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where does it say in that article that the premiership will get 625million more than last year?
£625m more for the Premiership
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Heh, certainly puts paid to the theory bandied about around 15 months ago about how Football was past it, nobody was interested any more and people were going to be switching off in droves, the bubble had burst and the next TV deal was going to bankrupt half the premiership 
As I said at the time, trying to read too much into things like a mickey mouse cup game, with season ticket holders having to pay extra, played on a cold wet midweek night, featuring backup players, in a Rugby town is not going to draw in huge numbers.
As I said at the time, trying to read too much into things like a mickey mouse cup game, with season ticket holders having to pay extra, played on a cold wet midweek night, featuring backup players, in a Rugby town is not going to draw in huge numbers.
No worries Watford, you'll still get paid. 
Soldato
mcdermos said:
Actually barnet run at close to an operating loss every year unless we get a good cup run, its actually a very well run club, but the gate receipts just dont cover standard league 2 wages, with arsenal and tottenham a few miles away its very difficult to get a good fanbase, which is similar for all lower league london teams.
luckily we have a great chairman who has supported the club through thick and thin, but there's nothing you can do if you have to compete in a league with some very rich teams, the financial damages of going back into the conference are huge.
So its not always straight forward.
chimaera said:
I'm sure these aren't the only Premier League clubs that help local, lower league teams. I know that Sheffield United do for one. Reserve games are played at Chesterfield and Worksop and last year gate receipts from a match were donated to the save Rotherham fund, as well as loaning them players for nothing while still paying the full wages. Neil Warnock also sends strong sides to pre-season friendliest against local sides, including non-league ones like Sheffield F.C.
No doubt there are other teams who do this as well; they just aren't interested in the publicity like Dein is.
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TomHark said:
I'm sure there are a few more, but sheffield united have come from the lower leagues so they know the score. As said before in the thread, its more the case of premiership teams taking advantage of teams who need the money and purposely tempting their players and then offering derisory money, there's just no respect.
chimaera said:
Liverpool moved their reserve games to Wrexham to help with their financial difficulties, before that we played them at Chester while they were going through a lean period. We play Crewe and Wrexham every pre season and take no fee for the game and all gate receipts are kept by the Wrexham and Crewe.
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Liverpool FC have been good to us with their help, considering all the problems that we've had off the pitch with being in administration and even now we're struggling to keep afloat. We've been playing the games in pre-season for the last three seasons and they always attract a full house at the Racecourse - the match back in July all of the receipts were put towards our centre of excellence for developing young talent, which Crewe are also reknowned for.shine said:
It's a great jesture from LFC, just a shame that a small quarter of our fans (mainly the "Frontliners") don't appreciate their help though.
