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  1. 15-07-2015 09:48 PM #1
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    Today's admission prices compared to 40 years ago.

    I was curious to find out how prices for football compared to forty years ago.

    Just a quick comparison and the result is of no surprise. In 1973 when Hibs played Leeds Utd I believe the adult price for entry was 50p. I suppose I must have paid that as I was too old for a liftover. My weekly wage at that time was £15 so that would have bought me 30 tickets.

    Going by the same logic a 17 year old would have to be earning nearly £700 a week nowadays so do the same.

    England v Scotland international about the same time. £1. Yes £1

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  2. 15-07-2015 09:51 PM #2
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    Players wages.
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  3. 15-07-2015 09:53 PM #3
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    The price of a pint.
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  4. 15-07-2015 09:55 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee View Post
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    The price of a pint.
    I could get eight pints for £1 in 1973 and I was only 17.
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    The cost to a club putting a match on is vastly different compared to back then.
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  6. 15-07-2015 10:04 PM #6
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    What would 50 pence in 1973 be now with inflation?

    It was a working man's game (very few women went to football back then I imagine) and the price of a pint or two was equal to the cost of admission.
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  7. 15-07-2015 10:08 PM #7
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    What was the wage of a footballer compared the ordinary working man in 73?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee View Post
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    What was the wage of a footballer compared the ordinary working man in 73?
    Very similar for most, I'd imagine, with only a few superstars earning big money. George Best earned £1000 per week in 1970; a wage that was considered crazy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba View Post
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    What would 50 pence in 1973 be now with inflation?

    It was a working man's game (very few women went to football back then I imagine) and the price of a pint or two was equal to the cost of admission.
    It would be around £6 in today's money I believe. Imagine getting in for that every week!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael View Post
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    It would be around £6 in today's money I believe. Imagine getting in for that every week!
    I thought it would be more than that. £6 gets you a hot dug and a coke now.
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  11. 15-07-2015 10:28 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael View Post
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    It would be around £6 in today's money I believe. Imagine getting in for that every week!
    £4.23 according to an online calculator. So about eight times more than 1973.
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  12. 15-07-2015 10:31 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by iwasthere1972 View Post
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    £4.23 according to an online calculator. So about eight times more than 1973.
    £4.23, wow! Cancel the Coke.
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  13. 15-07-2015 10:48 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba View Post
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    £4.23, wow! Cancel the Coke.
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    3 pints up town, Rutland Hotel, Rose Revived and Ma Scotts was 48p.

    I don't drink there anymore.
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    I remember football used to be the same price as a packets of fags. Don't know what that would equate to now?
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  16. 16-07-2015 07:08 AM #16
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    Don't know about 40 years ago but I had my first ST around 25 years ago and it cost me £40. This was a kids ST though (I was 14/15 that season) but what I also remember is I could get a bottle of Buckfast, a bottle of cheap cider and 10 fags for a fiver. Made my weekend.
    Following season my ST went up to £75 for some reason (still a kids).
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    Its no wonder some people want value for money now.
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  18. 16-07-2015 07:24 AM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by DH1875 View Post
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    Don't know about 40 years ago but I had my first ST around 25 years ago and it cost me £40. This was a kids ST though (I was 14/15 that season) but what I also remember is I could get a bottle of Buckfast, a bottle of cheap cider and 10 fags for a fiver. Made my weekend.
    Following season my ST went up to £75 for some reason (still a kids).

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    I used to pay 1/6d or 7.5p to get into Old Trafford in the mid 1960s when Law, Charlton and Best were playing!
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