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At Chopwell Exchange the players whose money is stopped included Fred and Jim Wallbanks, of Scarborough and Norwich City respectively, brothers of Jack Wallbanks, the Barnsley centre forward. Billy Harvey, of Barnsley, who was brought up with the Wallbanks' family, also failed to get the benefit. Several of the players concerned have only left their clubs through the clubs' inability to pay summer wages.
Unemployment benefit is now being refused to professional footballers who have not been retained by their clubs or who are not receiving summer wages. This rule is made under the Anomalies Act Regulations which came into force last October and under which benefit is not allowed to people normally employed in seasonal occupation.
