Interesting report on Teamtalk regarding the Toon's TV income which reached the amazing figure of £21m last season, viz:

Newcastle received £20,800,600 in television revenue last season - the fifth highest amount in the Premiership.

The total is made up of three components. Every top-flight club receives £8.09million even before they appear on television.

Each club also gets what is known as a merit award, relating to their finishing position in the Premiership, as well as a facility fee related to how many times they actually appear on television during the campaign.

The top four television money earners were Manchester United with £25.82million, Liverpool with £25.81millon, Arsenal with £25.63million and Leeds with £22.6million.

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

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I take it Clarky that is Sky only? I can't recall whether our FA Cup expoits were all on BBC, but I think the Man Citeh one was. Plus the small change we would have recived from the Intet Toto and Worthless TV rights - wonder what that all adds up to? Probably pays for a few Broons on the Quayside...

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

This has probably been discussed on here before, but, in addition to the TV money, does anybody know how much we received for finishing 4th?

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

Too many bleedin' Nicks around here! One of us needs to use a Nickname ;)

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

I'm surprised Leeds 'earned' more than we did, the Toon were on the box just about every weekend during the last third of the season.

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

I was about to ask the same question about Prem prize money - can't find it anywhere on the net. I think I did spot that about three years ago the prize money for fourth was about £3m...?

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

can't remember what the starting point is for the bottom side, but it goes up by about £400k per position. So finishing say 4th gives you about £5m more than a side finishing say 17th.

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

The CL is the big money earner next season though, Leeds got over £20m from that apparently when they reached the semis.

Obviously I don't expect us to reach the semis at this stage, but if we get £10m it is still £10m we wouldn't have got the season before.

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

The league stages had a pot of something like $1million per game last season I think - God knows how much it is this year. Makes that 3rd qualifying round more interesting. Win that and theres another players wages paid . . .

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2002

We got about £8m for finishing 4th - it was in one of the broadsheets (Times?) last week.

-- Anonymous, May 21, 2002

Ah well, this should be a bumper year for dividends!

-- Anonymous, May 21, 2002