FA Cup draw

[Coffin Ender]

Home to Sutton United, 12 Sept.

[I am Spartacus]

Think the pick of the round will be

 

Guildford City vs Camberley nice Surrey Derby.

 

 

 

[BlueGate Alan]

At least a home tie for us and no reason we can't beat them like last season.

[Eastside Urchin]

margate v sutton and hornchurch v ricay are the games of the round for me

[geoff pay]

Good money spinner. All pay and they will bring a few.

[geoff pay]

Rams at home too.

[Guernsey Tom]

If we are still in existence !!!

[StuyRandall]

A home game in the cup? That's a rarity...

[margateshot]

In our current financial state it is more important than ever this year that we get a good cup run. God knows that we must be due a decent run after the disapointing last two seasons. The FA Cup prize fund is not available for this season yet, but there has been a large increase on last years fund. In prize money alone if we reached the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup that would have paid off a substantial proportion of the debt. Any money made in the cups should be clear profit for the club, as they should not be budgeting for cup money as there is no guarantee who they will play or where. The only problem is time and whether we can survive until then and of couse the small matter of winning the matches. For a start, a Home tie against Sutton should pull in at least 500 and if we could win I would guess that would be about

[geoff pay]

Would that winning money pay off the tax man!!!

[Wellsie]

Well basicaly, don't forget for cup games the competition owner takes a slice of the gate money - in this case the FA, the opponents get a slice in essence to cover costs and the home club gets whats left. So home draws are not necessarily all they're cracked up to be. Having said that, a good run in the FA Cup and Trophy against well supported opposition would certainly help although the money won isn't paid until you're knocked out.

[geoff pay]

The old dodge was to deliberately record a crowd below the true figure!!!!

[BlueGate Alan]

Geoff, how can you suggest such a thing

[Coffin Ender]

I think in the FA Cup both clubs get 45 per cent of the gate money, 10 per cent goes to the FA.

[margateshot]

If I'm not mistaken, unlike in the past, the FA do not take anything until the first round proper nowadays, and so both clubs get 50-50. What I was getting at earlier is that Sutton could be a good crowd puller and although not believing that it would pay off our debts in one go, if we got a reasonable crowd it would help greatly. In the past few years we have drawn more junior clubs away from home with little support meaning less revenue. In the whole scheme of things

[Andy .]

If we could manage to pull in 900 for the Carlile & Grays games , charge a tenner to get in then you have

[Margate Don]

Err - is there tax to pay on income?

[Pagey]

Yes Don the lovely VAT

[margateshot]

Lets not forget the VAT, thats why we're in this mess now!!

[AncientBlue]

Won't Carlisle and Grays want expenses out of the pot as well?