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How footballer's earnings have changed since 1946
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JustJohn | Report | 31 Dec 2013 19:28 |
Rollo. No, I was the professional statistician. Right hand man to Gordon Brown for years ;-) |
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Gee | Report | 31 Dec 2013 18:17 |
No JJ, that is not him. He was born in Ireland in 1891 |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 31 Dec 2013 18:06 |
LFC 1st team players in the latter half of the 70's (Keegan, Clemence era) were paid around £400 a fortnight with substantial bonuses if they scored (a goal, that is!). |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 31 Dec 2013 17:50 |
Average player wages at Liverpool FC in 1921 were £ 6 5s. At that time Billy Boyd would have been 15 so he was probably not the first UK footballer to crack £ 5 pw. First in Scotland? Manchester City were paying more than £ 5 even earlier though it was under the table as there was a national wage limit in force. |
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JustJohn | Report | 31 Dec 2013 15:06 |
William Gillespie "Billy" Boyd (27 November 1905 – 14 December 1967) was a Scottish professional footballer, whose regular position was at centre-forward. He is most notable for playing at Clyde, where he won his two Scotland caps, and Ipswich Town, (Sufc), for whom he scored 30 goals in 42 appearances. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 31 Dec 2013 14:47 |
The average UK men's weekly wage in 1952 was over £ 7. In London and some industrial cities it was over £ 10 (eg Rayleigh Cycles Nottingham ). |
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Gee | Report | 30 Dec 2013 21:18 |
JJ |
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JustJohn | Report | 30 Dec 2013 20:08 |
Neither does SUFC. The only team I can think of in SUFC is Ipswich Town :-S |
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Gee | Report | 30 Dec 2013 20:05 |
Billy Gillespie (SUFC) was the first player to be paid a 'whole' £5pw |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 30 Dec 2013 20:01 |
my hubbys granddad played for hull city |
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JustJohn | Report | 30 Dec 2013 17:33 |
My old aunt must have been wrong then, Rollo. She had worked her socks off in her early days for £20 a year. Now this nice young man was earning that in a week for punting a pig's bladder round a park. She thought he was earning "fabulous" wages. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 30 Dec 2013 13:10 |
Fabulous wages ? My old man was making £ 20/week with the London Met. in 1952 inclusive of overtime. |
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JustJohn | Report | 30 Dec 2013 10:02 |
When I had tea at my aunt's house in 1952 one Sunday afternoon, Billy Wright (who was a footballer and a bachelor who lived in digs round the corner) joined us as he often had tea with my elderly aunt, who was an avid Wolves supporter. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 30 Dec 2013 10:00 |
Yes, but even back in the 1960s the game was pretty poor - just have a look at the videos - and the players unfit. Smoking was the norm as was a big plate of steak n chips before the match ..... |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 30 Dec 2013 07:06 |
On the 30th December 1946 Football League players threatened to strike over the proposed maximum wage of £11 a week - these days qith all their sponsorships it is probably around £250,000 per week for some players. |
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