Plymouth Argyle’s third-round replay with Liverpool will help the club earn more than £1 million (about N600 million) from the FA Cup, the League Two club’s Chairman, James Brent, said on Monday.
The Pilgrims put on a dogged defensive display against a much-changed Liverpool side to draw 0-0 at Anfield on Sunday and set up a replay at Home Park.
Argyle have already had two televised ties, with a third likely, as well as their share of Sunday’s 52,692 gate.
Brent said: “It’s approximately 20 per cent of our turnover.”
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Argyle went into administration in March 2011 and narrowly avoided relegation from the Football League in 2012.
Plymouth is the largest city in England never to have had a top-flight side and, with a large group of supporters; Brent believes tickets for the replay will be in high demand.
He said: “We took 35,000 to Wembley (for last season’s League Two play-off final) and we only have about 16,000 tickets to sell.
“I personally think it’s a great competition. It gives you the ability to pit your team against teams at a higher level and it gives you the ability to market your brand more widely.
“The Liverpool-Plymouth match was televised in the U.S, China and India. It’s a great opportunity for a club of our size to promote itself around the world.”
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