Interesting stuff yet again , makes you wonder why city were so stupid as to put details of dodgy dealing down on paper ! I read about the great Preston team of the same time enticing the best players from Scotland . They promised jobs for life to the families of the players and the players after retirement in the Lancashire mills that were owned by Preston directors ! A legal way of getting around the max wage ?
My guess is that they were scared of losing such a key player, particularly as we'd lost our leading scorer, Joe Cassidy, the previous season due to the maximum wage rule. And yes, it's clear that rule-breaking was commonplace in the League at this time.. At the 1906 AGM the club even stated that keeping to the rules was making it extremely hard to sign players.
Interesting stuff yet again , makes you wonder why city were so stupid as to put details of dodgy dealing down on paper ! I read about the great Preston team of the same time enticing the best players from Scotland . They promised jobs for life to the families of the players and the players after retirement in the Lancashire mills that were owned by Preston directors ! A legal way of getting around the max wage ?
My guess is that they were scared of losing such a key player, particularly as we'd lost our leading scorer, Joe Cassidy, the previous season due to the maximum wage rule. And yes, it's clear that rule-breaking was commonplace in the League at this time.. At the 1906 AGM the club even stated that keeping to the rules was making it extremely hard to sign players.