I too work in this industry, and I have to say I have never heard of this practice from card issuers.
It is against data protection and potentially PCI compliance to issue a new card and allow a supplier to store it without the cardholders permission. You have given express permission to use...
I think it is usually something to do with making sure the rounds even up later (teams in Europe don't join until round 3) - Sunderland would have been the lowest placed club and so would probably have to join the draw to ensure the numbers even up (don't know)
I don't live in Brighton anymore either, but I do work there some days of the week. All I can say is that I am glad I don't live there. It has become a student city - feeling like every single piece of brownfield space being used to create student accommodation. It's congested, it's still...
And if I am not mistaken, didn't Everton pay £30M for Yannick Bolasie? Would stand to be corrected on that, but that goes to show the value of Knocky if that was the case...
Vicente was a class act - but in terms of their impact on the team, BZ is right up there, John Keeley was an outstanding goalkeeper too.
Worst for both being a terrible footballer, and impact on the team - my gut reaction to the thread was Mark Farrington.