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Town top League Two agents list
1:39pm Thursday 9th August 2012 in Sport
SWINDON Town spent close to half a million pounds on agent’s fees last season - more than three times as much as any other League Two club.
The £448,506 spent by Town was not matched by any side in League One either, while only 14 clubs in the Championship spent more.
Total League Two spending on agents in 2011/12 was £1,036,198, with Town’s share made up of 46 new registrations, five updated contracts, 12 cancelled contracts, and 15 loans.
With 78 transactions made in total, each cost the club an average of £5,750, in a year in which Town won the League Two title.
In total, over £21m was spent by Football League clubs, with Accrington, AFC Wimbledon, Barnet and Crewe in League Two not spending a penny on agents fees.
In announcing the figures, Football League chairman Greg Clarke said:
“While £21m is a lot of money leaving the game, it should also be noted that a considerable amount of this total has been spent by a small number of clubs. In fact, almost a fifth of the overall
figure was spent by one club alone.
“Where such spending forms part of a sustainable business plan it shouldn’t be of great concern and supporters should be encouraged to see our clubs committing themselves to the new Financial Fair
Play regulations that will take effect across all three divisions in the new season.
“In time, these rules will require clubs to be more circumspect with regard to their spending and may help reduce the costs incurred in this area.”
Comments(44)
the don69
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2:01pm Thu 9 Aug 12
olliejames
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2:15pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Digbyswashbag
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2:27pm Thu 9 Aug 12
what I will say (and please i'm not trying to be negative etc) but i worry that from my understanding the majority of deals are done by Phil Spencer, Paolo's agent. It just doesnt sit well with me, especially the amount that came and went in 1 season like Magera, Atiku, Lanzano, Comazzi......basical
ly flushing money away
I love Paolo the manager, just think to spend more than all the other clubs in this division on agent fees isnt great to read
Digbyswashbag
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2:27pm Thu 9 Aug 12
what I will say (and please i'm not trying to be negative etc) but i worry that from my understanding the majority of deals are done by Phil Spencer, Paolo's agent. It just doesnt sit well with me, especially the amount that came and went in 1 season like Magera, Atiku, Lanzano, Comazzi......basical
ly flushing money away
I love Paolo the manager, just think to spend more than all the other clubs in this division on agent fees isnt great to read
Med Red
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2:32pm Thu 9 Aug 12
olliejames wrote:.... or The Blue Square!!
If Fitton was here we would probably still be in League Two.
mike1990
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2:34pm Thu 9 Aug 12
smirg kcab
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2:52pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Onwards and upwards
LeGod
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2:55pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Football would be so much better without agents and cost clubs so much money and the fees they charge are a joke. they are like second hand car dealers full of bull and looking to rip whoever they can off.
Having met an agent (a well known one) about five years ago who deals mainly with premier league players and deals mainly and a few actors some of the stories he told me we absolutley mind boggling and the fees he mentioned he got on some transfers were unbelievable.
Since 1950
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3:11pm Thu 9 Aug 12
LeGod wrote:Agree with those sentiments. However, look what happened to us when the Chairman (at the time) refused to deal with them. Relegation!
Agents are the vermin of football and all they do is tout there players around constantly despite what we are told and all they are looking at is lining there pockets with green backs. Football would be so much better without agents and cost clubs so much money and the fees they charge are a joke. they are like second hand car dealers full of bull and looking to rip whoever they can off. Having met an agent (a well known one) about five years ago who deals mainly with premier league players and deals mainly and a few actors some of the stories he told me we absolutley mind boggling and the fees he mentioned he got on some transfers were unbelievable.
Mr Fitton and Mr Wray Certainly view things differently on that score.
Rhs Boydy
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3:25pm Thu 9 Aug 12
LeGod wrote:I have never understood why clubs pay agents. If a player wants someone to do his thinking for him that's fine. Let him pay for that service though.
Agents are the vermin of football and all they do is tout there players around constantly despite what we are told and all they are looking at is lining there pockets with green backs.
Football would be so much better without agents and cost clubs so much money and the fees they charge are a joke. they are like second hand car dealers full of bull and looking to rip whoever they can off.
Having met an agent (a well known one) about five years ago who deals mainly with premier league players and deals mainly and a few actors some of the stories he told me we absolutley mind boggling and the fees he mentioned he got on some transfers were unbelievable.
Even Angrier Monkey
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4:09pm Thu 9 Aug 12
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If we'd have signed a more "normal" number of players (ie similar to that of most other clubs in L2) then it stands to reason the total would be much much lower. That said it would probablly still be top of league 2.
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I suspect that the number of foreign players we signed also has something to do with the large £££ figure last season. I bet we dont get anywhere near £450k in agents fees this season
EastleazeRed
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4:16pm Thu 9 Aug 12
hertz
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4:18pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Old-Stager, Hilperton
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4:24pm Thu 9 Aug 12
I seem to remember some years ago, when we pulled out of a transfer deal for Darius Henderson at £70,000, because the agent's share was £20,000.
Not very long afterwards Darius was sold for £4,000,000 from one club to another, and he is still playing Championship Football at Millwall to this day.
Old-Stager, Hilperton
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4:30pm Thu 9 Aug 12
He went from Gillingham to Watford for a fee of £450,000 and then from Watford to Sheffield United for a fee of £2,000,000
MITTED
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5:33pm Thu 9 Aug 12
PS: It is grossly unfair to criticise Andrew Fitton - we would have no club if it weren't for him.
LeGod
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5:57pm Thu 9 Aug 12
He made a mistake with letting the Wilson saga go on for too long but take that out of it and he is one fo the best things that happenned to this club.
Old-Stager, Hilperton
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6:02pm Thu 9 Aug 12
It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.
BillyLucas4me
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6:28pm Thu 9 Aug 12
3:25pm Thu 9 Aug 12
LeGod wrote:
I have never understood why clubs pay agents. If a player wants someone to do his thinking for him that's fine. Let him pay for that service though.”
Here Here
Swindon1984
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6:31pm Thu 9 Aug 12
red white
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7:19pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Didn't someone say they'd had it with agents? Was it Paolo?
DarrenSTFCRomain
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7:20pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Swindon1984 wrote:Paolo made alot of signings last season and also got rid of a lot of the same players last season.
An unfortunate reality of the modern game but not surprising given the squad was completely overhauled. Shouldn't be anywhere near as much this season, fingers crossed.
Someone had to sort the mess out or we would not been able to win the league
DarrenSTFCRomain
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7:20pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Swindon1984 wrote:Paolo made alot of signings last season and also got rid of a lot of the same players last season.
An unfortunate reality of the modern game but not surprising given the squad was completely overhauled. Shouldn't be anywhere near as much this season, fingers crossed.
Someone had to sort the mess out or we would not been able to win the league
ciclosporindorset
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7:21pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Oi Den!
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9:20pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote:Count me with you.
I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton.
It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.
Davethered
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9:41pm Thu 9 Aug 12
DarrenSTFCRomain
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9:42pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Oi Den! wrote:We all know that Fitton saved STFC,
Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote: I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton. It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.Count me with you.
BUT if he was still are chairman STFC would be playing confrence football this season...
Everything was on the cheep,just look at the manager he picked...
Davethered
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9:49pm Thu 9 Aug 12
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:If half of the managers had the financial backing that this management team have had, I'm sure they would have done the same. Lou Macari had no money at all. And was the best manager this club ever had.
Oi Den! wrote:We all know that Fitton saved STFC,
Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote: I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton. It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.Count me with you.
BUT if he was still are chairman STFC would be playing confrence football this season...
Everything was on the cheep,just look at the manager he picked...
Oi Den!
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10:06pm Thu 9 Aug 12
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Fitton may have been a bit naive as a chairman and there's no doubt that he and Wilson between them managed to balls it up in the end. But one bad year doesn't make a bad chairman. Overall I think we have more reason to thank him than complain about him.
andy5364
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10:13pm Thu 9 Aug 12
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:One of the most stupid comment ive read . Fitton saved us from going out of buissness. He saved our beloved club . Conference footie you really are having a laugh . He laid the bricks for what we have now .... coyr
Oi Den! wrote:We all know that Fitton saved STFC,
Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote: I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton. It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.Count me with you.
BUT if he was still are chairman STFC would be playing confrence football this season...
Everything was on the cheep,just look at the manager he picked...
swindonthruandthru
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10:57pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Med Red wrote:i will be forever grateful to andrew fitton and his consortium for saving swindon. if we was in L2 or bsp at lat we have a football club
olliejames wrote:.... or The Blue Square!!
If Fitton was here we would probably still be in League Two.
the don69
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11:00pm Thu 9 Aug 12
andy5364 wrote:Anyone can save a football club if they have money!being a good chairman and running it well is the hard part!Fitton Failed on that,that's why he gone!end of!!!!!!!!!
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:One of the most stupid comment ive read . Fitton saved us from going out of buissness. He saved our beloved club . Conference footie you really are having a laugh . He laid the bricks for what we have now .... coyr
Oi Den! wrote:We all know that Fitton saved STFC,
Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote: I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton. It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.Count me with you.
BUT if he was still are chairman STFC would be playing confrence football this season...
Everything was on the cheep,just look at the manager he picked...
donaldslovechild
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1:15am Fri 10 Aug 12
DarrenSTFCRomain
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6:17am Fri 10 Aug 12
andy5364 wrote:HAVING A LAUGH...No not at all...
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:One of the most stupid comment ive read . Fitton saved us from going out of buissness. He saved our beloved club . Conference footie you really are having a laugh . He laid the bricks for what we have now .... coyrOi Den! wrote:We all know that Fitton saved STFC, BUT if he was still are chairman STFC would be playing confrence football this season... Everything was on the cheep,just look at the manager he picked...Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote: I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton. It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.Count me with you.
The team was shocking and he took way way to long on very important matters...
Plus in not saying that he never saved are club im just saying that he was not a chairman..STUPID
Swindon1984
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9:54am Fri 10 Aug 12
donaldslovechild wrote:Using phrases like "from the horse's mouth" on the internet where anonymity is almost a given (especially if you're a first time poster) is a bit of a misnomer. Basically you may well be right, but we'll believe it when we see it.
First time post-hot news from the horses mouth. STFC set to sign Serie A striker as soon as tomorrow. Watch this space!!
Do we have a name for this player, or even the club he's currently with?
madterrier
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10:42am Fri 10 Aug 12
donaldslovechild
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10:43am Fri 10 Aug 12
I was also told that the potential move has been commented on in the Italian press. I am investigating as we speak.
Swindon1984
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12:56pm Fri 10 Aug 12
donaldslovechild wrote:Cheers - wasn't trying to offend but obviously most transfer rumours reported in the press never come off, and when there's no source for the information it's even more suspect.
I am telling it as I was told it and of course my use of cliche is generic and clumsy but the 'tip' was the result of a chance encounter with a member of the squad. I considered it a potentially exciting development, although I realise that transfer rumours abound on this site, and decided it would be a good time to post for the first time. I was also told that the potential move has been commented on in the Italian press. I am investigating as we speak.
Can't see anything online about it but I'm not saying you're wrong, just saying I take any transfer rumour with a pinch of salt. Would also have to qonder who'd move from Serie A to League 1 unless they were a peripheral player (youth, reserves, whatever). Wouldn't think an older player would come, as few players nearing the end of their career would move hundreds of miles away to finish their playing days. Sure Paolo wants an established forward and can't think of any in Serie A who would fit the bill and agree to come to the club .
andy5364
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6:20pm Fri 10 Aug 12
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:Idiot
andy5364 wrote:HAVING A LAUGH...No not at all...
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:One of the most stupid comment ive read . Fitton saved us from going out of buissness. He saved our beloved club . Conference footie you really are having a laugh . He laid the bricks for what we have now .... coyrOi Den! wrote:We all know that Fitton saved STFC, BUT if he was still are chairman STFC would be playing confrence football this season... Everything was on the cheep,just look at the manager he picked...Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote: I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton. It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.Count me with you.
The team was shocking and he took way way to long on very important matters...
Plus in not saying that he never saved are club im just saying that he was not a chairman..STUPID
DarrenSTFCRomain
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6:51pm Fri 10 Aug 12
andy5364 wrote:Call me that to my face out side to county ground against crawley...
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:Idiotandy5364 wrote:HAVING A LAUGH...No not at all... The team was shocking and he took way way to long on very important matters... Plus in not saying that he never saved are club im just saying that he was not a chairman..STUPIDDarrenSTFCRomain wrote:One of the most stupid comment ive read . Fitton saved us from going out of buissness. He saved our beloved club . Conference footie you really are having a laugh . He laid the bricks for what we have now .... coyrOi Den! wrote:We all know that Fitton saved STFC, BUT if he was still are chairman STFC would be playing confrence football this season... Everything was on the cheep,just look at the manager he picked...Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote: I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton. It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.Count me with you.
PS Im sorry under fitton are team and management were fantastic..And were heading in the right direction..TWATT
ScottLeitch
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8:53pm Fri 10 Aug 12
DarrenSTFCRomain
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11:08pm Fri 10 Aug 12
the don69 wrote:Why do people think that im slating of Ar Fitton. IM NOT...
andy5364 wrote:Anyone can save a football club if they have money!being a good chairman and running it well is the hard part!Fitton Failed on that,that's why he gone!end of!!!!!!!!!DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:One of the most stupid comment ive read . Fitton saved us from going out of buissness. He saved our beloved club . Conference footie you really are having a laugh . He laid the bricks for what we have now .... coyrOi Den! wrote:We all know that Fitton saved STFC, BUT if he was still are chairman STFC would be playing confrence football this season... Everything was on the cheep,just look at the manager he picked...Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote: I Agree with MITTED & LeGod about Andrew Fitton. It beggars belief that any Town Fan could even think of any criticism of Andrew Fitton.Count me with you.
We are all very very thankfull for what he did to save are club BUT i dont think Fitton was a good chairman..
When he signed Malpas as are new manager it took the club 10 steps backwards,
A buisness man yes.. BUT not a Football chairman
ciclosporindorset
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8:25am Sat 11 Aug 12
Rhs Boydy says...
1:46pm Thu 9 Aug 12