- Jan 15, 2017
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I'm going to assume that nobody on here is ever good enough to actually PLAY professional football for a rival club, but if you were offered paid work in a non-playing capacity by one such team, would your loyalties to Tottenham prevent you from taking the job? I remember having a go at a Spurs supporting mate when I was a teenager because he worked as a match day steward at Arsenal, but am wondering if in adult life people still feel strongly about it.
Let's say the work offered a significant financial package and/or step up in your career. Depending on what field you are in, it could be something in engineering, construction, catering, accountancy/finance, marketing/business development, IT, legal representation, administration, health and safety, match day staff - all the sorts of non-playing requirements that football clubs need and do hire for. Would you accept this kind of work for a rival? If not, where would you draw the line?
Maybe you'd take a one-off contract but not accept a full-time position?
Perhaps it's all ok as long as it's not with Arsenal
Maybe that extends to Chelsea and West Ham too, but Liverpool and Man Utd would be ok?
Could you take a job at Man City knowing who their owners are?
Maybe you hate all of the top 6 so much it's just a blanket ban on anyone who finishes around us? But teams like Everton or Southampton are ok?
Or perhaps you wouldn't touch any football clubs that aren't Spurs with a bargepole?
What field do you work in, and what would be your take on it? And does anyone have any real life stories of taking jobs for rival clubs that they can fess up to?
Let's say the work offered a significant financial package and/or step up in your career. Depending on what field you are in, it could be something in engineering, construction, catering, accountancy/finance, marketing/business development, IT, legal representation, administration, health and safety, match day staff - all the sorts of non-playing requirements that football clubs need and do hire for. Would you accept this kind of work for a rival? If not, where would you draw the line?
Maybe you'd take a one-off contract but not accept a full-time position?
Perhaps it's all ok as long as it's not with Arsenal
Maybe that extends to Chelsea and West Ham too, but Liverpool and Man Utd would be ok?
Could you take a job at Man City knowing who their owners are?
Maybe you hate all of the top 6 so much it's just a blanket ban on anyone who finishes around us? But teams like Everton or Southampton are ok?
Or perhaps you wouldn't touch any football clubs that aren't Spurs with a bargepole?
What field do you work in, and what would be your take on it? And does anyone have any real life stories of taking jobs for rival clubs that they can fess up to?