Cup cash bonanza for County and Orient

Although it eventually ended in disappointment, the cup run of Notts County shows what such success can do in financial terms for a lower league club.   County received £112,500 in prize money, £216,000 for the screening of the two ties with Manchester City and at least a quarter of a million in gate money.

Leyton Orient have also done well out of their FA Cup run.  In total, the club has generated almost £800,000 so far, from the small - the £1,000 they made from gate receipts from their second-round deaw at Droylesden - to the big - a total of £200,000 in prize money from getting through four rounds and £247,500 TV cash just from Sunday's match.    That will probably be exceeded by the gate and television revenues from the replay at the Emirates which could yield approaching £1m.

That will help offset an annual wage bill of £1.7m, which makes up around 60% of the club's £3m turnover,