- Jul 14, 2008
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We were one of the wealthiest clubs in the old Division 1, the last, I'm pretty sure, to have advertising round the side of the pitch. Yes, the money was self-generated, but we bought virtually the entire team; the only truly home-grown player was Ron Henry. Peter Baker came from Enfield for peanuts, but the rest were signed at what were then dizzying prices; it doesn't really matter that the buying was targeted (and we didn't really recreate Rowe's style—Bill was far less purist and we were known to go Route One on occasion).
All good points but the fact the money was already in the club differentiates us from the more recent Chelsea and City model I believe