Hull City top of the table - when it comes to paying agents

Hull City spent the most of any Yorkshire club in agents fees over the last year, a Football League report has revealed.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Nov 2015, 16:54 BST
Hull City's Dame N'Doye (left) was one of the club's most expensive signings last season. (Picture: PA)Hull City's Dame N'Doye (left) was one of the club's most expensive signings last season. (Picture: PA)
Hull City's Dame N'Doye (left) was one of the club's most expensive signings last season. (Picture: PA)

Measuring the amount spent during the period between October 2014 and September 2015, Hull City were one of eight clubs who paid more than a million pounds to agents.

Hull, who were a Premier League club for much of the timeframe in question, spent in excess of £1.8m.

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Cardiff City made the highest payments to football agents, spending more than £2.8m

York City of League Two spent the least of Yorkshire’s 11 Football League clubs, just £27,000.

The Yorkshire league table follows the natural flow of the league pyramid except where League One’s Sheffield United have spent nearly £60,000 more than Championship side Rotherham United.

Payments to agents by Football League clubs between October 2014 and September 2015:

Hull City £1,813.919 (5th in Championship)

Middlesbrough £850,285 (12th in Championship)

Sheffield Wednesday £792,203 (14th in Championship)

Leeds United £786,897 (15th in Championship)

Huddersfield Town £429,343 (20th in Championship)

Sheffield United £254,713 (3rd in League One)

Rotherham United £185,430 (24th in Championship)

Barnsley £156,315 (4th in League One)

Bradford City £121,789 (5th in League One)

Doncaster Rovers £64,924 (12th in League One)

York City £27,000 (13th in League Two)

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