THE Coal Exchange in Cardiff Docks has long been renowned as the setting for the first seven- figure deal of the industrial revolution. The man honoured at a ceremony there on Friday night received about £999,950 less for a Rugby League trial and a life-ban to boot.
The hypocrisy of the Unions in the amateur era took some believing, how they would turn a blind eye to various money-making stunts and come down like a ton of bricks on any player daring to contemplate committing the heinous crime of turning professional.
Steve Ford will vouch for that. His only ‘crime’ was to ...