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Huge asset: Gloucester fans pack out Kingsholm Stadium last season
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There are lies, damned lies, and statistics, and the problem with the latter is that zealots try to use them to suit their purposes.
A table appeared in the Daily Mail, which purported to show that the Premiership clubs collectively owed HMRC nearly £36m, and that their total debt was in excess of £500m. ‘Shock, horror, the game’s doomed’ would have been the immediate reaction, but then some clubs’ management started to pour cold water on the numbers.
Gloucester’s CEO was quick to say the...

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