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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Miguel Delaney

Sheffield Wednesday and Morecambe woes show the problem with modern football

In what is now a “normal” day for Sheffield Wednesday, one employee was asked how they were doing by a fan, only to burst into tears. They don’t know if they’re going to be paid, or what the future is, leading Clive Betts MP to lambast controversial owner Dejphon Chansiri in Parliament on Tuesday.

Many Morecambe fans similarly felt like crying when the news came through on Monday that the sale of the club from Jason Whittingham’s Bond Group Investments to Panjab Warriors wouldn’t yet be completed. This was despite sources insisting that everything was in place for the sale to proceed, and finding its delay “inexplicable”. Local MP Lizzi Collinge publicly said to Whittingham, also in Parliament, "Come on, sign the damn paperwork!" That’s after three years where Morecambe have gone from League One to the National League and, potentially, oblivion.

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