Of course, no matter how John complains, life still has to go on, and he sees the main team of the community returning to the first team with the head coach, and Mr. Hydward turned around and flew to London to participate in the draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup.

In England, the tournament has always been a high status, and as of the 2011-2012 season, the cup has been successfully held for 130 years, and it has surpassed most Premier League teams and has dominated the 8 o'clock weekend slot for a century, with the league at the same time being squeezed into midweek. Before the birth of the Premier League, the FA Cup was higher than the league, because at that time Her Majesty personally carried out the awards. Although the task has now been handed over to other family members, receiving the trophy from the royal family in the royal box at Wembley Stadium is still very face-saving in a country with a constitutional monarchy.

The draw was supposed to be given to director Sensibilet, but the gloomy guy seemed to have more important matters to attend to, including Fayton Park and the first-team training base.

Before the draw, the FA first handed out a promotion bonus of £150,000.

There are three main parts to the income of the FA Cup, the first is the 150,000 check in the hand, and the promotion bonus! 20,000 pounds in the first round, 30,000 in the second round, 50,000 in the third round, 75,000 in the fourth round, 150,000 in the fifth round, 400,000 in the sixth round, 1 million for the runner-up, and 2 million for the champion. For the junior clubs, after the 5th round, it is already out of reach, so the promotion bonus can only be seen.

Second, that is, the big head of the big head, the broadcast rights are divided, and the broadcast of the game can see the money whether it is live broadcast, broadcast, highlights or radio. The game of the giant team is valuable, the probability of live broadcast is also high and the cost is also high, and this income is five or five open.

The FA Cup has always been a hotbed of underdogs, and the entry barrier to entry is quite low, as long as you are a team, you can sign up. There are 44 teams in the Premier League and Championship, 48 teams in League One and English B, 24 teams in the National League, 44 teams in the North and South Leagues, and nearly 200 teams in the next regional leagues, so that there are 700~800 teams that register for the FA Cup every year. Except for the Premier League and the Championship, the remaining clubs will fight each other according to the single-elimination system, and they will be OUT if they lose one game. Basically, those small clubs need to win 6 games in a row to enter the main competition, 2 rounds of qualifiers and 4 rounds of qualifiers, fans around the world start watching this cup every year in January, in fact, small clubs have been on the long road to qualify for the main tournament since August of the previous year. However, when the small teams break through the encirclement with endless faith, there is still no easy way to go, and all that awaits them is to join the Championship team in the first round of competition, and it is basically after the third round to see the delicious meal.

I am talking about the delicious meal is the broadcast share, you must know that the annual cost of an ordinary League B team is almost 600,000 ~ 1 million, the League A team is double this basis, and the amateur team spends about 20,000 pounds a year, that is, the first round of bonuses. Portsmouth's fourth-round broadcast share with Manchester United has directly generated more than £3 million in revenue for the team, which is a three-year cost for a League Two team. Therefore, for the small ball club, who the opponent is drawn by lot is related to the big question of whether the whole family will eat meat or vegetarianism in the coming year.

Edward sat in the main arena and understood the difficulty of calming down at the moment for Coach Crawley and Coach Stevenage, both of whom were from League Two.

The next signings are those teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Championship and Premier League, who attach great importance to the FA Cup and will definitely play with all their strength, just like Hydward, a little thing that doesn't want to be b-faced, it is difficult for small teams to qualify if they try their best. When the lottery is won, the two teams draw each other, and they both have a chance to win, and then go to the next round to make money. To sign is to draw a big team, preferably the kind that participates in the Champions League, oh, except of course Arsenal's "3 years of Barcelona and 5 years of Bayern". Arsene Wenger's team is as stable as a dog in qualifying from the group, and every year he qualifies to play the universe, and the thermos cup is the weight of life that cannot be given up.

Once the fat of the giants is drawn, the fans of Crowley and Stevenage can celebrate the New Year, and the people who draw lots will be supplied, and it will be better to open the box and come out of the orange outfit in the future.

Crowley is shown on the electronic screen; Stevenage; Southampton and Sunderland have four names, with teams rolling behind them, and the two League Two managers are crunching on the bench and sweating in their heads, and for the first time they see the draw more nervous than the game.

Crawley – Brighton

Southampton – Liverpool, the Reds look at their fellow countrymen.

Sunderland – Chelsea

Stevenage – Tottenham Hotspur !!

Heideward's right-hand side cheered, but the left-hand side couldn't hide the loss, tragedy, the Championship team Brighton is not what the Crawley manager wants, why not send me a Liverpool? Arsenal? Chelsea? Manchester United? … Well, the Red Devils were kicked out by this guy next to them.

Ward congratulated Stevenage's coach Parker, and then comforted Coach Crowley, "I hope to see you in the 1/8 finals, there is still a chance at home." ”

"Okay," he said, but he still didn't slow down.

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The third income of the FA Cup is ticket revenue, due to the strange format of this cup competition, there is no home and away single game to determine the winner, tickets have also become a very important part. The bigger the stadium, the more expensive the tickets, the more you earn, according to the league ticket distribution rules, it is generally 85% of the home team and 15% of the away team, everything is half a point in the FA Cup, think about the old Trafford game, Manchester United's high ticket prices have helped the team earn a lot of money, so after calculation, Heideward is a little reluctant to play at home, Fayton Park Stadium is small and cheap, although the atmosphere is good and the momentum kills many Premier League teams, but it does not make money! How good the Emirates Stadium is, it's big, expensive, and makes a lot of money, draw me an Arsenal!

Four more home teams were shown on the electronic screen, "Everton"; "Tottenham Hotspur"; "Norwich" ...... "Portsmouth".

Well, the home team is in front, the away team is behind, international convention, Pompeo's army is the home team, and Hydward is eyeing the four teams that have not been drawn.

Everton – Birmingham

Tottenham Hotspur – Arsenal !! The north London derby is not a matter of rivalry.

Norwich – Bolton

Well, the rest is already obvious, Portsmouth – Millwall, although Millwall are much higher in the table than Hydward's team, the quality of this team is not particularly good, as in the first half of the season, the only thing to watch out for is Harry Kane on loan from Tottenham!

The Championship's top scorer list originally belonged to Laureus national team team-mate Andrews, but with the transfer of the Irishman in the winter transfer window, the first place was taken by Ritchie. Lambert was replaced, followed by teenage genius Harry. Kane, who has scored 19 goals this season, including a stunning quadruple, has helped Millwall climb to fifth place in the table.

Such a striker is the biggest challenge to the team's much-maligned backline.