[trickytrevsfanclub]

Was rereading my old diaries again and found an interesting bit from Monday 28th March 1988.
Apparently a group of mates and myself were talking to Barrie Hubbard in the Salty Club and he told us Kevin Randall (manager at the time) was on £350 a week.
Now I know it was 27 years ago but that's just over 18 grand a year. Doesn't seem like a lot really.

[Mr Mercury]

trickytrevsfanclub, on 12 December 2015 - 11:07 AM, said:

Was rereading my old diaries again and found an interesting bit from Monday 28th March 1988.
Apparently a group of mates and myself were talking to Barrie Hubbard in the Salty Club and he told us Kevin Randall (manager at the time) was on £350 a week.
Now I know it was 27 years ago but that's just over 18 grand a year. Doesn't seem like a lot really.

£350 a week nearly 30 years ago doesn't seem a lot of money!

[valemadness]

trickytrevsfanclub, on 12 December 2015 - 11:07 AM, said:

Was rereading my old diaries again and found an interesting bit from Monday 28th March 1988.
Apparently a group of mates and myself were talking to Barrie Hubbard in the Salty Club and he told us Kevin Randall (manager at the time) was on £350 a week.
Now I know it was 27 years ago but that's just over 18 grand a year. Doesn't seem like a lot really.

£18k a year is a decent wage now, let alone 27 years ago!!!

[spireitenag]

I bet there's quite a lot of people who don't earn that a week now!

[metallilad]

Was it the secret diary of Weatbars Spireite aged 13 3/4? 😃

[ash_cfc]

spireitenag, on 12 December 2015 - 11:22 AM, said:

I bet there's quite a lot of people who don't earn that a week now!

I'm not ashamed to admit my basic salary, without overtime and bonus is £14k per year (totals about £20k after that). So yes, that does seem a heck of a lot of money!

[dalekpete]

Mr Mercury, on 12 December 2015 - 11:16 AM, said:

£350 a week nearly 30 years ago doesn't seem a lot of money!

£18k then with inflation would now by £43k (£838 pw). I think the starting salary for Cook would have been a little more.

[ELTON 2020]

trickytrevsfanclub, on 12 December 2015 - 11:07 AM, said:

Was rereading my old diaries again and found an interesting bit from Monday 28th March 1988.
Apparently a group of mates and myself were talking to Barrie Hubbard in the Salty Club and he told us Kevin Randall (manager at the time) was on £350 a week.
Now I know it was 27 years ago but that's just over 18 grand a year. Doesn't seem like a lot really.

I was on £0 a week!!

[trickytrevsfanclub]

What I meant was it doesn't seem like a lot for the manager of a professional football club. I doubt anyone would be employed on an equivalent modern day salary to do the same job.
I suppose st the time it was a decent wedge. Apologies for any confusion caused

[Westbars Spireite]

metallilad, on 12 December 2015 - 11:24 AM, said:

Was it the secret diary of Weatbars Spireite aged 13 3/4? 😃

I wasn't that old then.

dalekpete, on 12 December 2015 - 11:30 AM, said:

£18k then with inflation would now by £43k (£838 pw). I think the starting salary for Cook would have been a little more.

And the finishing one a hell of a lot more.

[RN Blue]

Mr Mercury, on 12 December 2015 - 11:16 AM, said:

£350 a week nearly 30 years ago doesn't seem a lot of money!

Think I was on about 80 quid a week as a British Coal apprentice back then.

[Elmer Fudd's Thick Lip]

ash_cfc, on 12 December 2015 - 11:25 AM, said:

I'm not ashamed to admit my basic salary, without overtime and bonus is £14k per year (totals about £20k after that). So yes, that does seem a heck of a lot of money!

And neither should you be mate. You go out to work, you earn your own money and you pay your taxes. In my eyes that makes you good, you've absolutely nothing at all to be ashamed about.

I earn roughly the same in my current job, which has been quite a substantial drop from when I was scaffolding. I enjoy it though, and it's a good laugh so I've nothing to moan about.

We do get a tax credits top up though, so we manage pretty comfortably still.

This post has been edited by Dave Wallers 'tache: 12 December 2015 - 12:30 PM

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dalekpete, on 12 December 2015 - 11:30 AM, said:

£18k then with inflation would now by £43k (£838 pw). I think the starting salary for Cook would have been a little more.

Am I right in thinking that CFSS salvaged some of the old accounting records?

On a similar subject, I'm told the three top earners under Hart/McMenemy were Hebbard (£480 pw), Gunn (£460 pw) & Leonard (£440 pw), plus signing on fees spread over the duration of their contracts!

[Trigger]

I was 3 1/2 in 88. But as an apprentice I started on £1.97 an hour in 2001. When I did a Saturday morning it tipped me over the £100 mark for the week, what a feeling that was!