| Historyman |
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| 21/02/2008 06:41 |
Re: On This Day in History
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February 21 1905 was a significant date in the history of football transfers. It was on this day that Alf Common was transferred from Sunderland to Middlesborough for £1,000. This was the first four figure transfer sum in history, and as the above link shows, it caused a sensation at the time.
I was able to work out from an online currency convertor site that £1,000 in 1905 would be worth approx. £57,350 in 2008. In the context of today's inflated market, Alf was a real bargain!
I wonder what Alf and others of his generation would make of the list of record transfer fees.
The madness had to start somewhere.