonus for the players but overall I’d expect us to have the highest budget we’ve seen in donkeys to go at next season.

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The EFL fund doesn't exist any more Kristine Green confirmed that. You have missed off the overseas TV fee for the Burton game though, 40k I think?

I think the gate receipts would be  a bit less (17k of the cup run gate was 15 quid for adults and a fiver for kids from the game at southampton) and 20k has to be paid for VAR for the two games with it (southampton and Brighton).

I would think more like 1.3 million assuming your other figures are right but sales of merchandise like Harry haddock would add a bit to that. A huge amount for us.

Nobody has mentioned the shirt sleeve sponsorship from the Luton game onwards.

Changing the direction of conversation slightly, does anyone know what our biggest cup win in our history is, in terms of the league position gap vs the team we beat?

Southampton were 64 places above us. We were actually top of League Two when we beat Spurs (who were 8th in the PL at the time), so that’s 60 places. Brighton are also 8th (though they could drop a place later tonight) so with us currently 17th that’s a whopping 77 position gap.

I’m fairly sure Southampton is the greatest deficit we’ve overcome in my lifetime, with Town being in the second tier when we beat the likes of West Ham and Liverpool, and third tier when we beat Villa, Wednesday and Leicester in the 90s.

Those are all the top-flight giant killings I can think of in my time following Town (though I may have missed a couple). Would an improbable win at Brighton genuinely be our greatest cup win in our 145 year history (and was Southampton the greatest so far)?