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Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: mattboyslim on Friday, May 12, 2006, 06:25:38 12,000 miles from home and the state of STFC is still back page news, I saw this reading the national paper in New Zealand the other day, relating to Theo Walcott, good old Swindon (see about halfway down!).
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=524&ObjectID=10381068 Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: STFC Village on Friday, May 12, 2006, 09:58:30 The regime at Swindon at the time was chaotic to say the least and the current owners of the club are not even sure what fee their predecessors allowed Walcott to leave for when he joined Southampton: they think it may be as little as £5,000.
:-))( Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: red macca on Friday, May 12, 2006, 12:12:03 Quote from: "STFC Village" The regime at Swindon at the time was chaotic to say the least and the current owners of the club are not even sure what fee their predecessors allowed Walcott to leave for when he joined Southampton: they think it may be as little as £5,000. i believe it is as little as 1k village:-))( Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: RobertT on Friday, May 12, 2006, 12:20:38 It's because of his age at the time, all we could claim was a fee to cover his training costs in the few months he was with us.
Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: SwindonTownFC on Friday, May 12, 2006, 16:55:33 It was 2k, 1k finders fee and 1k for the coaching he had whilst here
Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: reeves4england on Friday, May 12, 2006, 21:01:57 Quote from: "SwindonTownFC" It was 2k, 1k finders fee and 1k for the coaching he had whilst here You may be right, but how the hell do you know that?!Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: my-velocity on Saturday, May 13, 2006, 09:23:32 Quote from: "reeves4england" Quote from: "SwindonTownFC" It was 2k, 1k finders fee and 1k for the coaching he had whilst here You may be right, but how the hell do you know that?!The Jugs never lie :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: magnum150 on Saturday, May 13, 2006, 18:00:33 Whos jugs are they?
Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: Batch on Saturday, May 13, 2006, 19:51:05 Quote from: "reeves4england" Quote from: "SwindonTownFC" It was 2k, 1k finders fee and 1k for the coaching he had whilst here You may be right, but how the hell do you know that?!T'was reported in News of the Screws when he moved to Arse. Title: Saw this and it made me chuckle Post by: reeves4england on Saturday, May 13, 2006, 21:48:10 Quote from: "Batch" Quote from: "reeves4england" Quote from: "SwindonTownFC" It was 2k, 1k finders fee and 1k for the coaching he had whilst here You may be right, but how the hell do you know that?!T'was reported in News of the Screws when he moved to Arse. |