Players' wages since 1984

[Svlad Cjelli]

I'll just put this here :

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[Red]

A picture tells a thousand words - could you not knock up an excel graph there Svladers?

[Toon Toon Blue army]

Is the UK average really 34k? I thought it was more around 22-26k!

[Red]

I can only imagine they're quoting the mean, for salaries median is a better measure and is the one more often used.

[ZacNaloen]

Presumably players wages will look equally inflated then?

[Bandini]

WTF happened in 2003-4 in League 2?

[papereyes]

WTF happened in 2003-4 in League 2?

Would assume someone 'big' got relegated into it.

[roadrunner]

That low? In 09/10 just over 20k a week the average prem wage. I expected it to be more like £40k.

[Maguire]

WTF happened in 2003-4 in League 2?

Would assume someone 'big' got relegated into it.

Sheffield Wednesday?

[Silver Fox]

So footballer's wages are higher now than 20 years ago?

Thanks Dirk

I don't suppoe you've got access to a spreadsheet that measures the catholicism of popes have you?

[Bandini]

WTF happened in 2003-4 in League 2?

Would assume someone 'big' got relegated into it.

Sheffield Wednesday?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80 ... d_Division

Perhaps this: "Hull's expensive investment in players finally paid off".

[Svlad Cjelli]

WTF happened in 2003-4 in League 2?

ITV Digital?

[papereyes]

WTF happened in 2003-4 in League 2?

ITV Digital?

That finally died in 01-02 season, iirc. I'd say unlikely.

[papereyes]

You can see a spike (well you would if you'd done an excel graph ) in the 00-01 season, across tiers 2, 3 and 4. This, I think, would be the effect of the ITV digital deal.

[papereyes]

So was this some sort of 'for discussion' thing?

[Svlad Cjelli]

No it was some sort of useful, authoritative source material, thing - AFAIK these figures have never been brought together and published before.

[3 veesinarow]

So footballer's wages are higher now than 20 years ago?

Thanks Dirk

I don't suppoe you've got access to a spreadsheet that measures the catholicism of popes have you?

Of more relevance if you bother to look into the figures is that, in 1984, the average footballer in the top flight earned 2.5 times as much as the average man, but he now earns 34 times as much.

And still he will nearly crash his flash car if he's offered an "insulting " pay rise...

[TheMaraudingDog]

With stats like that I'm just grateful that we've got the FSF to call on.

[stealthpapes]

THERE WE GO, bobby

[From Despair To Where?]

WTF happened in 2003-4 in League 2?

Would assume someone 'big' got relegated into it.

Sheffield Wednesday?

And South Coast Barcelona.

Crewe were also promoted from League 2.