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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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i chose to watch big match revisited last night

 

was from about 76

 

utter shit

 

players were shit

 

pitch was shit

 

fans were shit

The quality of football on offer may well have been shitter, but was it less enjoyable than it is now?

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Final score...

 

Motherwell 2 (Souttar 45 OG, Main 47)

Ross County 4 (Ngog 58, 81, Draper 64, Eagles 90)

 

Owen Coyle - Football genius.

 

Fake News. It stayed 2-0.

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The quality of football on offer may well have been shitter, but was it less enjoyable than it is now?

Tbh enjoyable is us winning, nowt else matters :)

 

 

Anyway, less enjoyable suggests it's entertainment

 

I'd agree that's what it's supposed to be

 

And I think in that case the entertainers should get the money

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Added to the fact that there’s no way it would be capped worldwide so the whole thing goes tits up when every player worth their salt fucks off abroad.

 

Could FiFA not impose this?  In theory like, as I know they never would.

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Do they fuck.

 

No footballer is paying 50% tax.

According to the HMRC’s tax calculator Sanchez’s £350k a week / £18.2m a year paid via PAYE would be subject to....

 

£8.5m tax

£367k NI

 

That’s 48.9% in deductions

 

Man United would also have to pay a further £2.5m in employers NI contributions which means that in total his annual salary generates the HMRC circa £11.5m

 

The average nurse earns £23k a year, call it £30k with additional contributions, Sanchez PAYE bill alone pays for 380 nurses a year.

 

That’s not even taking into account tax on any signing on fees or bonuses

 

The PL is a huge export for the UK and brings in billions of pounds a year, a lot of which goes to the government to fund public services. It has to be a good thing surely?

 

It won’t be that long before the PL is old news and there is a new kid in town. I’m sure we will then look back with fondness at a time when English club football was at the centre of the global game.

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I'm not sure, are you? I'd assume all the salaries are paid PAYE like the rest of us, the HMRC would certainly have something to say about it otherwise  

 

Bonuses, signing on fees and other lump sums might be a different story but I haven't included those in my example anyway

 

The fact is that the country benefits much more when Man United spends £400m a year on wages than it would do if they only spent £40m a year so as such all the money in the game is a good thing for everybody and not the huge negative some see it as

Posted

I'm not sure, are you? I'd assume all the salaries are paid PAYE like the rest of us, the HMRC would certainly have something to say about it otherwise  

 

 

Surely you are joking?

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I'm not sure, are you? I'd assume all the salaries are paid PAYE like the rest of us, the HMRC would certainly have something to say about it otherwise 

 

 

like i said, 20% as image rights

 

all agreed with HMRC

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Of course less the 20% that you've already called out, leaves 80% of salary through PAYE, a huge amount a tax

 

On Sanchez alone the HMRC would get £9.1m from 80% of a £18.2m salary (inc employers NI contributions)

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Of course less the 20% that you've already called out, leaves 80% of salary through PAYE, a huge amount a tax

 

On Sanchez alone the HMRC would get £9.1m from 80% of a £18.2m salary (inc employers NI contributions)

HMRC keep a beedy eye on football, it was them who forced the old Rangers club into liquidation after investigating their "tax efficient" EBT payments to players.

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