Saturday 13 April 2013

FA Cup

"The FA Cup for me is just one of those fantastic competitions which keeps growing year on year, from strength to strength. "It gives so much back, particularly to the smaller clubs. "We generate £65m a year from the competition and over a 10-year period £650m gets reinvested back into football. That's a real fillip for some of the smaller clubs. For example, Luton made £460,000 out of their Cup run, which is a fantastic sum of money for a non-league side." Next weekend Wembley, which celebrates its 90th birthday on 28 April, will see Wigan take on Millwall and Chelsea meet Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals. Horne said: "[Teams] want to come here and win at Wembley Stadium. So I think the competition is in rude health."

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