Talk:Progression of the British football transfer fee record

message: David Mills was transferred from Middlesbrough to West Bromwich Albion, not the other way round.
:Indeed he was. I've changed it accordingly Oldelpaso 07:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment by  82.35.12.25 moved here from article

message: I'm dubious as to the veracity of some of the earlier records listed. In researching the career of Tommy Browell, I found that he was transferred from Hull to Everton for £1,650 in December 1911, and from Everton to Manchester City for £1,780 in October 1913. The source describes the fees as large for the time, but does not refer to them as records, so presumably the record was higher than this. Oldelpaso 12:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Early players

message: For how many was the transfer of Marc Overmars to Barcelona in 2000? 84.31.63.205 22:03, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is Marc Overmars? 

message: According to my source, Alan Ball's transfer from Blackpool to Everton in August 1966 was for a then-British-record-fee of £112,000, but the article states Denis Law's transfer fee between Torino and Manchester United, four years earlier, exceed it by £3,000. Maybe Ball's was the record domestic fee at that point? - Dudesleeper /  Talk 15:15, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alan Ball 

message: A lot of the transfer records on this page are incorrect. Wright=Phillips moved to Chelsea from Manchester City for £21m in 2005. It isn't on the list  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevo1000 (talk • contribs) 14:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That'll be because it wasn't a record fee.  The record at the time was £29m, set in 2002 -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:53, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shaun Wright-Phillips to Chelsea? 

message: According to many books, Roberts' transfer to Oldham Athletic from Manchester United in August 1913 was for a record £1,500 (or £1,750 according to others as well as this website: )Decorativeedison (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 11:29, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charlie Roberts 

message: The BBC references given both were published before this one on the BBC website. It states an agreed fee of £29.3 million (as did an earlier one currently used) but that in January 2004, United still owed Leeds £3.25m. Simple maths show that the total already paid was £26.05m (£29.3m minus £3.25m). United then agreed to pay a final settlement payment of £1.5m. The total paid was therefore £27.55m - £0.55m less than Veron and therefore not a record fee, although the above reference states otherwise. Anyone care to clear this up? Decorativeedison (talk) 20:26, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rio Ferdinand 

message: Surely since neither Torres nor Carroll breaks the record set by Ronaldo they shouldn't be on this list? Have I missed something? I will revert in a couple of days if not. Prokhorovka (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: They'll go now. -Koppapa (talk) 17:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Torres and Carroll aren't records 

message: The Andy McCombie article says that he is "reported to have joined Newcastle United for a fee of £700.[6] If correct this would have been a world record transfer fee, exceeding the fee of £520 paid by Sunderland in June 1904 for Alf Common." There's no mention of the 1904 Alf Common record on this page - is this an oversight here, or is the McCombie article wrong? It's also mentioned in the Alf Common article. Greenman (talk) 16:34, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andy McCombie 

message: The Gary Lineker article says that he "was signed by Barcelona for £2,800,000" in 1986, after the world cup. Shouldn't he be on this list? I'd put him on myself but I'm confused by the omission, and it's not immediately obvious to me what month it happened in.
Ubertoaster (talk) 15:12, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gary Lineker 

message: Date                 	Player     	From                   	To               	Fee        	Inflation adjusted
18931893             	           	West Bromwich Albion   	Aston Villa      	£100       	
1905February 1905    	           	Sunderland             	Middlesbrough    	£1,000     	
1914February 1914    	           	Heart of Midlothian    	Blackburn Rovers 	£2,500     	
1938March 1938       	           	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Arsenal          	£14,500    	
1947 (2)November 1947	           	Chelsea                	Notts County     	£20,000    	
1950October 1950     	           	Aston Villa            	Sunderland       	£30,000    	
1961June 1961        	           	Manchester City        	Torino           	£100,000   	
1968June 1968        	           	Fulham                 	Leicester City   	£150,000   	
1970March 1970       	           	West Ham United        	Tottenham Hotspur	£200,000   	
1977June 1977        	           	Liverpool              	Hamburg          	£500,000   	
1981October 1981     	           	West Bromwich Albion   	Manchester United	£1,500,000 	
1987June 1987        	           	Liverpool              	Juventus         	£3,200,000 	
1992June 1992        	           	Tottenham Hotspur      	Lazio            	£5,500,000 	
1995 (2)June 1995    	           	Internazionale         	Arsenal          	£7,500,000 	
1996July 1996        	           	Blackburn Rovers       	Newcastle United 	£15,000,000	
2006July 2006        	           	Milan                  	Chelsea          	£30,800,000	
2013September 2013   	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur      	Real Madrid      	£85,300,000	
It's kind of interesting to see that Trevor Ford cost the equivalent of almost a million pounds 65 years ago. Many people couldn't care less but I think it's worth noting. 209.179.86.123 (talk) 00:52, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Record progression

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Greaves joined Spurs for £98,000 (or £99,999 depending on which source you read) in Oct 61, which places him in the records list between Joe Baker and Denis Law. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1319538/100000-Jimmy-Greaves-transfer-had-to-be-passed-by-Treasury.html46.7.195.132 (talk) 08:54, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: His move to Milan for £80,000 in April 1961 should also be there if the information in Jimmy Greaves is accurate. —  Jts1882  | talk  17:09, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jimmy Greaves 

message: He was transferred from Southampton to Spurs in Jan 68 for £125,000 and broke the record held by Denis Law at that time.46.7.195.132 (talk) 10:51, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Martin Chivers? 

message: all English clubs. 2601:183:4601:3480:492E:726D:BA46:12B6 (talk) 22:58, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  ‘British’ is another word for English