The Squad List (2023/24 Edition)

[tans]

Mo Dabre on loan to Worthing in National League South for 6 weeks or so.

Barely got a sniff in at Banbury, only came off the bench a couple of times.

On another note, Banbury played Chester the other night. Loads of trouble during and after the game., was lead story on BBC South last night.

I was more pissed off that they shut the bar before half time!

[newmarket red]

Adver has confirmed that STFC will get £333,000 compo from FIFA for our 2 WC participants. If either/both countries get out of their respective group stage that amount will increase.

Nice

whos  the second  player to go to the world cup.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Wollacott

[newmarket red]

Hows that work out hes not here anymore or was something done before he went to charlton.

[lovestfc]

Compensation is paid to the clubs that a player was registered with up to2 years prior to the World Cup .Therefore  charlton have to share the compensation with swindon.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

I think we get 50/50 with Charlton for Wollacott and we get 75/25 with Charlton for Williams.

[tans]

I thought each club got the £10k

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Seems to be conflicting ideas on how the dosh is distributed.

Wales/Ghana Final would be worth a few quid!

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

Barely got a sniff in at Banbury, only came off the bench a couple of times.

On another note, Banbury played Chester the other night. Loads of trouble during and after the game., was lead story on BBC South last night.

I was more pissed off that they shut the bar before half time!

Has been plenty of trouble at Banbury games recently.

[Pookemon]

I thought each club got the £10k

https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022/media-releases/fifa-distributes-more-than-usd-200m-to-clubs-across-the-world

Unfortunately most journalists can't be bothered to do research anymore and just copy and paste each others work.    It's not a daily payment but a fixed value for each player depending on how far they get.   That then gets pro-rated across the clubs.

It's closer to £180-200k than £333k
 

[singingiiiffy]

I wonder if lower league clubs would gamble on national call ups when signing players and offering contracts. to get a couple of hundred thousand from williams in the world cup would be a huge incentive for the club to retain him and offer him a good contract to make sure he stays.

chris gunter for wimbledon as an example. as a league 2 team if we came in and bid £50k for him in the summer (not even checked if he was out of contract) knowing that he would earn us double or trebles that from a call up it could make very good business. a transfer fee for a 33 year old would sound crazy but if its getting more and more lucractive it could be worth keeping an eye on it every 2 years.

qualifying for these tournaments is getting easier and easier for smaller nations with them increasing in size. we would need to sign 5 internationals to make sure we can postpone during in season qualifiers though!

[Pookemon]

I wonder if lower league clubs would gamble on national call ups when signing players and offering contracts. to get a couple of hundred thousand from williams in the world cup would be a huge incentive for the club to retain him and offer him a good contract to make sure he stays.

chris gunter for wimbledon as an example. as a league 2 team if we came in and bid £50k for him in the summer (not even checked if he was out of contract) knowing that he would earn us double or trebles that from a call up it could make very good business. a transfer fee for a 33 year old would sound crazy but if its getting more and more lucractive it could be worth keeping an eye on it every 2 years.

qualifying for these tournaments is getting easier and easier for smaller nations with them increasing in size. we would need to sign 5 internationals to make sure we can postpone during in season qualifiers though!

I'd be amazed if gunter played another wold cup!  I'd also expect it to be built into any price.
What you could do is offer them a decent percentage of it to top up their earnings so you are getting a good player on a lower wage.

[singingiiiffy]

I'd be amazed if gunter played another wold cup!  I'd also expect it to be built into any price.
What you could do is offer them a decent percentage of it to top up their earnings so you are getting a good player on a lower wage.

Sorry I meant in the summer just gone. It was all hyperthetical just interesting to see how much money is available and whether clubs would consider that when signing someone. Most see it as a hindrance but a league 1 and 2 levels the compensation is brilliant

[Pookemon]

Sorry I meant in the summer just gone. It was all hyperthetical just interesting to see how much money is available and whether clubs would consider that when signing someone. Most see it as a hindrance but a league 1 and 2 levels the compensation is brilliant

It is but its a punt as may get injured or there's a manager change at country level.   Both clubs would know that there's a chance of compo so you'd have thought a premium would be built in by the selling club.

[tans]

Has been plenty of trouble at Banbury games recently.

Yep, every time i have been this season there has been trouble.

Kidderminster game, ive never seen so many police there!