Prize Money and Sponsorship

[Stag Nation]

Last night, here in Englandshire, an FA Cup 2nd round game was live on BBC2. Maldon and Tiptree vs. Newport County.

I'd never heard of Maldon before. They play in the 8th tier. They have a neat little ground: one small stand, and grass banking. Average crowd 150. So far, so Highland League.

That's where the resemblance ends. So far this season, they'd made £150,000 from their cup run. Last night they were playing for a 2nd round prize of £54,000, which is much the same as the Scottish Cup Final (£60k?). The English Cup final prize is £3.6 million!

Now I know it's not a fair comparison, but surely the SFA should be able to do a bit better than less than 2% of their big neighbour's sponsorship?

BTW Maldon lost to a goal in the 91st minute.  But they got another £75,000 from the BBC.

[FairWeatherFan]

In terms of prize money from the FA and SFA in 2019-20.

FA pays out £30,264,000

SFA Pays out: £3,336,000

http://www.thefa.com/competitions/thefacup/more/prize-fund

Extra preliminary round winners	(184)	£2,250 Losers receive £750
Preliminary round winners	(160)	£2,890 Losers receive £960
First round qualifying winners	(116)	£4,500 Losers receive £1,500
Second Round Qualifying winners	(80)	£6,750 Losers receive £2,250
Third Round Qualifying winners	(40)	£11,250 Losers receive £3,750
Fourth Round Qualifying winners	(32)	£18,750 Losers receive £6,250
First Round Proper winners	(40)	£36,000
Second Round Proper winners	(20)	£54,000
Third Round Proper winners	(32)	£135,000
Fourth Round Proper winners	(16)	£180,000
Fifth Round Proper winners	(8)	£360,000
Quarter-Final winners	(4)	£720,000
Semi-Final winners	(2)	£1,800,000
Semi-Final losers	(2)	£900,000
Final runners-up	(1)	£1,800,000
Final winners	(1)	£3,600,000

 

WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CUP 2019-20
 
CLUB BONUS PAYMENTS  
 
Bonus payments for club participation in the William Hill Scottish Cup will be distributed as outlined below.  The sums will be paid to each club playing in each round:
 
Clubs playing in the 1st Preliminary Round will receive (26 clubs)  £3,000
 
Clubs playing in the 2nd Preliminary Round will receive (14 clubs)  £3,000
 
Clubs playing in Round One will receive (36 clubs)    £4,000
 
Clubs playing in Round Two will receive (32 clubs)    £5,000
 
Clubs playing in Round Three will receive (32 clubs)    £6,000
 
Clubs playing in Round Four will receive (32 clubs)  £20,000
 
Clubs playing in Round Five will receive (16 clubs)   £40,000
 
Clubs Playing in Round Six will receive (8 clubs)    £80,000
 
Semi-Finalist Clubs will receive (4 clubs)    £100,000
 
Loser of the Final Tie will receive    £160,000
 
Winner of the Final Tie will receive    £240,000

 

 

 

[Sergeant Wilson]

3 hours ago, Stag Nation said:

Last night, here in Englandshire, an FA Cup 2nd round game was live on BBC2. Maldon and Tiptree vs. Newport County.

I'd never heard of Maldon before. They play in the 8th tier. They have a neat little ground: one small stand, and grass banking. Average crowd 150. So far, so Highland League.

That's where the resemblance ends. So far this season, they'd made £150,000 from their cup run. Last night they were playing for a 2nd round prize of £54,000, which is much the same as the Scottish Cup Final (£60k?). The English Cup final prize is £3.6 million!

Now I know it's not a fair comparison, but surely the SFA should be able to do a bit better than less than 2% of their big neighbour's sponsorship?

BTW Maldon lost to a goal in the 91st minute.  But they got another £75,000 from the BBC.

You live in London, the Isthmian League catchment area, the league that Maldon & Tiptree play. They'd beaten Orient in the last round, but you'd never heard of them. Do you not follow football that closely?

 

Edited November 30, 2019 by Sergeant Wilson