John Rooney grew to become the unlikely hero of the FA Cup third spherical when his Macclesfield facet knocked out holders Crystal Palace – and he says he is loving his facet being on the TV.
The 35-year-old brother of Man United legend Wayne was put in as supervisor of the Silkmen final July, and has already written himself into the historical past books by claiming the most important scalp in FA Cup historical past.
And with cash laborious to come back by within the Nationwide League North, the place Macclesfield now ply their commerce after being fashioned as a phoenix membership of Macclesfield City, Rooney is delighted that his facet at the moment are raking within the broadcast cash.
The Silkmen banked £121,500 for beating the Eagles on Saturday, that means the membership have collected a complete of £258,125 for additionally successful towards Stamford, AFC Totton and Slough on their strategy to the third spherical.
Additionally they scooped up £80,000 in BBC broadcast cash for the match towards Palace – who classily let Macclesfield take 100 per cent of the gate receipts for the sold-out affair.
‘For groups at our stage, financially it is big for our membership,’ he mentioned whereas showing on The Overlap with Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Jill Scott.
John Rooney says he is loving his crew being on the TV due to the cash they’re raking in
Rooney’s Macclesfield claimed the best FA Cup upset by beating holders Crystal Palace
‘We do not actually play on TV that a lot at this stage and the final two video games have been. I am positive we’ll be on it subsequent spherical now as nicely, in order that’s huge for the membership.’
Ought to they declare one more upset and beat their fourth-round opponents Brentford, the Cheshire-based outfit will earn one more £127,000 in prize cash – and that is earlier than TV cash is taken into account.
However the Silkmen boss says their previous two FA Cup video games – together with their tie towards Slough which was broadcast on TNT Sports activities – have already ‘most likely coated the price range for the season’.
Rooney, who changed Robbie Savage when he took the job, mentioned it was the purpose of the membership to have a great run in soccer’s oldest competitors as a result of windfalls that await.
‘Since Rob [Smethurst] took over he is carried out an unbelievable job,’ he mentioned. ‘Clearly we wish to do nicely within the league after all… but it surely was extra ‘can we attempt to make playoffs and have a great FA Cup run?’.’
Talking on talkSPORT after the membership’s win towards Palace, proprietor Smethurst heaped reward on Palace for permitting them to maintain the cash made on the 5,300-seater stadium on the day.
‘It is an incredible factor for Macclesfield. We do spend rather a lot as a result of now we have big gate receipts,’ he mentioned.
‘Inside soccer, sadly, the higher you do and the upper you progress up the leagues, the more severe it truly will get financially as an proprietor.
Silkmen proprietor Rob Smethurst heaped reward on Palace for letting the membership hold gate receipts
‘Success brings different challenges as a result of clearly your fan base need you to maintain on transferring up the leagues, however typically it isn’t reasonably priced.
‘This can make the membership, for the following couple of years, particularly with the following draw, if we’re fortunate sufficient to probably get an away sport, particularly if it is a Premier League membership, you will be drawing almost as much as one million kilos in funds.’
His membership could not have drawn an away sport, however internet hosting Keith Andrews’ high-flying Premier League Bees is about to land Smethurst and Rooney one more windfall.
Brentford journey to Moss Rose on the weekend of February 14, and Rooney is delighted to have one other likelihood to trigger an upset.
‘We mentioned earlier than that we’d have appreciated to get Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal, however one other Premier League facet is unbelievable,’ he instructed ITV.
