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MILLION POUND MADNESS: Bob Pateman looks back to the days when transfer fees hit an astronomical level

Bob Pateman looks back to the days when transfer fees hit an astronomical level

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Bob Pateman looks back to the days when transfer fees hit an astronomical level

In January 1979, West Bromwich Albion paid a British transfer record of £500,000 to bring David Mills from Middlesbrough.
Just a few weeks later, the record fee doubled to the mind-blowing sum of one million pounds. Remember, at the time the average house was just £23,000 and a pint of beer was around 50p.
A rush of million-pound transfers followed, the driving force behind this being two big, big egos.
Brian Clough had arrived at Nottingham Forest determined to put his disastrous 44 days at Lee...

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