Wealthy City Help Financially Struggling Oldham - China Report in 1933

[Gary James]

Here’s an interesting article from 1933 in a Chinese newspaper about wealthy City helping Oldham in 1933. Something to think about - it’s 1933 and despite the depression City were the wealthiest club in the north west (United’s crowds were woefully low) so imagine if those who bang on about money and buying success had been around then. We’d be the giant for ever!

Wealthy Manchester City Help Financially Struggling Oldham – Reported in China

An interesting article here from April 1933 published in the the China Press (that’s right, a newspaper based in Shanghai in the 1930s carried Manchester football news!). It talks about wealthy Man…

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[Franny 1234]

Got to be fake news
Little city only began in 2008.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Manchester City - ruining football since 1933

 

[lancs blue]

We did much the same thing in the 80s, sold them Earl Barrett and Paul Warhurst for about £50k combined and Oldham sold them on later for a total of £2.5m. I'd be surprised if we had sell-on clauses.

 

[Cassandra]

…. And Bobby Johnstone in the early 60’s ….

 

[mattcity5]

We did much the same thing in the 80s, sold them Earl Barrett and Paul Warhurst for about £50k combined and Oldham sold them on later for a total of £2.5m. I'd be surprised if we had sell-on clauses.

Not sure that one was deliberate help, more like total ineptitude...

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Played them & Stockport in friendlies a few times to help them out and had very little thanks from either set of fans.

 

[BillCarlisle]

…. And Bobby Johnstone in the early 60’s ….

Oldham actually signed Bobby from Hibs. He left City to return to Hibs (I think at the end of the 1958-9 season) before eventually moving back to the North West.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Played them & Stockport in friendlies a few times to help them out and had very little thanks from either set of fans.

Think it was under Keegan, who insisted they kept all the gate money amd City fans were throwing money into buckets being passed around too at Boundary Park

 

[Corky]

We did much the same thing in the 80s, sold them Earl Barrett and Paul Warhurst for about £50k combined and Oldham sold them on later for a total of £2.5m. I'd be surprised if we had sell-on clauses.

We were criticised for gaining £500k from the Barrett sale due to the sell on clause, and that was the reason we sold him for £15k form our reserves.

City did that all the time with younger players, and were a bit of a pioneer in the area. Speculate to accumulate.