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The Exiles had originally hoped to stage the Welsh derby at their modest 4,500-capacity Spytty Park home on the weekend of November 11-12. But after it was announced that the first-round clash would not be televised, Newport County revealed they can't afford to fund the large police presence needed for the all Welsh affair. The non-league outfit earned around pounds 100,000 when that first-round replay against Blackpool was televised by Sky in 2001 and have already banked nearly pounds 20,000 from this season's FA Cup run. But the decision not to televise tel·e·vise tr. & intr.v. tel·e·vised, tel·e·vis·ing, tel·e·vis·es To broadcast or be broadcast by television. [Back-formation from television. next month's match has led to County chairman Chris Blight conceding they cannot house the tie and will now make the short trip to west Wales West Wales is the western area of Wales bordered by South Wales to the east. The area is loosely-defined, but is generally considered to include Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, southern areas of Ceredigion, and sometimes the city of Swansea, . instead of scooping a big-match windfall. |
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