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- League One club asked for greater share of gate receipts
- Manchester City not changing their standard club policy
Manchester City will not offer Exeter extra money from Saturday?s third-round FA Cup tie. The financially troubled League One club this week revealed they had asked the Premier League club for a greater proportion of the gate receipts as a ?statement of solidarity?.
Exeter, whose supporters? trust is the club?s majority shareholder, will take 8,000 fans to a sold-out Etihad Stadium to face the seven-time FA Cup winners. Each club gets 45% of gate receipts, with the other 10% taken by the Football Association, in line with competition rules. It is estimated ticket sales will generate between ?250,000 and ?400,000 for Exeter.
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