Pre 1975 Bfc transfer fees

[Bfc]

For those of us old enough to remember those days, here are some of the fees our Burnley heroes were sold for, before 1975
It's heartbreaking to believe Ray Pointer a true Clarets legend, was sold for less than £10,000, probably the weekly wage of a non descript Div 2 player.
To the likes FCBurnley, Ashington Claret, French Claret, CT, Royboy and many others of our era, it makes heartbreaking reading, comparing their worth too today's transfer fees. The total figure amounts to around £2-5 million for 53 players, averaging less than £50,000 each.

Leighton James Derby. £310,000
Martin Dobson. Everton £300,000
Ralph Coates. Spurs. £190,000
Ray Hankin. Leeds. £180,000
Dave Thomas. QPR. £165,000
Geoff Nulty. Ncstle. £130,000
Willie Morgan. Man U. £117,000
Steve Kindon. Wolves. £100,000
Alan West. Luton. £100,000
Brian O'Neil. Ston. £75,000
Gordon Harris. Sland. £75,000
Andy Lochhead. Leicester. £75,000
John Connelly. Man U. £56,000
Alex Elder. Stoke. £55,000
Willie Irvine. Preston. £45,000
Sammy Todd. Sheff Wed. £40,000
John Talbot. WBA. £35,000
Ronnie Welch. BHA. £34,000
Harry Wilson. BHA. £34,000
Billy Elliot. Sland. £27,000
Paul Bradshaw. Sheff Wed. £25,000
Jimmy McIlroy. Stoke. £25,000
Peter Mellor. Fulham. £25,000
Brian Pilkington. Bolton. £25,000
Dave Walker. Ston. £25,000
Ian Lawson. Leeds. £20,500
Albt Cheesebrough. Leicester. £20,000
Billy Gray. Notts F. £20,000
Ronnie Fenton. WBA. £20,000
Harry Potts Everton. £20,000
Jim Furnell. Lpool. £15,000
Ian Towers. Oldham. £15,000
Alan Brown. Notts C. £14,000
Jimmy Robson. Bpool. £13,000
Bill Holden. Sland. £12,000
Walter Joyce. Bbn. £12,000
Arthur Bellamy. Chfield. £10,000
Adam Blacklaw. Bbn. £10,000
Len Kinsella. Carlisle. £10,000
John Murray. Bpool. £10,000
Doug Newlands. Stoke. £10,000
Freddie Smith. Pmouth. £10,000

Among the players sold for useful fees, but below £10,000 were
Ray Pointer
Bobby Seith
Roy Stephenson
Doug Winton
Colin Blant
Harry Thompson
Johnny Price
Trevor Meredith
Alan Shackleton
Bobby Burke
Eric Binnso

[mdd2]

But a pint was about 55p

[Tricky Trevor]

Not pre-75 but just as painful.

Trevor Steven. £300k
Micky Phelan. £40k
Brian Laws. ?
Lee Dixon. Free.
Vince Overson. ?

All had super careers after leaving us but Steven was the player that everyone could see was going to play for England.

[mikeS]

The talent Burnley had and sold when you look at that list is staggering.

[Suratclaret]

£20,000 for Harry Potts in 1950...that was some transfer fee back then.

[ClaretTony]

£20,000 for Harry Potts in 1950...that was some transfer fee back then.

Was defnitely a record transfer fee for Everton

[tim_noone]

No Dave Merrington......Southampton ??now read the old clarets mad article.

[Claretforever]

Potts signed for Everton on 16th October 1950 for £20,000.

Now depending on the dates of other signings then the record at that time was either £26,500 or £30,000. It shows how high that fee actually was.

[Bin Ont Turf]

I really don't know what the point the OP is trying to make. Is it the pointless comparing of prices between then and now? Is it a trip down memory lane?

If it's the latter then fair enough, but he's also old enough to know that we produced players and then had to sell them to function financially.

[Clarets4me]

But a pint was about 55p

I bought my first pint at 15, for 28p, in 1979 ... and that was after a decade of high inflation ... !!

[tim_noone]

I bought my first pint at 15, for 28p, in 1979 ... and that was after a decade of high inflation ... !!

And Woodbines?

[Top Claret]

I wonder how much we would get for Dwight McNeil if he has another season like last?

[ClaretTony]

I bought my first pint at 15, for 28p, in 1979 ... and that was after a decade of high inflation ... !!

Bought mine in 1969, just ten years earlier and cost me 8.5p

[Bfc]

BOT I wrote the topic to let people have a snippet of the clubs transfer history. I for one like reading factual information like that and thought it was worth sharing with others on here.
For those of us who had seen prolific scorers, Pointer and Robson play together for Burnley, would be suprised that their total transfer income came to just over £20,000.
If you aren't old enough to have seen them play for us, I suggest you ask people you know who have, for a re action to the fees.

[BigRedrose]

Bought mine in 1969, just ten years earlier and cost me 8.5p

Surely 1/9d Tony!?

[ClaretTony]

Surely 1/9d Tony!?

It was 1/9d but I didn't think some would understand that.

[Dark Cloud]

I was paying around 20p a pint in 1975. So that puts some of those fees into perspective.

[Stan Tastic]

The Leighton James fee works out at around 2.5m with inflation.

The Harry Potts record fee was about £673,000 in today's money.

[Paul Waine]

For those of us old enough to remember those days, here are some of the fees our Burnley heroes were sold for, before 1975
It's heartbreaking to believe Ray Pointer a true Clarets legend, was sold for less than £10,000, probably the weekly wage of a non descript Div 2 player.
To the likes FCBurnley, Ashington Claret, French Claret, CT, Royboy and many others of our era, it makes heartbreaking reading, comparing their worth too today's transfer fees. The total figure amounts to around £2-5 million for 53 players, averaging less than £50,000 each.

Leighton James Derby. £310,000
Martin Dobson. Everton £300,000
Ralph Coates. Spurs. £190,000
Ray Hankin. Leeds. £180,000
Dave Thomas. QPR. £165,000
Geoff Nulty. Ncstle. £130,000
Willie Morgan. Man U. £117,000
Steve Kindon. Wolves. £100,000
Alan West. Luton. £100,000
Brian O'Neil. Ston. £75,000
Gordon Harris. Sland. £75,000
Andy Lochhead. Leicester. £75,000
John Connelly. Man U. £56,000
Alex Elder. Stoke. £55,000
Willie Irvine. Preston. £45,000
Sammy Todd. Sheff Wed. £40,000
John Talbot. WBA. £35,000
Ronnie Welch. BHA. £34,000
Harry Wilson. BHA. £34,000
Billy Elliot. Sland. £27,000
Paul Bradshaw. Sheff Wed. £25,000
Jimmy McIlroy. Stoke. £25,000
Peter Mellor. Fulham. £25,000
Brian Pilkington. Bolton. £25,000
Dave Walker. Ston. £25,000
Ian Lawson. Leeds. £20,500
Albt Cheesebrough. Leicester. £20,000
Billy Gray. Notts F. £20,000
Ronnie Fenton. WBA. £20,000
Harry Potts Everton. £20,000
Jim Furnell. Lpool. £15,000
Ian Towers. Oldham. £15,000
Alan Brown. Notts C. £14,000
Jimmy Robson. Bpool. £13,000
Bill Holden. Sland. £12,000
Walter Joyce. Bbn. £12,000
Arthur Bellamy. Chfield. £10,000
Adam Blacklaw. Bbn. £10,000
Len Kinsella. Carlisle. £10,000
John Murray. Bpool. £10,000
Doug Newlands. Stoke. £10,000
Freddie Smith. Pmouth. £10,000

Among the players sold for useful fees, but below £10,000 were
Ray Pointer
Bobby Seith
Roy Stephenson
Doug Winton
Colin Blant
Harry Thompson
Johnny Price
Trevor Meredith
Alan Shackleton
Bobby Burke
Eric Binnso

Hi bfc, yes, I remember a lot of those transfers, certainly all those from mid-60s onwards. Great footballers, Claret legends most of them.

However, "less than £10,000, probably the weekly wage of a non descript Div 2 player" is not accurate. I've read recently that weekly wage of most League Two players, now, is typically £1,500. That's still a very decent £75,000 per year - so long as your club isn't Bury....