FACQ4: Havant & Waterlooville v Torquay 7:45pm 20/10/21

We need to be a lot better to get anything out of the replay, and a lot better to get anything out of Charlton. Even a poor League One side is significantly better than we are. I think there could be something to be gained from the Charlton game itself (apart from a decent draw in the second round) especially if the game is somehow chosen for the tellybox. The broadcast money for one of the main live games, which is highly unlikely, is £75,000 per club, however the money for being one of the Sunday extended highlight games was £12,500 per club last season.

Charlton's average attendance is 14,000, and they got 11,800 for Accrington Stanley last night. The problem with average attendances is that they include season tickets which usually don't include Cup games. So we have to expect that many Charlton fans won't bother to pay for a game against a non-league side, even if they think they will win by a significant margin. According to FA Cup regulations, the minimum ticket price for games before 3rd round proper is £10 so it wouldn't surprise me if Charlton dropped their usual ticket price from the £23 they are charging Rotherham fans for the game at The Valley on 2nd November to perhaps £15 to try and boost attendance.

Although we get 50% of the net receipts, its worth reading the FA Rules on what costs are taken out before those receipts are split. "The net gate receipts due from a match (except replayed matches in consequence of a breach of the Rules) shall be the total ticket sales for the match
less:

• VAT,
  
• the travelling (and possibly accommodation) expenses of the Visiting Club,
  
• the fees and expenses of the Match Officials, 

other match expenses allowed under the Competition Rules which include:

• costs relating to gate attendants,
  
• turnstile operators,
  
• stewards,
  
• police charges,
  
• floodlighting in accordance with the Competition Rules,
  
• contributions to the costs of First Aid Helpers
  
• and any costs relating to clearing the ground of snow and water provided the Visiting Club is consulted beforehand on the approximate costs."

We are likely to get overnight accommodation paid for as we would need to leave Torquay before 8am to ensure getting to The Valley in time, so that is a saving on costs.

At a guess: given concession prices, let's say an average of £13 x 8,000 attendance at £104,000 gross would net us maybe £40,000 (I have no idea how much it costs to stage a football match!)? Even £30k net from the game would be welcome, plus the £9,375 from winning tonight, and the dream of £22,629 for beating Charlton. So we stand a chance of netting £50k (£40k Charlton gate receipts - and maybe more - plus £10k 4Q winner's prize) from beating H&W this evening. If GJ seriously has a playing-budget block then he should be fielding the strongest side possible to get a win tonight, and then negotiate a majority of the profit  that a game against Charlton would bring the club.

No Hall or Lapsie and only 4 subs

If we get ‘something’ out of this, I will buy…

Johnson on for O’Connell

Injury or tactical

If you want to play a right wing back, better to use a sub-standard right wing-back than a sub-standard out-and-out winger.

Gosh, a goal. For us!!

YCWTH Johnson grabs an equaliser, don't know how.

Nice, just got back in and 2 goals for us in 5 minutes- Lolas from a Moxey cross.