@TMS1885 Do you have the exact amount of players that played for you in your last 2 promotion campaigns? You’re nothing special you just signed, and signed, and signed until you went up. @ben_brumby what’s the exact figure?
Remember when the tax-free allowance was £12,500?
That was in 2019.
Today, it’s £12,570…just £70 higher.
If it had simply kept up with inflation, it would be around £17,000 today.
Meanwhile, food, rent, energy, fuel and everyday bills have all risen sharply.
Politicians can say they’ve “not raised taxes.”
But they haven’t needed to.
Freeze the threshold while wages and prices rise, and inflation quietly pushes more of your income into the tax system every year.
If you can’t afford to pay your workers the minimum wage, let alone enough to live on, maybe the real problem is that your business model isn’t viable 💀
The way these guys talk about wages as if they’re a discretionary expense and not a basic cost of production is wild to me.
🐎🤯 Did you know a dispute over a RACEHORSE helped pave the way for the Glazers to buy Manchester United?
It all started with Sir Alex Ferguson and a champion racehorse called Rock of Gibraltar.
Ferguson believed he owned 50% of the horse, including its incredibly valuable stud rights, potentially worth tens of millions of pounds.
But Irish businessman John Magnier, who was also a major Manchester United shareholder, disputed his claim.
The disagreement turned into a bitter legal battle, with Magnier and fellow shareholder JP McManus putting pressure on Ferguson and demanding investigations into United's transfer dealings.
The relationship completely broke down and led to a settlement out of court and was followed by Magnier and McManus putting their shares up for sale.
In May 2005, they sold their combined 28.7% stake in Manchester United to Malcolm Glazer, giving him the controlling interest he needed to complete his takeover.
The Glazers then took control of United through a debt-funded takeover that would change the club's financial future forever.
All because of a falling-out over a horse. 🐎😳
Prices in the UK are backwards and have completely lost the fucking plot:
£100 for a weekly food shop
Fuel at £2 a litre
Mortgages £1600 a month
Rent that was £700 a month a few years ago now £1400 a month
£15 for fish and chips for one person
Hotels costing £100 a night
£60 for an hours driving lesson
Car insurance going up every year. Same car, same driver, no claims.
£800 for a week away in the UK when you could leave for half of that.
Over £2 for a bottle of water
McDonald's for one £12
Even whetherspoons is getting expensive!
We're getting robbed.
Personally I think those who have gone to watch FC United have done it properly. They’ve not paid a penny into the glazers pockets whilst thousands complain every week and still do it.
How long do you watch a football club for when you’re not wanted? To those fans who walked away 21 years ago and set up FC United, fair play. They stand for something other than pointless protests for show, you hurt their pockets you hurt them.