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37 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

My first game in The Shed (Whitewall), was a 3rd round FA Cup tie brought forward to new year's day 1974. In those days new years day was not a traditional football day. Very dull game finished 0-0 against Bristol Rovers if I remember right. May have misremembered some of the details but I'm sure it was an FA Cup game. 🙂

Did you go to the Houseman memorial game? Pretty sure I've still got the program. It was a single piece of card printed black and white on both sides.

P.S. Heard a chant of "We're the middle, we're the middle, we're the middle of the ..." during the Bournemouth game. Made me feel nicely nostalgic.

No never went to Peter Houseman's testimonial. Makes me feel really old. First game was 1967 on an uncles shoulders v Wolves.

Funnily enough as a 15 year old was working part time at Eastville in Bristol in 1974 -£1. 40 for two hours, free entry and a pie and a pint

The Tote End, Bristol Rovers v West Ham United, Eastville Stadium, Aug 1973 - Bing video

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32 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

No never went to Peter Houseman's testimonial. Makes me feel really old. First game was 1967 on an uncles shoulders v Wolves.

Funnily enough as a 15 year old was working part time at Eastville in Bristol in 1974 -£1. 40 for two hours, free entry and a pie and a pint

The Tote End, Bristol Rovers v West Ham United, Eastville Stadium, Aug 1973 - Bing video

Double Barrel. Love it!

Pie & a pint for a 15 year-old. They'd never get away with that now. 🙂 

Edited January 12, 2023 by OhForAGreavsie

[Fulham Broadway 16,411]

44 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Double Barrel. Love it!

Pie & a pint for a 15 year-old. They'd never get away with that now. 🙂 

Exactly. Was working there once and coupl of seats in front could here this Come on Luton, Come on Luton ! -it was only Eric Morecambe.

Ground is an Ikea now 😐

[Vesper 27,352]

2 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Can't remember about the European transfer record for sure but I think it might not have been. I think I remember having a book, probably something like a Score annual, that showed the world record as being £400,000 for Luigi Riva around the time of the '70 World Cup. Might not have been Riva, might not have been 1970 but I'm sure it was £400,00. 🙂

Football finance was totally different in those days. Virtually no TV money and tiny gate receipts thanks to a combination of very low ticket prices and depressed attendances caused by hooliganism and racism. To put the prices in perspective; I bought my first season ticket in 1976. It cost me £22! This meant that there really wasn't a lot of difference between the budgets of the First Divison clubs. I don't remember the specific situation with Stoke, but maybe it was an owner who pumped money in. Whatever the source, it briefly made them one of the best sides in the country. They beat us in the '72 League Cup Final and later, propelled by Hudson's finest ever season, they finished runners up in the league.

Historical progression (not adjusted for inflation btw)

Year	Player	Selling club	Buying club	Fee (£)
1893	Willie Groves	West Bromwich Albion	Aston Villa	100[2]
1903	Ben Green	Barnsley	Small Heath	500[77]
1904	Alf Common (1)	Sheffield United	Sunderland	520[78]
1904	Andy McCombie	Sunderland	Newcastle United	700[79]
1905	Alf Common (2)	Sunderland	Middlesbrough	1,000[80]
1913	Daniel Shea	West Ham United	Blackburn Rovers	2,000[81]
1913	Tommy Barber	Bolton Wanderers	Aston Villa	2,000[82]
1914	Percy Dawson	Heart of Midlothian	Blackburn Rovers	2,500[83]
1920	David Jack (1)	Plymouth Argyle	Bolton Wanderers	3,500[84]
1921	Tom Hamilton	Kilmarnock	Preston North End	4,600[85]
1922	Syd Puddefoot	West Ham United	Falkirk	5,000[86]
1922	Warney Cresswell	South Shields	Sunderland	5,500[87]
1925	Bob Kelly	Burnley	Sunderland	6,500[88]
1928	David Jack (2)	Bolton Wanderers	Arsenal	10,890[89]
1932	Bernabé Ferreyra	Tigre	River Plate	23,000[89]
1949	Johnny Morris	Manchester United	Derby County	24,000[88]
1949	Eddie Quigley	Sheffield Wednesday	Preston North End	26,500[88]
1950	Trevor Ford	Aston Villa	Sunderland	30,000[88]
1951	Jackie Sewell	Notts County	Sheffield Wednesday	34,500[88]
1952	Hans Jeppson	Atalanta	Napoli	52,000[89]
1954	Juan Schiaffino	Peñarol	Milan	72,000[89]
1957	Omar Sivori	River Plate	Juventus	93,000[89]
1961	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Inter Milan	152,000[89]
1963	Angelo Sormani	Mantova	Roma	250,000[89]
1967	Harald Nielsen	Bologna	Inter Milan	300,000[90]
1968	Pietro Anastasi	Varese	Juventus	500,000[89]
1973	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Barcelona	922,000[89]
1975	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna	Napoli	1,200,000[89]
1976	Paolo Rossi	Vicenza	Juventus	1,750,000[89]
1982	Diego Maradona (1)	Boca Juniors	Barcelona	3,000,000[89]
1984	Diego Maradona (2)	Barcelona	Napoli	5,000,000[89]
1987	Ruud Gullit	PSV Eindhoven	Milan	6,000,000[89]
1990	Roberto Baggio	Fiorentina	Juventus	8,000,000[89]
1992	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille	Milan	10,000,000[89]
1992	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	Juventus	12,000,000[89]
1992	Gianluigi Lentini	Torino	Milan	13,000,000[89]
1996	Ronaldo (1)	PSV Eindhoven	Barcelona	13,200,000[89]
1996	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle United	15,000,000[91]
1997	Ronaldo (2)	Barcelona	Inter Milan	19,500,000[89]
1998	Denílson	São Paulo	Real Betis	21,500,000[92][93]
1999	Christian Vieri	Lazio	Inter Milan	32,000,000[94]
2000	Hernán Crespo	Parma	Lazio	35,500,000[94]
2000	Luís Figo	Barcelona	Real Madrid	37,000,000[94]
2001	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus	Real Madrid	46,600,000[94]
2009	Kaká	Milan	Real Madrid	56,000,000[95]
2009	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Real Madrid	80,000,000[96]
2013	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid	86,000,000[97]
2016	Paul Pogba	Juventus	Manchester United	89,000,000[98]
2017	Neymar	Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain	198,000,000[3][4]

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7 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

That was the era started going in the Shed. One that was taken from us too soon (in 1977) was a fantastic player. Peter Houseman. Totally underrated and like Vialli a genuine nice guy.

His wife, himself and their two friends killed by a drunk driver who veered across the other side of the road. The drunk driver was an Etonian, son of a Tory MP so, you've guessed it, got off practically scot free.

The mad Maseratti driver, outside Oxford.

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10 hours ago, Vesper said:

Historical progression (not adjusted for inflation btw)

Year	Player	Selling club	Buying club	Fee (£)
1893	Willie Groves	West Bromwich Albion	Aston Villa	100[2]
1903	Ben Green	Barnsley	Small Heath	500[77]
1904	Alf Common (1)	Sheffield United	Sunderland	520[78]
1904	Andy McCombie	Sunderland	Newcastle United	700[79]
1905	Alf Common (2)	Sunderland	Middlesbrough	1,000[80]
1913	Daniel Shea	West Ham United	Blackburn Rovers	2,000[81]
1913	Tommy Barber	Bolton Wanderers	Aston Villa	2,000[82]
1914	Percy Dawson	Heart of Midlothian	Blackburn Rovers	2,500[83]
1920	David Jack (1)	Plymouth Argyle	Bolton Wanderers	3,500[84]
1921	Tom Hamilton	Kilmarnock	Preston North End	4,600[85]
1922	Syd Puddefoot	West Ham United	Falkirk	5,000[86]
1922	Warney Cresswell	South Shields	Sunderland	5,500[87]
1925	Bob Kelly	Burnley	Sunderland	6,500[88]
1928	David Jack (2)	Bolton Wanderers	Arsenal	10,890[89]
1932	Bernabé Ferreyra	Tigre	River Plate	23,000[89]
1949	Johnny Morris	Manchester United	Derby County	24,000[88]
1949	Eddie Quigley	Sheffield Wednesday	Preston North End	26,500[88]
1950	Trevor Ford	Aston Villa	Sunderland	30,000[88]
1951	Jackie Sewell	Notts County	Sheffield Wednesday	34,500[88]
1952	Hans Jeppson	Atalanta	Napoli	52,000[89]
1954	Juan Schiaffino	Peñarol	Milan	72,000[89]
1957	Omar Sivori	River Plate	Juventus	93,000[89]
1961	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Inter Milan	152,000[89]
1963	Angelo Sormani	Mantova	Roma	250,000[89]
1967	Harald Nielsen	Bologna	Inter Milan	300,000[90]
1968	Pietro Anastasi	Varese	Juventus	500,000[89]
1973	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Barcelona	922,000[89]
1975	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna	Napoli	1,200,000[89]
1976	Paolo Rossi	Vicenza	Juventus	1,750,000[89]
1982	Diego Maradona (1)	Boca Juniors	Barcelona	3,000,000[89]
1984	Diego Maradona (2)	Barcelona	Napoli	5,000,000[89]
1987	Ruud Gullit	PSV Eindhoven	Milan	6,000,000[89]
1990	Roberto Baggio	Fiorentina	Juventus	8,000,000[89]
1992	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille	Milan	10,000,000[89]
1992	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	Juventus	12,000,000[89]
1992	Gianluigi Lentini	Torino	Milan	13,000,000[89]
1996	Ronaldo (1)	PSV Eindhoven	Barcelona	13,200,000[89]
1996	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle United	15,000,000[91]
1997	Ronaldo (2)	Barcelona	Inter Milan	19,500,000[89]
1998	Denílson	São Paulo	Real Betis	21,500,000[92][93]
1999	Christian Vieri	Lazio	Inter Milan	32,000,000[94]
2000	Hernán Crespo	Parma	Lazio	35,500,000[94]
2000	Luís Figo	Barcelona	Real Madrid	37,000,000[94]
2001	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus	Real Madrid	46,600,000[94]
2009	Kaká	Milan	Real Madrid	56,000,000[95]
2009	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Real Madrid	80,000,000[96]
2013	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid	86,000,000[97]
2016	Paul Pogba	Juventus	Manchester United	89,000,000[98]
2017	Neymar	Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain	198,000,000[3][4]

Thank you.

I wonder when the conversions were done. I'm focusing on the 1968 Anastasi move to Juve. This seems most likely to be the one I recalled. Albeit well over fifty-years ago, I feel pretty certain that the figure I read was £400,000. The disconnect might be explained by the difference between late 1960's exchange rates and those used in compiling the table. Of course it might also be explained by my memory fooling me. Still, I am confident it said £400k.

Edited January 13, 2023 by OhForAGreavsie

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8 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Thank you.

I wonder when the conversions were done. I'm focusing on the 1968 Anastasi move to Juve. This seems most likely to be the one I recalled. Albeit well over fifty-years ago, I feel pretty certain that the figure I read was £400,000. The disconnect might be explained by the difference between late 1960's exchange rates and those used in compiling the table. Of course it might also be explained by my memory fooling me. Still, I am confident it said £400k.

source (the link is listed in my post)

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/23903470

 

 

It was 650 million lire

(it looks like they made a mistake) it was more like 437,500 or so quid in summer 1968 (June to September rough average)

here are the rates for 650m ITL in GBP for every month of 1968

https://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=650000000&C1=ITL&C2=GBP&MA=1&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=1968&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=12&YYYY2=1968&btnOK=Go!

Edited January 13, 2023 by Vesper