Canarygeorge 0 Posted January 23, 2008 David Murphy, Birminghams new £1.5 million left back has donated his signing on fee to Hibs as thanks for the last 3 years at the club.What a refreshing change in these days of greedy, self-indulgent prima donnas. And he''s not even Scottish. He''s English.Brightened my day reading something like that. Nice 1 David. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thecanaryfan 0 Posted January 23, 2008 what a nice bloke........Do you know how much it was? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canarygeorge 0 Posted January 23, 2008 [quote user="Thecanaryfan"]what a nice bloke........Do you know how much it was?[/quote]About £150,000. Full story on news now football. (Type in murphy in the search) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warminster Yellow 0 Posted January 23, 2008 Top man. I hope he gets the success he clearly desrves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted January 23, 2008 yep wonderful bloke... greedy Tosser why have a signing on fee in the first place?!?!?! ok so he has left it to his old club.. why not a kids home or a chairty? why do footballers need a signing on fee? is it really that hard to pick up a pen and write your name.... jas :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom NCFC 0 Posted January 23, 2008 Makes a refreshing change to the likes of John Terry moaning that he isn''t the highest paid football in Chelsea, I''d like to slap some since into him, my mum is a full time carer for my brother who has learning disabilities and she hardly gets £8,000 a year!Damn some footballers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheerio 0 Posted January 23, 2008 [quote user="jas the barclay king"]yep wonderful bloke... greedy Tosser why have a signing on fee in the first place?!?!?! ok so he has left it to his old club.. why not a kids home or a chairty? why do footballers need a signing on fee? is it really that hard to pick up a pen and write your name....[/quote]Originaly it was to compensate for moving home etc (I''m that old I remember)..... but as the fees have become a tad excessive (by about a factor of 10) the 10%''s have become more and more obscene Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shefcanary 2,407 Posted January 23, 2008 Come on, it still is about fees for moving home. Have you seen the size of the mansions they live in recently. That Jermain Defoe''s house featured on A Million Pound Place In The Sun would easily have mopped up his signing on fees in agency costs and stamp duty etc! How I laughed at the end of the show when it was announced he had split up from his girlfrind! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Chops 7 Posted January 23, 2008 Agreed, I think this is tremendous. Sad to say it''s so rare that it''s newsworthy, but there we go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheerio 0 Posted January 23, 2008 [quote user="shefcanary"] How I laughed at the end of the show when it was announced he had split up from his girlfrind![/quote]Ashamed to say I watched that. Wasn''t she an absolute tw*t? Funniest moment on TV this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shack Attack 0 Posted January 24, 2008 [quote user="Attack Barclay 2nd Half FFS"][quote user="shefcanary"] How I laughed at the end of the show when it was announced he had split up from his girlfrind![/quote]Ashamed to say I watched that. Wasn''t she an absolute tw*t? Funniest moment on TV this year[/quote]I remember seeing Defoe on Football Focus last tear talking about his religion, he''s a devout Christian if I remember rightly.They must have missed out "Thou shalt leave your fiancee for the first big breasted glamour model that comes along" when I was at school [;)]. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Regime Change 0 Posted January 24, 2008 [quote user="Attack Barclay 2nd Half FFS"][quote user="shefcanary"] How I laughed at the end of the show when it was announced he had split up from his girlfrind![/quote]"Thou shalt leave your fiancee for the first big breasted glamour model that comes along"[/quote]That was my school motto! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncfcfaithful 0 Posted January 24, 2008 [quote user="Beaker"]whoop dee doo[/quote]I''m beginning to think you only want to get rid of we8wba so that you can take over the role of ''most annoying person on forum''!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicken 0 Posted January 24, 2008 I seem to remember that Lee Cook did the same when moving from QPR to Fulham. He is a QPR fan which was given as to one of the reasons why as well as the fact that at the time QPR were looking down the back of the directors soafa for loose change!Instead of the change they seemed to find some magic portal that shot out mega-billionaires out at them who then spontainiously showered the club in golden coins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
