In fact, FC United would play the following three games as away matches. It meant that FC United did not make any profits from the tickets, they were thankful for the experience though. Rudy knew that a lot of people thought that there was not enough money to be made through ticket sales for an amateur team.
This was not necessarily true, the lower level games often attracted the crowds that could not afford the expansive tickets to the premier league. The Butcher’s Arm could seat 3000, each ticket sold for 5 pounds. If they reached capacity, they stood to make 20,000 pounds gross profit.
Rudy was not expecting to reach capacity on their first game, he knew that it was rare for a stadium to fill in the first match of the season, let alone for a new club. The day following the annou
