Connect with us

Columnists

Peter Jackson: It cost me £24m to win title – Brian Kennedy

Nobody knows the savage cost of trying to make rugby union pay in Greater Manchester better than Brian Kennedy.
Sale with the Premiership trophy in 2006.

Nobody knows the savage cost of trying to make rugby union pay in Greater Manchester better than Brian Kennedy.
For the answer he need only point to a treasured possession, the Premiership trophy won by Sale Sharks 20 years ago.

“I paid £24 million for it and I’m not joking,’’ he says. “That’s what it cost me to run the club over 16 years before I called time.
“There are six million people living here in the north-west and they all love football.’’
Difficult
He continued: “It’s easier to fill a rugby stadium in a place like Gloucester than it is in the whole of the north-west.
“That’s how ...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

ticketmaster

The Rugby Paper

The best betting sites

Globusbet

BetpackUK casinos on Slotozilla

the best minimum deposit £5 casinos casinobonusesfinder

Full list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com kasyna akceptujące paypal

MAN-v-FAT-Rugby

free bets

online bookmakerFull list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com

GGBetBanner Depicting Therealefl.co.uk an affiliate site for Licensed UKGC Football bookmakers.

More in Columnists