thanks for that didn't know the fa gave so much money away even in the preliminary rounds
keeps those teams going for the season! Obviously teams at different levels come in at different stages so you don't often see teams get through more than two or three rounds before falling to a bigger club, Even the losers in all the qualifying rounds get money, but if a non-league club falls in round 1 proper (ala Chippenham) then they don't get anything extra.
The money has increased well over the years.....imagine someone doing "a Chesterfield" now....getting to the semi-final as they did in 1997.....you'd earn almost £2.5 million before you even start talking about gate receipts, TV revenue and the like.