Players' Union This was the second attempt at the unionisation of professional football players after the failure of the Association Footballers' Union which dissolved itself in 1901. This Union was formed because the Football League had ratified a maximum wage for footballers in 1901 at £4 ("2012: £") . This severely limited the opportunity to earn wages that allowed the best players in the country to forgo the need to take paid employment outside of football. Until then, individual clubs had set their own wage policies throughout the country. The Union, basically, led from where the previous AFU had left the situation:
Ludo (band) people have filled the bassist slot for tours, including Tommy Cantillon of Tommy and the High Pilots. In 2009, the band announced that their first two releases, "Ludo" and "Broken Bride", would be re-released through Island. Ludo also undertook a short tour to promote the re-release of "Broken Bride" by again playing the EP in its entirety. On the tour's off-dates, members Tim Ferrell, Tim Convy, and Matt Palermo along Adam Brooks toured as a side project, "The New Heathers." Ludo's third full-length album, "Prepare the Preparations", was released September 7, 2010. The lead single from the album was "Whipped