Not only that, but they have offered to replace named/numbered shirts with new ones 'like for like'. For example shirts bought with Brown 6 on the back can be exchanged with a Mellor 6, Mellor 7 with a [whoever it is] 7 etc. A generous gesture, don't know if Warrington and doing the same with Sandow shirts.

They finished above us and got into the play-offs which we didn't

Fair comment but our fortunes subsequently reversed

Oh indeed. They were only better that very next season

Could it be that our payments to the lower clubs is the only proven example of the capitalist theory of wealth trickling down from the top?

I didn't say that it didn't happen it was the "more often" part of RD's theory that I needed to be convinced of and I'm sorry but I haven't spotted a trend