1) I didn't say we made a loss, I was responding to you calling another poster clueless when your post had no more fact than his.
2) Appearance fees wouldn't have been paid if we didn't play the FA cup game. Appearance fees are only paid when a player makes an appearance. Who'd have thought?
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So you know all the operating costs then? Electricity, overheads, part time staff, appearance fees etc? Didn't think so, you can't say for sure we made a profit.
It appears you don't have a clue either, so dougdeep is as entitled to his opinion as you are yours. A loss isn't unfeasible but the prize money probably means we at least break even. All the stuff you mentioned doesn't bring in as much money as you'd imagine, we have to pay for use of the car...