City managing director Shaun Harvey, pictured, today called for a fairer distribution of First Division TV cash.

Sky pay £3.5m to cover 50 live games, which averages out as £145,000 for each of the 24 clubs.

But the money is handed out on a single-match basis with home sides given £60,000 a time and visitors £10,000.

That means that while the likes of Leicester have raked in £340,000 from nine featured matches, including four at the Walkers Stadium, and Nottingham Forest £290,000, others have hardly received anything.

The Bantams banked £60,000 from their only TV game, at home to Wolves on the opening weekend of the season. Brighton, Millwall and Wimbledon have received even less because they were shown in away games.

Harvey wants to suggest a re-think at the next Football League meeting on April 24.

He said: "It's not a big enough issue that we would fall out with everybody over it, but I think we should look to spread this money more equally. That could involve a flat payment to everyone from the start or giving a reduced fee for the home team only and dividing the rest.

"In previous years we've had better than average coverage and the realist in me questions whether I would be raising this if we had been shown in, say, three home games and two away.

"But after what happened with ITV Digital, we are in a world where guaranteed income is sacrosanct. Once you know the money is there, everybody can breathe more easily."

Sky concentrate on the top teams to guarantee a larger audience but others lower down the table have cashed in because of local derbies.

Bottom club Sheffield Wednesday have been shown twice against Sheffield United as well as Rotherham in their four TV matches. Derby may be struggling but they have been on six times, chiefly against neighbours Leicester and Forest.

Harvey added: "Derby have certainly benefited by having those teams in the immediate vicinity. As well as basing their selections around team success, Sky also look at matches with high local interest.

"But we are also penalised by the fact that West Yorkshire Police won't allow us to kick off at 5.30pm on a Saturday because it conflicts with national policy. Forces in other areas have chosen not to enforce this.

"It was only Sky's keenness to get the Wolves games shown on TV that they manufactured us a 3pm kick-off on the Sunday.

"It's not all down to the police though. There are no local derbies and our position in the league does not excite.

"There is also an element of playing the right teams at the right time of year. If Sky chose to show Portsmouth on the last game of the season we will drop lucky."