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you do lay it on thick when you've got a bee on your bonnet ss57 i think mackay white and Allen were the latest signings in the double side but therest of the team had been there at least five years or more predating nicholson as manager. that is hardly like chelsea and city, in fact its morelike spurs now.
Everyone knows Bill was pulling Jimmy Anderson's strings.
Mackay, Brown, Marchi, Allen and White came in after Bill officially took over in Autumn '58, for a total of over £100k; you can add another three zeroes to that for today's values. Cliff Jones came in in early '58 and was definitely signed at Bill's behest, for another £35k(m). The rest had not been there 'for at least five years'. Blanchflower and Dyson came in 1954, Smith, Medwin and Norman in 55-56.