Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

IN A different era, not even that long ago, a man of Trevor Hemmings’ means could have turned Preston North End into a Premier League powerhouse.
The 86-year-old, who died on Monday, was a billionaire.
Jack Walker backed Blackburn Rovers to the Premier League title with a significantly smaller fortune.
Yet in an era of oligarchs, sheikhs and crown princes, Hemmings’ £10 0m outlay on the Lilywhites did little more than keep their heads above water.
It is an indictment of the madhouse the Championship h as become, and testament to Hemmings’ good se...