a few yrs back .he told me when he, use;d to play for chelsea .all he wanted to do; was play the match . get his £20 .and go home .how cool is that .what do some players earn now . £20 a minit .
2007-09-17 04:51:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
thats when players, played for the love of the game.players today are only interested in the money.todays footballers and football, is just a big business now, money comes first,the game aint the same anymore, the working man cant afford to go the games now way to expensive.the ordinary man woman &child has been priced out,
2007-09-19 07:06:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rate of pay for footballers is irrelevant, it's how they perform that counts.I don't blame anyone for taking money for entertainment if people are prepared to pay it. Personally I wouldn't. When I used to watch Manchester United in the 1960's it cost me a shilling to get in (5p) and I used to watch the great Busby Babes. In those days £10 a week was a good wage so in today's values it cost me the equivalent of about £1.50 to see a match. Now it's about £35 so they can stick it. I have met several players over the years, most of them real gentlemen and Jimmy's £20 soon multiplied when he went for the money and left for Italy. Don't forget £20 was the maximum they could get until Jimmy Hill and the Player's Union went on strike and got it overturned. Johnny Haynes was the first £100 a week footballer followed by Denis Law and Jimmy Greaves. That was in 1961 so like £2,500 a week now.
By the way, nobody bothers too much when singers like Barbra Streisand asks for, and gets £5,000,000 for a one hour performance.
2007-09-17 13:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you'll find he took his £20 and went straight down the pub and I'm surprised £20 was enough
2007-09-17 11:58:56 · answer #3 · answered by Zecca 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Didn't he tell you how to spell his name ? but yes you are right, football is all about money and not passion these days. Look at today's Chelsea team, what a bunch of overpaid foreign wankers. I stopped watching it years ago.
2007-09-17 11:56:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jimmy greaves is such a nice old boy.
2007-09-17 11:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at Beckham
id say he gets 1000 quid a minute
2007-09-17 12:09:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i met him with saint john when they were promoting radio rentals and i got their autographs now that really was years back
2007-09-17 11:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋