so how much money did we make last night then?

[Fish]

Hardly worth the premiershite players getting out of bed for. Divide that £1.8m for winning the final between the 16 of them and that's not even a weeks pay for some of them.

 

[lawrenceaustin]

so if we beat Brentford (big IF a I'm sure they will want revenge for JPT) we would have earn £112,500 just from the FA Cup payout? - that will certainly help the club out!

 

[lawrenceaustin]

dividing £1.8m between 16 players is £112,500 - there aren't many premiership players earning that to be fair! i don't reckon the players will see any of it, maybe they will get an extra win bonus on top of there already monstrous wage but wouldn't see that money surely!??

 

[galvatron1983]

Surely this emphasizes the need for a wage cap. X amount for League 2 clubs, a little higher for L1 and so-on. It amazing that SUFC or any professional team can survive when income generated from a game barely covers the wages of the players.

The top 4 or 5 in the Prem can survive on big overdrafts and super-rich chairman, but L2 teams???

 

[Jam_Man]

Surely this emphasizes the need for a wage cap. X amount for League 2 clubs, a little higher for L1 and so-on. It amazing that SUFC or any professional team can survive when income generated from a game barely covers the wages of the players.

The top 4 or 5 in the Prem can survive on big overdrafts and super-rich chairman, but L2 teams???

There is one already ?

The cap stops you spending more than you earn, but its clearly flawed as teams are still skint, yet imagine what they would be like without it.

 

[chapperzUK]

There is one already ?

The cap stops you spending more than you earn, but its clearly flawed as teams are still skint, yet imagine what they would be like without it.

Yes there already is one. I believe it is something like 60% of turnover can be spent on wages, but turnover isn't evenly spread through the year, as some months income might be low due to a small amount of home games.

 

[Tinks]

It would have been a good idea to keep the tea bar open a little longer last night rather than pull the shutters down just after the second half kick off. It was freezing there last night and I could have done with a hot chocolate midway through the second half. and then we went to ET.
There were still plenty of people around and given the coldness of the night reckon they could have sold lots more hot drinks.
All the pennies add up

 

[Thundersley Blue]

Might sell a bit more if the pricing were a little more reasonable. £1.60 for carton of hot water, a tea bag and sugar is a bit steep but I guess the normal.

 

[McNasty]

Might sell a bit more if the pricing were a little more reasonable. £1.60 for carton of hot water, a tea bag and sugar is a bit steep but I guess the normal.

Last night I am sure loads of people would have willingly paid that to keep their hands warm in extra time.

 

[Thundersley Blue]

You are probably correct but that doesn't make it right.

 

[bazzashrimper]

Steve Kavanagh I think said recently that average spend per person on catering was 98p. That's £3k from last night out of which you'd need to pay for the food, cardboard plates/plastic forks/cups etc, the catering staff. Every little helps (or is that Asda) but it's not exactly lucrative.

What it will help with (assuming anyone actually gives us credit) is cashflow.

I suspect we sold more tea, hot chocolate and pies than normal. In fact I was worried that I would have to be drinking Bovril at one stage

 

[galvatron1983]

Yes there already is one. I believe it is something like 60% of turnover can be spent on wages, but turnover isn't evenly spread through the year, as some months income might be low due to a small amount of home games.

So it basically isnt working,,,,,,

 

[Hampshire Shrimp]

You have to remember that when Carlisle made the final they played Southampton, as I took my son.
They took about 40,000 fans and carlise took about 5,000.
So, it depends on who the teams are and what sort of following they have, plus the interest in this competition.
i will also add that I went to both our JPT Finals in Cardiff and would love us to get to Wembley, Come on you Blues!!

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

You have to remember that when Carlisle made the final they played Southampton, as I took my son.
They took about 40,000 fans and carlise took about 5,000.
So, it depends on who the teams are and what sort of following they have, plus the interest in this competition.
i will also add that I went to both our JPT Finals in Cardiff and would love us to get to Wembley, Come on you Blues!!

That Southampton v Carlisle JPT final crowd was much higher than 45,000 was it not about 75,000? I think Carlisle must have taken more than 5,000.

 

[kaymac]

Gate for that Saints v Carlisle final was given as 73,476. Apparently Carlisle made £350,000 from their run in the competition.