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Tommy Smith (Braintree Town FC | England)

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Posted June 07, 2026 11:24 · last edited June 07, 2026 11:30

Maaaaaaatt wrote:
 martinb wrote:
I wonder about an angle not considered in selecting Tommy.

We’ve talked about the money he’ll get personally from the World Cup. 

We haven’t talked about- why did he go to Braintree? They are getting a decent payout too. 

Maybe the England game comes as a result of helping these guys out?
The clubs get about USD $5,000/day/per player from call up to last match, so Braintree will get about $150k, big money for them but sweet FA for the FA
Yeh just wondered if it was a club of a famous ex-player or of someone’s son or something. Always lots of connections in football. My point being is that that money will be handy for the club. (Sure woulda been handy for the Nix too I’m sure) . And they probably thought having Tommy there would be handy on the pitch too.

Tommy himself gets 250,000 NZD and the club gets 150,000USD and saves himself whatever the cost of tickets, hotels and flights are…

And between the connections him Baze and Woody have we get to play England? 

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martinb edited June 07, 2026 11:30
Maaaaaaatt wrote:
 martinb wrote:
I wonder about an angle not considered in selecting Tommy.

We’ve talked about the money he’ll get personally from the World Cup. 

We haven’t talked about- why did he go to Braintree? They are getting a decent payout too. 

Maybe the England game comes as a result of helping these guys out?
The clubs get about USD $5,000/day/per player from call up to last match, so Braintree will get about $150k, big money for them but sweet FA for the FA
Yeh just wondered if it was a club of a famous ex-player or of someone’s son or something. Always lots of connections in football. My point being is that that money will be handy for the club. And they probably thought having Tommy there would be handy on the pitch too.

Tommy himself gets 250,000 NZD and the club gets 150,000USD and saves himself whatever the cost of tickets, hotels and flights are…
martinb edited June 07, 2026 11:28
Maaaaaaatt wrote:
 martinb wrote:
I wonder about an angle not considered in selecting Tommy.

We’ve talked about the money he’ll get personally from the World Cup. 

We haven’t talked about- why did he go to Braintree? They are getting a decent payout too. 

Maybe the England game comes as a result of helping these guys out?
The clubs get about USD $5,000/day/per player from call up to last match, so Braintree will get about $150k, big money for them but sweet FA for the FA
Yeh just wondered if it was a club of a famous ex-player or of someone’s son or something. Always lots of connections in football. My point being is that that money will be handy for the club. And they probably thought having Tommy there would be handy on the pitch too.