That pesky rule 20

verbatim:

20 Club / Employees Relationships
20.1 No Club shall take any steps (either directly or indirectly through any third party, including the making of statements to the media) to induce or attempt to induce another Club?s employee to terminate his contract of employment with that other Club, whether or not such termination constitutes a breach of that contract.

20.2 No Club shall (either directly or indirectly through any third party) make contact with or enter into negotiations relating to the employment of another Club?s employee.

20.3 The only exception to this Regulation is where the Club has obtained the prior written permission of the Chairman (or in his absence, a director or the Secretary) of that other Club. Any such permission must set out any conditions attaching to it.

I suppose our argument is that we approached Cowling, who said go-ahead.
Lambert then quit and RC got the hump because he wanted more compo than was offered, but the horse (to coin a phrase) had already bolted from the stable.

It is, really, all about money. And I bet our view is that Colchester's case for compo has been undone by their continued progress under Aidy.

I'll bet, in private, McKnife even tries the "it's really Bryan's team" argument.

Posted By: jayson blair, Feb 4, 11:55:02