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Archibald&Crooks

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Morning all!
Pinch and a Punch, end of the month!

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 be as awesome and sexy as I am, I mean we are.

In one transfer window we ran a poll asking when people thought we'd sign a certain player. The poll got an astonishing number of votes, over 600 of you took part.

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.

Now, when it's donation drive time, which it is i'm afraid, where are you? *Goes all Delia* where aaaaare yoooooou? Let's be having youuuuuuu!

I reckon we've about 500 or more 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.

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.

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.

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.
 

Arnoldtoo

The thinking ape's ape
May 18, 2006
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I spend far too much time on here, and contribute far too little for what I get out of it. There comes a time when 'value for money' becomes 'taking the piss'. So ..

£50 donated.
 

cabinfever

Cabinfever's blue and white army
May 14, 2004
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Love most (but not all) of you ****s on here so..........

£50 from me too.
 
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nailsy

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Jul 24, 2005
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It's really easy to set up a monthly payment through the link in A&C's post. I'm going to increase my payment to £4 a month from next month. I'm sure most of us think this place is worth the cost of a pint each month.
 

Lo Amo Speroni

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Aug 9, 2010
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It's really easy to set up a monthly payment through the link in A&C's post. I'm going to increase my payment to £4 a month from next month. I'm sure most of us think this place is worth the cost of a pint each month.
I pay monthly as well, it really is the best way. Will up my contributions as a result of reading the above.
 

Ray

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Jun 23, 2011
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£50 donated. Some of the best entertainment on the net to be found within these pages! Keep up the great work Rob, A&C, all the ITKs and SC staff.
 

E17yid

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Jan 21, 2013
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Fiver donated. Sorry it isn’t anymore but work don’t pay me enough and apparently you have to feed kids 3 meals a day these days.
 
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Gloryhunter

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I am a lurker for years. Donated GBP10 as will be almost twice in exchange rate in my local currency. Appreciated all the hard you guys did and have been doing.
 

BPR_U16

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Jun 28, 2006
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Have a standing order for £7.50 per mth - easy way of paying and gets lost amongst those of the wife for gyms or clubs.

This site needs our support cannot always rely on Rob, so come on guys make some contributions if you can.
 

cider spurs

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Just set up a monthly. Well, I think I have, still pissed from yesterday and just smashed a Carolina reaper curry for breakfast.
 
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