Stadium Tour yesterday - pictures and some wage info

[Weretheweststand]

I went on the 3.00 stadium tour yesterday and i found out some info about wages:

*The clubs wages are strictly capped at £12,000pw and no player is currently payed more than that.

*There are 3 players currently being payed that amount.

might shut some ipswich or other fans up a bit.

(i'm only saying what was said, i dont know whether it is 100% true or not)

Here are some photos of the stadium developments progress :

Picasa Web Albums - George Bowman - Stadium Tour ...

Edit:
One extra thing I forgot to say earlier is that they are also putting in 2 pits behind the north stand goal which are sunk into the ground for press and sky to get a different view of the action

 

[Diego Napier]

Might shut up some of the wild speculation from our lot as well!

 

[leigull]

Don't wish to doubt you, but why would the tour guide a) know that info and b) divulge it?!

 

[Hillian1]

Don't wish to doubt you, but why would the tour guide a) know that info and b) divulge it?!

This.

 

[Oscar]

Was this info said has part of the tour or in an aside between you and the guide? Seems odd if it's the former.

 

[Gazwag]

Did he also tell you that every night the pitch is visited by fairies and leprechauns to keep the grass growing

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I don't know the amount, but Naylor has said in the Argus, quite a few times, that the club do operate a strict wage cap.

 

[Weretheweststand]

Just asked him while we were waiting around for everybody to have photos and stuff and he seemed pretty confident about it

 

[seagull phil]

hi find that hard to beleive most people know CMS is on at least 20 a week any transfer news on our new striker team is starting to take shape

 

[tottenhamseagull]

Fair enough telling you the wage cap at 12k, but to name the players............. Find that very odd.

 

[Jim D]

I went on the 3.00 stadium tour yesterday and i found out some info about wages from the tour guide:

*The clubs wages are strictly capped at £12,000pw and no player is currently payed more than that.

*There are 3 players currently being payed that amount and they are Greer, Mackail-Smith and Vicente.

might shut some ipswich or other fans up a bit.

Also some pictures of extra seats progress to follow

In The Argus there was a bit about BHA & Vicente negotiating a new contract. If he's already on the max what do the club have to negotiate with - a couple of tanks of petrol and free suppers at Donatello's?

 

[Return of the Rev]

On my tour they said that vincente was getting 15k but don't tell anyone

 

[clippedgull]

Quite shocking that a club employee would divulge personal details like that, even if they are just made up to satisfy a tourist's question.

 

[Hillian1]

Fair enough telling you the wage cap at 12k, but to name the players............. Find that very odd.

Exactly, if I was one of the players mentioned and found out that a f***ing tour guide was telling any Tom, Dick or Harry what I earned I would be mighty pissed off for 1) How in the hell would he know and 2) He felt it necessary to tell random strangers.

 

[Weretheweststand]

Fair enough telling you the wage cap at 12k, but to name the players............. Find that very odd.

he said that they were capped, then somebody asked him how much they were capped at, and then asked him who was paid that amount

 

[Brok]

I'll believe the pictures when you post them, but the rest of it...... noooo.
I think leigull got it right.

 

[Gazwag]

Exactly, if I was one of the players mentioned and found out that a f***ing tour guide was telling any Tom, Dick or Harry what I earned I would be mighty pissed off for 1) How in the hell would he know and 2) He felt it necessary to tell random strangers.

Anybody will any sense will know that the wages of an individual player will be known by:

1. His Agent
2. The Player
3. The Board
4. The manager (possibly)
5. The payroll department/accounts department

A tour guide (if not one of the above) will not know
A tour guide who has found out and is giving out the info will find his P45 in the post pdq

 

[BigGully]

It seems like a meeting of two uninformed fans, having a chat ....... no more.

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

this may be the case but the club can make bonuses to players so in reality they could be payed a lot more

 

[Return of the Rev]

Bruno told me the tour guides get £30 a tour
Apart from Hebbard who gets £50