内容摘要：Ms Greenhouse said they had spread as far afield as Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the United States, and Australia.

Ms Greenhouse said they had spread as far afield as Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the United States, and Australia.

The head coach said the club's dire situation began to take a heavy toll on his family while he carried the stress.But despite other clubs offering to liberate him, Maher said it was loyalty to the players and staff that kept him in the Roots Hall dugout.

Becoming tearful, he said: "There's times where you're fed-up, you're going 'I can't do this anymore'."Whether you're tempted to move on or not, I don't know. There were one or two offers, but I didn't think it was right."You take things home with you and you put them to your family, it was tough.

"I'm grateful to have good family around me that dealt with that, because I probably wasn't a great person to be around sometimes."You shouldn't be dealing with stuff, but you do because you care about people. It was always about the people.

"I feel a loyalty for staff who went through periods not getting paid. That's not just the football staff [but] the people at the ground who've done so much for the club."

The weight was lifted after a consortium led by Australian businessman Justin ReesThe new sculpture has been carved by Saul Sheldon at Hereford Cathedral's Stonemason's Yard, a few metres away from where the real Dan lived.

"He's climbing out of the reeds, out of the river," said Mr Sheldon."If he was just sat there, gazing up at the clouds it would have been a bit easier I suppose but it's nice to do something a bit different.

"The old wooden one, he's been on his travels down the Wye."Hopefully this one will be much harder to tip over, that's for sure."