While fans were treated to some great drama on the pitch, what about the impact for clubs off it? However, the Stags could have made more than 10 times what they earned from that home game if it was instead played at Emirates Stadium. "Even after accounting for Arsenal's significantly higher hosting costs and giving the FA its share, each club could reasonably have expected to pocket around £800,000 to £900,000. "To put that in context for Mansfield, the average full-season matchday revenue for a bottom-half League One club in 2023-24 was around £3m. A single game at the Emirates would have been between a quarter and a third of that."

Source: BBC March 09, 2026 17:46 UTC