What's £155,000?

[nadz3488]

It really is a crying shame that players in top clubs like Chelsea, Liverpool and the 2 Mancs actually earn that much money in 7 days when there are loads of clubs across the country that are struggling to simply stay in business. Really hope they work it out in the end.

[garyfouroaks]

These are two seperate issues for me.

Is Pl/Champ money ridiculous? Yes

Should clubs gave to balance the books? Yes. natural order of things i am afraid. There will be a better run club  along to take their place.

[not3bad]

Should clubs gave to balance the books? Yes. natural order of things i am afraid. There will be a better run club  along to take their place.

But will it have 125 years of history behind it?  Besides, who does a club belong to, the fans that faithfully follow it, often from generation to generation, or the board that irresponsibly waste its resources?

[SteveN]

Any mention of Kidderminster brings to mind their forward Peter Wasall who scored goals for fun in the 60s and early 70s.  'kin hell - how old do I feel? 

I hope they pull through.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Didn't Gerry Hitchens play for them before he joined Villa?

And, bizarrely, Gil Scott Heron's dad played for them as well.

Seriously!!!

[Dr Butler]

Didn't Gerry Hitchens play for them before he joined Villa?

And, bizarrely, Gil Scott Heron's dad played for them as well.
Seriously!!!

That is one of the most bizarre things I've heard in awhile.

excellent !

[Chico Hamilton III]

That is one of the most bizarre things I've heard in awhile.

He was kiddy's first ever black signing. Played for Celtic as well

[pauliewalnuts]

I know Gill Scott Heron's dad played for Celtic, too.

Saw him speak about it on Newsnight last year.

[Chico Hamilton III]

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/39Black-Arrow39-Gil-Heron-.4750293.jp

[AV82EC]

Should clubs gave to balance the books? Yes. natural order of things i am afraid. There will be a better run club  along to take their place.

But will it have 125 years of history behind it?  Besides, who does a club belong to, the fans that faithfully follow it, often from generation to generation, or the board that irresponsibly waste its resources?

Strictly the club belongs to the people who've stumped up the money to own it (capital investment) , all you have is an emotional investment and whether you like it or not that gives you f*** all say in how things go.  However, those with the Capital investment need to keep those with the emotional investment sweet otherwise their capital investment could go up the swanny. 

In addition the FA and League structures could put more protections around the emotional investment i.e wage/turnover ratio's, debt/turnover ratio's etc etc.  The greater regulation of foobtall has been long overdue but is continually thwarted by money grubbing clubs sticking two fingers up to the FA.

[dave.woodhall]

Should clubs gave to balance the books? Yes. natural order of things i am afraid. There will be a better run club  along to take their place.

But will it have 125 years of history behind it?  Besides, who does a club belong to, the fans that faithfully follow it, often from generation to generation, or the board that irresponsibly waste its resources?

It's ever so easy for supporters of a Premier League club bankrolled by a billionaire to smugly say that little clubs should live within their means or make way for a better-run one. Maybe if we hadn't spent the past 20-odd years ignoring William McGregor's doctrine while throwing ourselevs foursquare behind every proposal to make the big clubs bigger, these sort of problems wouldn't happen. 

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Didn't Gerry Hitchens play for them before he joined Villa?

And, bizarrely, Gil Scott Heron's dad played for them as well.
Seriously!!!

That is one of the most bizarre things I've heard in awhile.

excellent !

Bloody hell! Never, ever heard that before. That has to go down as the 'Chico Fact of the Decade'. I saw Gil Scott Heron over here last year. Poor fella made a youthful Gordon Cowans look obese. Still brilliant, mind.

[cheltenhamlion]

Agreed Dave. Are there Premier League style parachute payments by the way for those that drop from league to non league status?

[cdbearsfan]

In fairness, I think the Premier League gave a decent amount of money to Conference clubs either this season or last to make up a bit for the Setanta collapse. A rare moment of decency by the Sky Cartel.

[Dave Cooper please]

In fairness, I think the Premier League gave a decent amount of money to Conference clubs either this season or last to make up a bit for the Setanta collapse. A rare moment of decency by the Sky Cartel.

By "decent" you mean the equivalent of one week of Rooney's wages?
That's what Tamworth got as part of the Premier League Grassroots charity deal.
I'm not saying that we aren't grateful, and it really helps, but you know....