Re the stories of payments their have been some great local 'transfer' deals over the years, both these were in the old Southern League days.
One player received a racing horse (unsure if it was a part share or the entire nag) also one club offered a player a bike to get to training, which was then increase to a car (was a bit of a sh*tter) and another club then offered a better car,this one had a reg and wof.