Given the price of a pint in 1972 was about 12p, it cost 3 beers to watch a football match; over 10 beers to watch most away games, that's alot of beer over the course of a season
The prices are all relative to the time but in recent years ticket prices have rocketed above inflation! £35 for a casual purchase to watch a game at Portman Road! They are having a ****ing laugh!
The price of the programme as you can see was 7p a massive hike in price as the previous year it was 5p ! 35 pence admission was 5 times the price of the programme. I don't know what this year's programme price is, as I never buy one these days but I'll take a guess at £3.50p. Therefore if prices were still relative today we should be paying £17.50p for a casual ticket to watch a Premier league game ! If only
In those days the players were being paid 'Sensible' wages and the home gates would more than cover the wage bill. These days I hate to think as % how much of the total gate money is paid to the players each week?
To reply to the original thread this is worth a read..http://www.football365.com/mediawatch/8479613/Mediawatch
Quite right JWM A barmy summers evening. We had just been held 1-1 by Everton. We went 1-0 up with a goal by the massively underrated Terry Anderson, Bryan Hamilton (spits, ****s, pukes at this point) equalised and Jimmy Bone scored the winner. If I'm not mistaken it was Kevin Beattie's debut. Back on the train singing out heads off and into the pub on the bridge by the station as soon as we got off.
It was Beattie's home debut Little did we know after that barmy summers evening we would go onto finish 4th and qualify for Europe and you would end up being relegated.
Wrong, it was two up and two down back then. http://www.norwichcity-mad.co.uk/snapshot_tables/1972_1973/28/apr/norwich_city/index.shtml Mind you JWM, we were relegated the next season with MANCHESTER UNITED ! http://www.norwichcity-mad.co.uk/snapshot_tables/1973_1974/29/apr/norwich_city/index.shtml We bounced straight back in 1974-75 along with Manure which, co-incidently, was the first season of three up and three down thank goodness ! http://www.norwichcity-mad.co.uk/snapshot_tables/1974_1975/30/apr/norwich_city/index.shtml
