The once-mighty Fortuna Dusseldorf have hit hard times recently, so hard they accepted the offer of a £300,000 sponsorship deal from German thrash metal band, Die Toten Hosen, during the summer.

Now? The players wear a shirt that features a grinning skull, with the name of the band translating as "the dead trousers". And there were we feeling sorry for Scarborough, sponsored by McCain Oven Chips.