NSWE to miss out on chance at seven-figure fee after Aston Villa vs Newcastle
Aston Villa no longer have the chance to lift the FA Cup this season, or claim its £2.1million prize pot.
As detailed in a report by BBC Sport, whoever does win the famous old trophy will immortalise themselves in history, and take home £2.1m to boot.
Even if Aston Villa had reached the FA Cup final and lost, that would’ve still seen them bank a cool £1m.
However, Newcastle United ran out 3-1 winners at Villa Park on Saturday, ensuring that Villa’s wait to lift the trophy for an eighth time will have to wait another year, with their last FA Cup glory coming in 1957.
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How much could Aston Villa have made had they gone all the way?
As shown in the above graphic from Sofascore, Newcastle were the comfortably better team and deserved winners on Saturday, dominating the possession, shots and big chances created stats.
Therefore, no complaints can be had from a Villa perspective over their FA Cup exit, as they now must focus on staying in the Premier League title race, as well as their Europa League campaign.
However, Villa owners NSWE would’ve certainly liked to see the team progress into the fifth round and beyond this season, with additional prize money always welcome at any football club.
As detailed in the aforementioned report by BBC Sport, third round winners took home £121,500, whilst there was no prize money on offer for fourth round losers, so that figure is how much Villa have taken home from the competition this year.
Fourth round winners received £127,000, and moving on from there is as follows: fifth round winners (£238,500), quarter-final winners (£477,000), semi-final winners (£1,060,000m, losers £530,000) and final winners (£2,120,000m, losers £1,060,000m).
Therefore, had Villa gone all the way and won the competition from the third round onwards, they would’ve taken home a total prize pot of £4,144,000m.
£4m prize pot would’ve helped NSWE with Villa’s financial situation
That prize fund may not read like an awful lot of money in regards to the size of Aston Villa, but it’s certainly not a figure to disregard the potential importance of either.
Aston Villa’s PSR and UEFA financial issues are well-documented, and so the additional millions they could’ve generated from an FA Cup run would’ve massively helped out in that regard.
Therefore, NSWE probably won’t be looking at Villa’s cup defeat through a positive lens in the sense that they can now focus on other competitions, as their Premier League status would suggest they had the tools to win the FA Cup this year.
But, Villa must now make up for missing out on this financial opportunity with a deep run in the Europa League, and make sure they at least claim a Champions League spot through via the league.
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