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Originally Posted by Rob
Macclesfield Town Football Club has been wound up in the High Court over debts totalling more than £500,000. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54177582
18 hours ago on their official site: "Macclesfield Town are thrilled to announce that Silkmen legend Danny Whitaker has come out of retirement, in order to sign a one-year playing contract with The Silkmen" etc. |
And on the same link the BBC reports that Aston Villa has just spent £17 Million on a goalkeeper. Another town in the UK has just lost its football club, a vital part of its community and its identity for 3% of the cost of a premier league goalkeeper.
Sums up the state and the imbalance of our beloved game. Sadly there will be many more casualties to come.