Quote: Donnyman "You could put it that way....
But the history is Fev are a club who have succeeded on their home grown talent they once had in abundance, I don't recall any spending sprees....
What they have won in their history has been due to that talent, IIRC they beat Bradford in the CC cup final and only one player was not from Fev & Pontefract....
So that nicely sets up a Question ..... Who was he??'"
The mighty Steve Quinn (sadly RIP).
BTW Fev still have plenty of home-grown talent, a lot of it from the Lions, and will showcase plenty of it in the threequarters next year with Gaz Gale, Josh Hardcastle and Luke Briscoe.
There has been the odd spending spree, notably in the mid 1990s when a lot of money was spent on a variety of players, not all of whom worked out (notably Andy Currier and Mark Aston, for different reasons).
In more recent years the club has been more and more of a self-sustaining business thanks to significant sponsorships, use of the ground and clubhouse etc to the extent Fev are established as one of the big spenders in the Championship.