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My dad was earning about £10 7/6 at that time so about £600 so £3000 was good money, four to six times as much.Thanks for that. Really interesting.
So he was paid somewhere between £2000 & £3000 per year (depending on appearances)
Not sure how accurate this site is (http://www.moneysorter.co.uk/calculator_inflation2.html#calculator) but that is (roughly) worth between £31,000 & £47,000...
Don't know if that says something about the times then, or the times now!
As I recall Jimmy was very fond of the drink when we swapped him for a young Martin Peters.
Great player, I still remember hos goal against Leicester, carried the ball from halfway through their defence and beat the keeper, think Maradonna against England and you get the idea.