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Archibald&Crooks

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Good morning

Here's a nice surprise for you all, it's that time of the transfer window again.

HAVE YOU DONATED THIS MONTH/YET/AT ALL?

As you all know, SC relies on your donations to be able to provide a unrivalled coverage of ITK, if it wasn't for you guys, the server would crash left right and centre and we simply couldn't afford to run it without resorting to limiting the number of members or something

We know from previous experience that there's a LOT of you who lurk, one time we had 600 voters participate in a poll.

Six bloody hundred. And that's just the yokes who bothered voting. Whichever way you slice it that's a lot. If everyone slung just three or four quid in the pot we'd be sorted for quite a while, so if you've never donated before, please consider doing so now.

I reckon we've a shedload of lurkmeisters, so come on guys, if you're one of them and you enjoy SC's coverage of the Transfer Window (and lets face it, you do because you're here right?), then please chip in. It doesn't have to be a massive amount.

And if you happen to be a Spurs mad gazzillionaire, cough the fuck up. And if you're Daniel Levy, fucking hell shortstuff, put your hands in your pockets. And get the BSoDL to chip in too.

But A&C, where does the money go?

Outgoings: The server costs £400 per month. Forum software purchases/licenses/misc comes to around £500 a year. So currently, the cost of SC is about £5k a year.

Incomings: Advertising/Affiliates can sometimes cover the costs during the transfer window (January, July, August) but thats sometimes. The rest of the year that falls well short. Its difficult to give an exact figure because the numbers don't stay the same but i'd say £100 a month during the quiet months. Donations during the quiet months come to about £50pm if we're lucky.

Rob will know better than I do, but I reckon we're short by about £2500 a year. And the income from ads is probably down.

If one month we raise more than is needed, it stays in the pot as it won't be long before it IS needed. The shortfall is made up out of Robs pocket. I'll repeat that.......It comes out of his pocket. Think about that for a minute. I reckon he pays an average of £50 a WEEK. Just so you lot can abuse each other

This is why i'm often cajoling, nudging, outright begging and open to bribery during the transfer window. It's when the most of you are about and our last big donation drive raised enough to cover costs for a couple of months or so.

Any excess raised stays in the pot until its needed when donations/income goes right down. Absolutely nothing goes on anything other than SC's running costs. Well, occasionally the odd prostitute View attachment 104250

So, if you'd like to donate, here's the link.


We use Paypal but you don't need an account with them, you can use your card in the same way as making any other online purchase. Very securely.

Thank you
 

camhall88

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Aug 16, 2011
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Will contribute $25 for Danjuma and an extra $25 for every other confirmed signing this window.

Thanks so much for mod's for keeping this site and forum up and running - can't tell you how many hours I have spent scrolling through and trying to avoid fat thumb syndrome. Keeps me sane and connected, especially from down here in Australia!
 

Fergus

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Jun 5, 2004
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I don't seem to be able to donate from Malaysia. Please see attachment.
 

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worcestersauce

"I'm no optimist I'm just a prisoner of hope
Jan 23, 2006
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It looks like Brian Gil is heading home on loan, does that leave us short or point to another one coming in to his place?
 

Jamturk

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Aug 13, 2008
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It looks like Brian Gil is heading home on loan, does that leave us short or point to another one coming in to his place?

Moura came back the other night against the Arsenal U21's and scored, maybe we think he can contribute off the bench.

We're also still over the foreign player limit for Champions league
 

McFlash

Without doubt the dumbest & most clueless member.
Oct 19, 2005
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Cheers for all the hard work @Archibald&Crooks and @Rob , I'm going to increase my monthly payment.

And to others, I have a PayPal set up and while it's only a tiny amount, every little helps and I don't even notice it.
I spend more time on this site than I do anything else so a couple of quid per month is nothing really for the enjoyment I get from the place. ?
 

spursfast

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Jan 23, 2017
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Cheers for all the hard work @Archibald&Crooks and @Rob , I'm going to increase my monthly payment.

And to others, I have a PayPal set up and while it's only a tiny amount, every little helps and I don't even notice it.
I spend more time on this site than I do anything else so a couple of quid per month is nothing really for the enjoyment I get from the place. ?
I got a PayPal prob ...
 

Zaphod

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Apr 4, 2021
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Incomings: Advertising/Affiliates can sometimes cover the costs during the transfer window (January, July, August) but thats sometimes. The rest of the year that falls well short. Its difficult to give an exact figure because the numbers don't stay the same but i'd say £100 a month during the quiet months.

This is probably a very silly question but if we click through one of the adverts do you get a small fee? If I'm pondering an online purchase does it make any difference if I look it up, wait for the site to pop up as a ad on SC and then click through from there?
 

Albertbarich

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Jul 4, 2020
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This is probably a very silly question but if we click through one of the adverts do you get a small fee? If I'm pondering an online purchase does it make any difference if I look it up, wait for the site to pop up as a ad on SC and then click through from there?
My man's playing 4d chess here to justify to his missus that he brought her the French maids outfit for the greater good of the forum.

Top work.?
 

flashjb

Long time lurker, occasional poster
Dec 6, 2006
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Donated, cheers for everything you do to keep this site going guys! ?
 
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