Like this one. Derby's Crown Inn Sunday League could do with a lad capable of sticking the ball in the back of the net this season on a fairly regular basis. Solution? Get one of your players, Mark Shepherd, to attend a chaotic Fabrizio Ravanelli autograph-signing session and shove a registration form under his nose. Voila! Ravanelli, unbeknownst to himself, is now registered to play for the Crown Inn in the Coytes Furnishings Sunday League. Transfer fee? Zilch. Weekly wages? A free pint-a-lager in the Crown Inn.
Imaginative signing
Like this one. Derby's Crown Inn Sunday League could do with a lad capable of sticking the ball in the back of the net this season…
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