Hammers bag million pound bonus

West Ham earned close to one million pounds in gate receipts when they played in Manchester last night.

EFL regulations say that clubs must share the full gate receipts 45% each regardless of home or away status with 10% going to the F.A.

The official attendance at Old Trafford last night was an impressive 72,568 and if you average £30 per ticket that would bring in around £2,177,040 in gate receipts.

45% of that total converts to £979,668.

This works both ways and when West Ham host Manchester City they will need to give up 45% of their London Stadium ticket money.

However with three home games in six days around that period, a 60,000 sell-out appears unlikely midweek. Maybe 30,000 at £30 a ticket average will generate £900,000 of gate receipts of which each club would keep just over £400,000 each,

The winners of EFL Cup every year pocket around £100,000 in prize money while the runners-up pocket just £50,000 which is insignificant compared to the gate receipts. While there is basically zero prize money up until the EFL Cup semifinal stages. The losing teams in the semifinals get £25,000 each.