Macclesfield Town - Pay £20,000 for 10 minutes on the pitch as a player in league or cup

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sydney

tinky ****in winky
Jul 11, 2003
17,965
town full of eejits
has anyone in macclesfield got 20 k and does anyone who isn't from macclesfield want to blurt 20 k to play for them for 10 minutes.........strange world we live in......:down:
 




Gordon Bennett

Active member
Sep 7, 2010
385
Didn't we do something similar a few years ago - someone paid to be in the first team squad (No.99 I think). Can't remember if he got a run out or just his name in the programme?
 


WhingForPresident

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NSC Patron
Feb 23, 2009
17,268
Marlborough
In an exhibition game, fair enough. Do not interfere with competitive sports with shit like this.

20k would buy you a four bedroom detached in Macclesfield wouldn't it?!
 




PWA

European Tour 2023/24
Jul 23, 2011
1,488
West Sussex
Didn't we do something similar a few years ago - someone paid to be in the first team squad (No.99 I think). Can't remember if he got a run out or just his name in the programme?

Correct. That bloke with black hair, his name on back of every programme etc.
 




andybaha

Active member
Jan 3, 2007
737
Piddinghoe
I'm not sure the League can object as long as the 'player' is properly registered. A few seasons back the Doncaster Rovers chairman, John Ryan, came on for the last 10 minutes of a game to become the oldest ever league player
 


Dancing Sock

New member
Dec 8, 2012
253
Brighton
Surely something like 5K for half an hour is only JUST about acceptable, they are a f*cking non league side after all.

Who would pay for this madness anyway.
 


Cowfold Seagull

Fan of the 17 bus
Apr 22, 2009
22,115
Cowfold
In an exhibition game, fair enough. Do not interfere with competitive sports with shit like this.

20k would buy you a four bedroom detached in Macclesfield wouldn't it?!

In the likes of Warrington or on the Wirral yes, but Macclesfield is terribly upwardly mobile these days, don't you know don't you know.
 




nwgull

Well-known member
Jul 25, 2003
14,533
Manchester
Macclesfield Town - Pay £20,000 for 10 minutes on the pitch as a player in le...

Macclesfield is one of the richest towns in the north west; they'll be some millionaire fan who'll pay 20k for his 10 minutes.
 




Gordon Bennett

Active member
Sep 7, 2010
385
Correct. That bloke with black hair, his name on back of every programme etc.

Thanks - thought I'd imagined it for a minute but then found this on the internet about it, so it seems he didn't get anywhere near kicking a ball for us:


"English division one football team Brighton and Hove Albion has acquired a new squad member after selling a place on the team over the internet. Life-long Brighton fan Adrian Heft secured the place in the squad as top bidder for the lot on auction site QXL. Heft paid a hefty £4,000 for the honour of getting his picture on the official team website, being registered with the Football League as player number 99 and travelling to an away match with the team. It is unlikely that Heft will ever get to play a game. Major illness and an unprecedented bout of injuries would have to strike the Brighton bench before the 43-year-old amateur long distance runner ever gets the call."
 












seagullsovergrimsby

#cpfctinpotclub
Aug 21, 2005
43,946
Crap Town
Leon Knight's comeback match ??? Whoever knows they might give him a trial afterwards.
 


seagullsovergrimsby

#cpfctinpotclub
Aug 21, 2005
43,946
Crap Town
In an exhibition game, fair enough. Do not interfere with competitive sports with shit like this.

20k would buy you a four bedroom detached in Macclesfield wouldn't it?!

I think you've got Macclesfield mixed up with Mansfield :thumbsup:
 


Bladders

Twats everywhere
Jun 22, 2012
13,672
The Troubadour
Pay £20,000 for 10 minutes on the pitch as a player in league or cup

I hope Barber's not reading this :eek:
 






blue-shifted

Banned
Feb 20, 2004
7,645
a galaxy far far away
OK, so say they do this 5 times next season and get the 100k they need to avoid going into administration, they won't lose 10 points, or whatever the punishment will be

Does anyone think that carrying a passenger for 50 mins of their choosing over a season is going to result in them losing 10 points?

Stick him on the wing and make sure everyone knows not to pass him the ball

This is a good idea in theory, but yes, they are unlikely to be allowed to go through with it
 




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