OXFORD United’s coffers will be boosted by at least £750,000 if they can secure promotion back into the Football League.

Club chairman Kelvin Thomas said he expected to gain an extra £500,000 next season if his team beat York City in the play-off final on Sunday, May 16.

The majority of that six-figure sum would come from increased TV revenue and a guaranteed £180,000 youth development fund.

Thomas added the club could expect to land an additional £250,000 on top of the £500,000 through gate receipts, regardless of the Wembley result.

He said: “I expect that getting to Wembley will earn the club about £250,000. Each club gets 25 per cent of the net total from the day itself. Winning at Wembley would, I think, roughly be worth a net £500,000.”

Professional clubs who drop out of the League lose half their youth development funding immediately and lose all the cash after two years.

A return to the League proved a huge financial boost for Torquay United last year.

Dave Thomas, chief sports writer for the South Devon Herald Express newspaper, estimated promotion boosted Torquay United’s coffers by about £600,000.