What about an advert at the bottom of the page to start? Better then nothing, maybe a simple Google Adsense. Out of the way but if it gets clicks then its an added bonus. Plus with regular members knowing its there we can always give it a few clicks from time to time.
Anyway i came here to say i absolutely hate that man city one. Annoys the hell out of me that a video starts and you'd have to click it everytime to stop. The only thing it does is keep me away from the site.