Perhaps they are still paid weekly; the payroll systems might not accept such large figures if paid monthly! :laugh:
Sorry to hear of your wasted time and £20 today, CG.
The top part-time players with reasonable jobs have it made; I believe most Conference clubs have at least some players on £500 per week, funded by ridiculous ticket prices.
The support Leicester attract is even more remarkable when you consider no more than half its population is white. As non-whites still form a tiny percentage of any gate, this means a particularly high percentage of the remaining 140,000 are attending. Factor in the huge crowds the rugby union...
Middlesbrough did go to the wall; the current club of the same name were founded in 1986, yet were able to take MFC's place in the FL with no penalty or liablity for their debts.
Unbelievably, this report shows a pic of Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul, but none of Hamilton! I remember as a kid not being aware of the rarity of a black guy being portrayed in a role of authority.