That season they lose most of their games and see their best players poached by other clubs.

Ahead of the tournament Queen's announced they were quitting in a controversy over their players being poached by other teams, though Ulster Council President Aogan Farrell had appealed for this practice to stop.

In 1946, the nation watched with amusement as baseball impresario Jorge Pasquel filled his team with players poached from the major leagues of the United States, signing up players as they returned from World War II by offering better deals than their former teams were willing to make.

At 09:37 21st Sep 2010, JoC wrote: It's frustrating enough following European soccer watching all the wheeling and dealing going on in the transfer market with players effectively being poached and others even on long term contracts showing little loyalty - their agents always looking for the next big deal.