> > Thanks to the lads who answered my question. I do appreciate > it. The two transfer fees were, Harold Williams from Newport > County in 1949 and John Charles's second move to Italy in 1962. > Interesting, I'll tell Harold he'll be chuffed.
Just shows how much better we are off (materially) nowadays, but I doubt if it gives a real comparison for Transfer fees as they have increased quicker than RPI, earnings or GDP. If we knew the highest and average transfer fees and other stuff from around those times we could give a better comparison. Don't have all that, but simplistically and just comparing the Transfer Fee Records of the time, For Harold The highest fee in 49 was £26,500, so Harold @ 12500 was about 47% of that , so one could say the comparative figure now is £37.6 million. For King John, the 62 figure was £65,0000 I think, when the record was £115,000,(56%), in today's Terms £45.6M. His 57 Transfer was also £65,000, but was the highest amount in that year, so equivalent to £80Million and he was better looking than Christiano Ronaldo. Whatever you do don't tell Harold how much he "should" have been earning to match 47% of the current highest earners - it'd do for him. :) ttfn Richard _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
