THIS SEASON’s FA Cup winners will earn £3.4m – barely half what Arsenal bagged for lifting the trophy in 2020.
For the third year running, the FA’s prize fund has stayed at a total just under £16m.
That aggregate was cut in half in 2020-21 as a result of the pandemic and its effects on Wembley’s finances.
And it means a Prem club going all the way this term will pick up £3.412m for going all the way.
National League North Kidderminster, the lowest-ranked side still in the competition, have already made £75,004 for their run from the second qualifying round.
The other three minnows, National League trio Chesterfield, Boreham Wood and Yeovil, have earned £66,004 while the 16 remaining clubs from Leagues One and Two picked up £56,629 in progressing from the first round proper.
All this weekend’s third-round winners will get £82,000, with prize money going up at each stage until the Wembley showpiece in May is worth £1.8m for the victors and £900,000 for the runners-up.
In addition, competing clubs each take 45 percent of gate revenues from their matches – which could be worth £750,000-plus for Morecambe at Spurs tomorrow.
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But the prize fund demonstrates the continuing impact of the pandemic after competing clubs shared more than £30m in 2019-20, with the Gunners’ victory worth £6.795m.
Arsenal face Nottingham Forest in this year’s FA Cup third-round clash and will don an ALL-WHITE kit for the tie.
The bespoke shirt will kick off the club’s ‘No More Red’ campaign against youth violence in the capital.
The Gunners are linking up with kit sponsors Adidas to build on work being done with young people by their Arsenal in the Community initiative.
Megastar actor Idris Elba and club legend Ian Wright are onboard as mentors in the programme.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk