1973-74 admission prices

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

Some had juveniles, some had just boys, some kept boys in a pen

[Graham Paddons Beard 2,876]

Great post

“Boys” . So presumably girls couldn’t go ? 😀

Edited May 27, 2024 by Graham Paddons Beard

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

3 minutes ago, Graham Paddons Beard said:

Great post

“Boys” . So presumably girls couldn’t go ? 😀

Definitely no mention of girls

[Midlands Yellow 4,704]

Great days back then. I’d get chips and beans on a tray for 8p and a 2 fingered Kit Kat for dessert at tuppence. 

[Canary73 335]

1980 prices...

Edited May 27, 2024 by Canary73

[Midlands Yellow 4,704]

19 minutes ago, Peregrine Shorts said:

Some had juveniles, some had just boys, some kept boys in a pen

A seat for under £12 in today’s money. 

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

Thass that bloomin hinflation 

[dylanisabaddog 6,188]

I'm pretty certain that as an 8 year old I paid the equivalent of 12.5p to get into my first game in March 1968. That's 2 shillings 6 pence in old money. As at today's date that is less than £2 adjusted by inflation. 

That's for the River End with a 2.5p transfer to the South Stand. 

Edited May 27, 2024 by dylanisabaddog

[Midlands Yellow 4,704]

2 minutes ago, dylanisabaddog said:

I'm pretty certain that as an 8 year old I paid the equivalent of 12.5p to get into my first game in March 1968. That's 2 shillings 6 pence in old money. 

That's for the River End with a 2.5p transfer to the South Stand. 

£2.71 in today’s money! Can’t get a sausage roll for that now in the concourse.

[Wings of a Sparrow 1,716]

Aah, I remember those days as a 13/14 year old, waiting for the Barclay turnstile to open (1 o'clock?) the open toilet block, very intimidating for a youngster. The hamburger stall where they remained warm in hot dog flavoured water, little blue invalid cars taking up their positions pitchside...jumpers for goalposts...

[Midlands Yellow 4,704]

1 minute ago, Wings of a Sparrow said:

Aah, I remember those days as a 13/14 year old, waiting for the Barclay turnstile to open (1 o'clock?) the open toilet block, very intimidating for a youngster. The hamburger stall where they remained warm in hot dog flavoured water, little blue invalid cars taking up their positions pitchside...jumpers for goalposts...

And showering with Grandpa’s best mate in the hot summer of 76. 

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

Always used to go to the chippy opposite where the hotel now is

[dylanisabaddog 6,188]

A friend of mine played for the first team in 1982 and was paid £500 a game (including win bonus which was why they all had all liked Justin) . That's the equivalent of £90k a year in today's money which is probably around 10% of the amount our current players earn. And that was in the old First Division, now called the Premier League. 

Edited May 27, 2024 by dylanisabaddog

[Midlands Yellow 4,704]

2 minutes ago, dylanisabaddog said:

A friend of mine played for the first team in 1992 and was paid £500 a game. That's the equivalent of £90k a year in today's money which is probably around 10% of the amount our current players earn. 

The money earned now is obscene (even at Norwich) I wish I’d made it past Barwell Town when I played. 

[essex canary 630]

53 minutes ago, Peregrine Shorts said:

Some had juveniles, some had just boys, some kept boys in a pen

50 years ago Norwich prices compared far more favourably with other clubs than they do now. Almost certainly true 20 years ago as well.

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

1 minute ago, essex canary said:

50 years ago Norwich prices compared far more favourably with other clubs than they do now. Almost certainly true 20 years ago as well.

We were more expensive than Man Utd

[essex canary 630]

1 hour ago, Peregrine Shorts said:

We were more expensive than Man Utd

But cheaper than Ipswich now we are 43% more at lowest Adult price.

[Peregrine Shorts 550]

4 minutes ago, essex canary said:

But cheaper than Ipswich now we are 43% more at lowest Adult price.

Can you not just enjoy a bit of nostalgia without turning it into a stick to wave?

[Commonsense 828]

3 hours ago, Peregrine Shorts said:

Some had juveniles, some had just boys, some kept boys in a pen

I read an article recently about the boys pen at Everton. It certainly wan’t a place any 21st century parent would let their child go to!

[Fen Canary 1,462]

£38 for a season ticket in 1980. According to the Bank of England calculator that’s £158 today.

£1 in 1973 (the smallest I can do) is £10.51 today.

Shows how much of a rip off football has become 

[K Lo 248]

59 minutes ago, Fen Canary said:

£1 in 1973 (the smallest I can do) is £10.51 today.

You can scale it. There's no magic woo going on between what £1 in '73 is worth today and 50p, so £5.26.

Even in the late '80s I can remember there being a big price gap between standing and sitting, so that'll account for some of it.
 

[Big Vince 430]

6 hours ago, Graham Paddons Beard said:

Great post

“Boys” . So presumably girls couldn’t go ? 😀

Of course not. Girls were meant to be at home darning their father's socks.

[Midlands Yellow 4,704]

1 hour ago, Fen Canary said:

£38 for a season ticket in 1980. According to the Bank of England calculator that’s £158 today.

£1 in 1973 (the smallest I can do) is £10.51 today.

Shows how much of a rip off football has become 

Isn’t it just, my sisters did babysitting for pro footballers in the early 70s. They lived on the same street as us too, how times change. 

[A Load of Squit 6,260]

Reminds me of this.

We made us own fun in them days

Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into the town

Buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots

Go an' see George Formby at the Palace Theatre, get blind drunk

Have some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas

And three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing?

[Midlands Yellow 4,704]

2 minutes ago, A Load of Squit said:

Reminds me of this.

We made us own fun in them days

Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into the town

Buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots

Go an' see George Formby at the Palace Theatre, get blind drunk

Have some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas

And three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing?

Fast forward to Teletext holidays in the 80’s too, 5 star hotel for 2 weeks and cost fcuk all. 

[cambridgeshire canary 7,913]

Yeah yeah back in your day a pint cost 3 pence and a house was 2 quid no need to brag 😉

[Midlands Yellow 4,704]

23 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Yeah yeah back in your day a pint cost 3 pence and a house was 2 quid no need to brag 😉

How much was your last ticket Cambridge? A fiver at most! 

 

Edited May 27, 2024 by Midlands Yellow

[essex canary 630]

There has been some free matches at Fortuna Dusseldorf this season albeit that they can't afford Tsolis.

[Greavsy 2,660]

29 minutes ago, essex canary said:

There has been some free matches at Fortuna Dusseldorf this season albeit that they can't afford Tsolis.

Tzolis

Or is yours from the Latin rather than Greek! 

[Commonsense 828]

2 hours ago, Fen Canary said:

£38 for a season ticket in 1980. According to the Bank of England calculator that’s £158 today.

£1 in 1973 (the smallest I can do) is £10.51 today.

Shows how much of a rip off football has become 

Not really-look at other prices on the leisure industry, look at average wages, look at the stadiums. Times change. Once upon a time it was considered acceptable to watch from the Nest!