Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
What happened in the old days? I assume the finalists got into the CWC if the winners were in another competition.
FA Cup winners would go into the CWC.
Finalists would go into the CWC if the winners won the League.
League winners would go into the Champions Cup (2 legged affair from first round to last and no prelims)
League Cup winners would go into UEFA Cup, unless the League Cup winners won the league or FA Cup.

2nd place in the league - UEFA Cup.

Perhaps they should do away with the SIX guaranteed matches in the Champions League? Oh no, because winning a single game in that format is worth £1m!

http://www.totalsportek.com/money/ue...e-prize-money/

Get to the Group Stage - 12.7m Euros
Win 6 games in Group stage - 9m Euros (1.5m for each win)
Get to the knockout stage - 6m Euros
6.5m Euros for quarter finals
7.5m for Semi Finals
11m for winning it.

Win the Euro Cup by finishing top of your group with 6 wins and you earn 52.7m Euros. Without the TV money!

Would be great to see TNS or some other Welsh club make the group stage, but it is so heavily weighted to benefit the rich clubs that it will never happen