Metro, London, Tuesday 29 Oct 03
£50m debt? Time to sell the goldfish
Forget the players and shareholders - three goldfish have emerged as the biggest victims of British football's worst-ever cash crisis.
As they prepared to report pre-tax losses of £49.5 million yesterday, Leeds United decided the fish who lived in the boardroom, cost too much.
They were duly given free transfers to new owners.
The club saved £240 on the cost of fish food and the occasional new bit of weed for the tank. Of course every penny counts when you're trying to make savings - but the decision to get rid of the fish failed to impress the City "it's like making sure the windows are clean on the Titanic when it sinks ..." said Barclays football analyst Henk Potts"