The FDH Bank Round of 16 Blantyre derby between Mighty Mukuru Wanderers and FCB Nyasa Bullets at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Sunday grossed a historic gate revenue of K88 million.
This is the highest gross amount realized at a football match in the country.
The gross has surpassed the K80.4 million which was realised during the two teams’ TNM Super League first round encounter at the same venue in May this year.
About 37.7 million was realised through ticket pre-sales while K50.5 million was from match day sales.
From the net of K73 million , Wanderers, Bullets and the stadium owners got K18.3 million each while Football Association of Malawi (FAM) got K14.6 million as their 10 percent cut. The Malawi National Council of Sports received their five percent, which is K2.78 million.
Total direct expenses amounted toK14.8 million with K8.2 million being ticketing printing and sales commission, K4.4 million for security providers ( Police, Stewards and Access Control firm) , K440,000.00 Medical, K940,000.00 for Public System and K732,000 for protocol.
FAM Competitions and Communication Director Gomezgani Zakazaka said the figure is a true reflection of the huge crowd that turned up for the match.
Zakazaka thanked the fans of both teams for turning in large numbers as well the stakeholders for a well organised match.
“FAM would like to thank the supporters for showing up in huge numbers that has produced this record amount. We are incredibly thankful for your support and passion demonstrated at the match.
“ We would also like to thank the two teams for embracing ownership in the management of the match from planning to execution. They both showed commitment to ensure we delivered a good match.
“ The new initiatives of clubs stewards proved vital in managing crowd and we believe we can build from all these positives and ensue we maximize revenue at all our matches across the country and continue providing wholesome entertainment to our fans,” said Zakazaka.
