David Martindale outlined the figures when he said it was costing his club £4000 a week from the start of the season – a total outlay of £250,000 so far.
There’s other huge costs. Celtic had four full-sized buses at McDiarmid Park last Sunday and that didn’t even count the coaching staff who travelled in cars.
If football at the highest levels is being afforded any sort of privilege, they sure as hell are having to pay for it. And that money isn’t coming back.
I’m aware money has been handed out to lower reaches of the game and I applaud that. But the sums available to the clubs higher up the chain?
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