GRAVESEND & Northfleet are heading for a £75,000 FA Cup cash bonanza as they prepare for Saturday’s second round home tie against Notts County.

Having already pocketed £22,000 from the Football Association’s prize fund payment pool following victories against Exeter and Chester and with Sky Television paying a further £50,000 to broadcast live Saturday’s tie - not to mention their share of gate receipts - the Fleet are in the money.

Should they beat the Football League’s oldest club, they will be entitled to a further £15,000 from the FA prize fund which would bring the total from a money-spinning cup run closer to £100,000.

Glenn Aitken, the club’s chief executive, confirmed: “At the moment, we are looking to make a figure in the region of £75,000 plus.

“We go into each season without budgeting for revenues from the FA Cup and this money, along with our recent sponsorship with Gladwish Land Sales, is a terrific boost for this club.

“What we don’t want is heavy rain, which could force a postponement which would mean we wouldn’t get the money from Sky if they chose not to show the game on a new date.”

Aitken confirmed that some of the money will go into Andy Ford’s budget and development plans for next season which could see the realisation of the manager’s dream of the club going full-time sooner rather than later.

“The development plan includes the eventual provision of full-time football at Gravesend,” he aded.

Fleet chances of springing a Cup upset have been hit by Queens Park Rangers' refusal to allow on-loan striker Dennis Oli to become cup-tied while midfielder Rob Owen is suspended.

With Owen out of contention, only central defender Francis Duku and full-back Matt Lee survive from the side that lost 2-1 in the Cup to Notts County when the two clubs last met in the first round three years ago.

Should a replay be necessary, it will be at Meadow Lane on Tuesday, December 16, kick-off 7.45pm. The draw for the third round proper will be broadcast live on BBC1 and Sky Sports News at about 3pm on Sunday.