Money Maker Mellor

On Saturday 24th March Neil Mellor made his return from his apparent "long term injury" coming off the bench against Bury on 85 minutes at Deepdale. It has come to the blogs attention that there was a mix of anger and confusion in the executive box, as when Mellor crossed the white line he made himself a cool £40,000.

"striker makes £40k for 5 minutes of play and missing game winning chance"

Trevor Hemmings, on one of his not so regular visits to Deepdale (who can blame him) and Peter Ridsdale were  more than surprised to see the striker make his 150th appearance for the Lillywhites, which meant that Mellor triggered a clause in his contract and make a small fortune on top of his already staggering wage. 

The news comes as Ridsdale has been in contract talks with the injury prone forward and it has been suggested by some that Mellors prolonged absence has been due to the appearance clause written into the strikers contract when he signed for the club. Westleys decision to include Mellor is unlikely to go down well in the boardroom and could add to the problems he faces, along with the teams recent terrible performances, results and after the game against Brentford the near total loss of the Deepdale faithful.