How much prize money can Newcastle United expect to land the further they go in this season's FA Cup?
After a much-needed 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in midweek, Newcastle United now turn their attention back to the FA Cup.
Goals from Malick Thiaw and Jacob Ramsey - either side of Archie Gray’s equaliser - handed the Magpies a morale-boosting victory in North London, ending a run of three straight defeats and four losses from five, while it was their first Premier League win since 7th January. Up next is an Aston Villa side with just two defeats in their last 10 matches across all competitions, which includes beating Tottenham 2-1 away in the FA Cup third round to reach this stage.
2025/26 FA Cup prize money: How much could Newcastle United earn?
Extra preliminary round winners (223) £1,125
Extra preliminary round losers (223) £375
Preliminary round winners (136) £1,444
Preliminary round losers (136) £481
First round qualifying winners (112) £2,250
First round qualifying losers (112) £750
Second round qualifying winners (80) £3,375
Second round qualifying losers (80) £1,125
Third round qualifying winners (40) £5,625
Third round qualifying losers (40) £1,875
Fourth round qualifying winners (32) £9,375
Fourth round qualifying losers (32) £3,125
First round proper winners (40) £47,750
First round proper losers(40) £15,800
Second round proper winners (20) £79,500
Second round proper losers (20) £21,200
Third round proper winners (32) £121,500
Third round proper losers (32) £26,500
Fourth round proper winners (16) £127,000
Fifth round proper winners (8) £238,500
Quarter-final winners(4) £477,000
Semi-final winners (2) £1,060,000
Semi-final losers (2) £530,000
Final runners-up (1) £1,060,000
Final winners (1) £2,120,000
By beating Bournemouth on penalties after a dramatic 3-3 draw in round three, Newcastle guaranteed themselves £121,500 in prize money from this season’s FA Cup, according to the official FA website. Should they beat Aston Villa, that return jumps slightly to £127,000.
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Things multiply quickly from that point on, however, with the fifth round and quarter-final winners getting £238,500 and £477,000, respectively, while you can bag £530,000 just by being a losing semi-finalist. While the FA Cup doesn’t yield the sort of riches enjoyed in the Champions League, where Newcastle have already bagged £46.44m just for reaching the knockout play-off phase, the £1,060,000 and £2,120,000 returns for the runners-up and winners, respectively, aren’t exactly figures to be sniffed at.
Of course, for Newcastle to pick up these sums, they’d have to seriously improve on their recent, rather poor, FA Cup record. The Magpies haven’t lifted England’s premier cup competition since 1955, losing three finals since then - most recently back-to-back in 1998 and 1999. They haven’t even reached a semi-final since the 2004/05 campaign, with three quarter-final appearances their best efforts since. Newcastle have only made it past round four in four of their 20 attempts since that 2005 semi-final.
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