ARTICLE: Burnley go nap against the Toffees in first home game
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ARTICLE: Burnley go nap against the Toffees in first home game
A second win in the first two games in 1959/60 and top of the league for 24 hours
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Remember leaving the ground that day and Dad saying we were finally looking like the real deal. The side was 95% right and would be complete in the next four or five games. As you say, after that game, we were top for just 24 hours and we would not be top again until.........
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Might be of interest to some that in the programme for that first home game against Everton the Club was offering season tickets starting at £2/2 shillings (£2.10p in modern currency) for adults and £1/15 shillings (£1.75p) for juveniles.
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How did that compare to the average weekly wage?Royboyclaret wrote:Might be of interest to some that in the programme for that first home game against Everton the Club was offering season tickets starting at £2/2 shillings (£2.10p in modern currency) for adults and £1/15 shillings (£1.75p) for juveniles.
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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley go nap against the Toffees in first home game
In 1959 the average weekly wage in Britain was £11/2 shillings/6 pence or £11.12p in modern currency.duncandisorderly wrote:How did that compare to the average weekly wage?
At Burnley when Adam Blacklaw was married in 1956 he was earning £9 per week plus £4 extra for a win and £2 for a draw.
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Good read that! Plenty of goals around and, of course, a good number of Lacashire clubs involved so plenty of local rivalry which helped to produce a good atmosphere at matches - no segregation of supporters in those days. Bobby Collins was a good player - Scottish international who later played for Leeds.
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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley go nap against the Toffees in first home game
I do remember this game quite well. When I met dad after this game to get a lift home, I recall him saying something like "we have a really good team now, I think we'll do well this year". It was results like this that made me start to think he could be right.
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Just stumbled across a short piece from John Angus where he says when he was 20 years old in 1958 and had become properly established in our first team, he was earning £15 per week basic plus £2 bonus for a win and £1 for a draw.duncandisorderly wrote:How did that compare to the average weekly wage?
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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley go nap against the Toffees in first home game
I'm sure I've read several times that we never made top spot that season until the very last game at City?Royboyclaret wrote:Remember leaving the ground that day and Dad saying we were finally looking like the real deal. The side was 95% right and would be complete in the next four or five games. As you say, after that game, we were top for just 24 hours and we would not be top again until.........
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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley go nap against the Toffees in first home game
Apart from 24 hours at the start of the season although back then they didn't publish any league tables until around four games had been played.Juan Tanamera wrote:I'm sure I've read several times that we never made top spot that season until the very last game at City?
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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley go nap against the Toffees in first home game
The inflation calculator comes in at around £48 in today's money for £2 and 2 shillings.Royboyclaret wrote:Might be of interest to some that in the programme for that first home game against Everton the Club was offering season tickets starting at £2/2 shillings (£2.10p in modern currency) for adults and £1/15 shillings (£1.75p) for juveniles.
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I started work in 1962 as a 15 year old doing very basic work ( 5 and a half day week ) and was paid 2 pounds 50p a week.Royboyclaret wrote:Might be of interest to some that in the programme for that first home game against Everton the Club was offering season tickets starting at £2/2 shillings (£2.10p in modern currency) for adults and £1/15 shillings (£1.75p) for juveniles.
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Re: ARTICLE: Burnley go nap against the Toffees in first home game
That's meaningless unless you convert it to today's money. Gives a complete wrong impression.FCBurnley wrote:I started work in 1962 as a 15 year old doing very basic work ( 5 and a half day week ) and was paid 2 pounds 50p a week.
It works out at around £52 today.