Heine Otto Interview - October 2000

During the 1980s money was not tight at Middlesbrough Football Club, it was non-existant.

The established team built by Jack Charlton and John Neal was falling apart, the players whose names were first on the team sheet such as Craig Johnston, Mark Proctor and David Armstrong were leaving for more promising pastures.

The cash from these sales went into the Bottomless Pit of Debt, keeping creditors from the door until the next player could be sold.