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Originally Posted by monkey hanger
actually lower league players in the late 70,s and 80,s were on worse money than a lot of us were on in that period. there were a few at stockport and rochdale where i would not get out of bed for the money they were on. i was a bus driver at the time and was regularly asked for a loan of a couple of players i knew. just imagine that happening today even at a club with the lowest playing budget in the league. as for players having second jobs it was as much a thing about carrying on with them for the future as it was about not managing on the football wage.
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A firm I worked at in the eighties payed good money lad there can't remember his name full back worked their and played for Colne Dynamoes and got £150 game sometimes playing twice a week, Rochdale and a host of clubs were after him couldn't match his wages.