Oxford City director of football: 'FA Cup televised tie at Notts County will make the world of difference'

Oxford City's director of football has expressed his delight with their FA Cup second-round tie at Notts County being televised.

The National League South club will receive £72,000 as part of the deal, which sees the encounter at Meadow Lane shown on BT Sport 1.

City, who have progressed from the second qualifying round, have already earned £42,500 in the cup so far, and the winner of the game on Saturday 2 December will also pocket a further £27,000.

 “It’s obviously fantastic for us as a club, we’re delighted," Justin Merritt told the Oxford Mail. “We were hopeful of a highlights package, but to get a live game, it makes the world of difference to us.

“We’re a club that are going through a difficult period in its history. We’ve got a debt we’re servicing and we’re working every day trying to clear it all.

"But for us that just makes the sustainability of the football club a lot more achievable.

“It’s not like we will suddenly be investing money in players and so on, but we will look at the whole club, improve the facilities and make sure we can keep going.

“It’s really good to have excitement about the place and we will be talking about some positives rather than how tough it has been.

“We’re delighted. We want to give a good account of ourselves and to pull off another shock would be what dreams are made of.”

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