Championship play-off final of 2012 was actually worth a whopping £1bn... showing the high stakes ahead of Aston Villa's showdown with Derby The price of winning the Championship play-off final rocketed in recent years When West Ham won in 2012 the victory was said to have been worth £90m The additional bonuses since then actually equate to around a huge 1 billion
By Nick Harris for MailOnline
Published: 00:08 BST, 26 May 2019 | Updated: 00:08 BST, 26 May 2019
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When Ricardo Vaz Te struck a late, late Championship play-off final winner for Sam Allardyce's West Ham against Blackpool in 2012, Hammers revelled in victory said at the time to be worth what seemed a massive £90m to them.
The Championship showpiece, the most valuable single sporting fixture in the world, is the ultimate 'sliding doors' occasion, with winning opening up a dreamland of possibilities and defeat leaving little but uncertainty.
It now transpires that West Ham's win seven years ago wasn't worth £90m. It was worth more than 10 times as much, at a tiny bit more
