Hapoel Hadera estimates that qualifying for the quarterfinals of the State Cup is worth an income of about half a million shekels for the club.
The reason: a double meeting against the champion Maccabi Haifa and its large crowd in two games, with the first being in Netanya on February 1.
It has already been decided that this time high ticket prices will not be charged, but the price will be uniform and will stand at NIS 60, in the hope that at least 10,000 tickets will be sold.
"Such an income is worth it for a club like ours strengthening in January," they said in Hadera, adding: "Beyond the professional success, we knew that qualifying for the next stage was worth a great deal of money. We fought to get to it and we deserved to be in the quarter-finals."
Maccabi Haifa fans, Photo: Alan Shiber
Meanwhile, the 0: 3 over Bnei Sakhnin, brought the transfer of ownership of the group closer to businessmen Yossi Maor and Amiram Shachar.
The two will assist as early as January, but full ownership is expected next season.
Professionally, Hadera complimented striker Stephen Alfred who arrived in January from the Belarus league.
So far, Alfred has started in two games and impressed the professional team.
Last night he scored the first against Sakhnin and the club said: "We are once again proving that the money is not big, it is possible to bring good foreigners to our league."
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