This does not happen often but...

[reuque]

.... Wigan players are giving back the money fans paid to watch their 9-1 lost.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/nov/23/wigan-tottenham-fans-tickets-defoe

 

[SaintGeorge67]

I can't view the link from my phone, is it right that the players are paying and not the club?

 

[dee]

*round of applause*

Do they know what they've started?

 

[dee]

[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=37386.msg996408#msg996408 date=1258992829]

I can't view the link from my phone, is it right that the players are paying and not the club?
[/quote]

The players via the club

say 3,000 fans at £40 a pop divided by 11 players and 3 subs = £8,500 each - (about 3-4 days pay on average)

 

[Whaddapie]

Nice gesture.

And yes, even though it's probably less than half a week's wages, it's still a nice gesture.

Maybe I'm not the only 'romantic' out there after all.

 

[Fallon]

That's good of them, I can't imagine many teams would have done that off their own backs.

 

[themn]

[quote author=Dee link=topic=37386.msg996411#msg996411 date=1258992973]
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=37386.msg996408#msg996408 date=1258992829]

I can't view the link from my phone, is it right that the players are paying and not the club?
[/quote]

The players via the club

say 3,000 fans at £40 a pop divided by 11 players and 3 subs = £8,500 each - (about 3-4 days pay on average)
[/quote]


Good thing it wasn't a home match.

It would have been £40 x 3500.

 

[manwithnoname]

*draws up lengthy invoice for Lucas*

 

[Squiggles]

Ha

 

[Whaddapie]

[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37386.msg996567#msg996567 date=1259009691]
*draws up lengthy invoice for Lucas*
[/quote]

Don't forget the "mental anguish" bit.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Wow very impressed.

Fair play to them for that.

Doesn't matter how little it is, who here would give back their pay for a sh*t job?

 

[Mistadobalina]

They should all agree to 40 lashes in the middle of a Wigan shopping centre.

 

[Ryan]

Wigan has a shopping centre?

 

[Dirty Sanchez]

[quote author=Dreambeliever link=topic=37386.msg996788#msg996788 date=1259016556]
Wow very impressed.

Fair play to them for that.

Doesn't matter how little it is, who here would give back their pay for a sh*t job?
[/quote]

Not me. I think I'd be about $250,000 in the hole.

 

[Peatcheo]

[quote author=Ryan link=topic=37386.msg997030#msg997030 date=1259029746]
Wigan has a shopping centre?
[/quote]

Not much else like but yes.

 

[Mistadobalina]

[quote author=Ryan link=topic=37386.msg997030#msg997030 date=1259029746]
Wigan has a shopping centre?
[/quote]


By 'shopping centre' I mean t'pie shop'.

 

[Ryan]

I've never been to Wigan.

A mere look at the fucking po-faced pikeys that inahbit the JJB on a fortnightly basis though leads me to believe there isn't much by the way of popular 21st Century culture.

 

[Mistadobalina]

[quote author=Ryan link=topic=37386.msg997043#msg997043 date=1259030886]
I've never been to Wigan.

A mere look at the fucking po-faced pikeys that inahbit the JJB on a fortnightly basis though leads me to believe there isn't much by the way of popular 21st Century culture.
[/quote]

I dont like that shaved-head-but-leave-a-fringe look that you get in those northern towns. And thats just the women.

 

[bobtkelpie]

[quote author=Dreambeliever link=topic=37386.msg996788#msg996788 date=1259016556]
Wow very impressed.

Fair play to them for that.

Doesn't matter how little it is, who here would give back their pay for a sh*t job?
[/quote]

I'd be in eternal debt!

 

[dee]

I believe the high point is Wigan Pier

 

[Insignificance]

Will they pay me lost points in Fanatsy league too???

 

[SummerOnions]

It also has the most greggs' in Britiain.

Trufax.