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Money: Man Utd Cup draw a jackpot for Cambridge

Cambridge United boss Richard Money says drawing Manchester United in the FA Cup has been like winning a Las Vegas jackpot.

Cambridge held United to a 0-0 draw 11 days ago. They had chances to win the game, but such is the financial bounty of a replay at Old Trafford they struck it rich by not scoring.

Money said: "If you go to Las Vegas and you play those fruit machines and you win the jackpot - that's probably what the initial draw was to us, in terms of Cambridge versus Man United.

"To get the replay probably means we bought a lottery ticket and won. To beat United would be like winning the EuroMillions."

Cambridge stand to pocket a shade more than £1million and, for a club with an annual turnover of £1.6m, this is serious money.

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