Manchester City FA Cup tie could be worth ‘up to £1m’ to Plymouth after Liverpool upset


“When we played Liverpool eight years ago Anfield had a capacity of just over 50,000 – we made about £700,000.

“So I think we should do a little bit better this time. The Etihad I believe has a capacity of about 62,000, so we think it should be somewhere between £600,000 and £1m.

“It won’t mean as much as it did when we played Liverpool, though.

“When we played Liverpool eight years ago that £700,000 represented about a third of our football budget, but today our football budget is many multiples of what it was then, so it won’t be as significant.

“Much more important than the money – and the money will be nice – is that it’s going to be a great day out for at least 15,000 of our fans.”




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