A list of transfer fees paid - total

[amsemp]

£25k for Gower was insane value.

I think from memory we also paid £40k for Eastwood and around £30k for Barnard. Tilly didn’t half do some good (and bad!) business.

 

[DCC]

£25k for Gower was insane value.

I think from memory we also paid £40k for Eastwood and around £30k for Barnard. Tilly didn’t half do some good (and bad!) business.

That goal at Bristol Rovers was worth £25k on its own!

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

That goal at Bristol Rovers was worth £25k on its own!

Only to Ron Martin though lol.

 

[CaptainSmudger]

How much did we pay for Lopata?

 

[Napster]

How much did we pay for Lopata?

Undisclosed

 

[Mick]

I hear Bilston fans still moan about whatever happened to the Ronnie Poutney money..

I think they spent it all on orange paint. Their ground looked hideous when I went there 30+ years ago, before it was subject to over 100 acts of vandalism in 5 years and closed down.
Happily now completely refurbished and in use again.

 

[Zeuss]

That goal at Bristol Rovers was worth £25k on its own!

I think perhaps you mean his stunning hattrick goal at Bristol City,on his 21st birthday ?

 

[Portuguese Shrimper]

A player I rated hasn’t been mentioned, signed at roughly the same time as Mike Lapper I think from Celtic - Mark McNally!!

 

[Napster]

A player I rated hasn’t been mentioned, signed at roughly the same time as Mike Lapper I think from Celtic - Mark McNally!!

Thanks, not in the book, but checked and added.

 

[DCC]

I think perhaps you mean his stunning hattrick goal at Bristol City,on his 21st birthday ?

No that was Freddy - I was referring to the £25k for Gower - he scored a belter against Rovers in the semi final of the LDV one of the years we got to the final in Cardiff

 

[Zeuss]

No that was Freddy - I was referring to the £25k for Gower - he scored a belter against Rovers in the semi final of the LDV one of the years we got to the final in Cardiff

ok

 

[stewart]

surprised Collymore wasnt among the best for value buys ,also none of the latest signings there such and GSM, Cardwell, etc Great list but cannot believe some of the 6 figure fees we paid out . Didnt we also sign players like McCrory, Hollis , Threadgold McKinven, Crossan etc from other clubs ..

 

[WickfordShrimper]

Best Value
1967/8 - Billy Best, £3,000 from Northampton
1969/70 - Bill Garner, £15,000 from Bedford Town
1973/4 - Stuart Brace, £7,000 from Grimsby
1974/5 - Ronnie Poutney, £3,000 from Bilston
1985/6 - Danny O'Shea, £5,000 from Exeter
1985/6 - Richard Cadette, £4,000 from Orient
1989/90 - Dean Austin, £13,000 from St Albans
2003/4- Mark Gower, £25,000 from Barnet
2003/4 - Mark Bentley, £10,000 from Dagenham and Redbridge

Worst

1987/8 - Eric Steele, £10,000 from Derby
1987/8 - Richard Young, £25,000 from Notts County
1987/8 - Chris Ramsey, £14,000 from Swindon
1994/5 - Dominic Iorfa, £15,000 from Peterborough
1994/5 - Mark Hone, £50,000 from Welling
1994/5 - David Roche, £50,000 from Doncaster
1999/2000 - Gordon Connelly, £50,000 from York
2001/2 - Barrington Belgrave, £40,000 from Yeovil
2001/2 - Tony Richards, £36,000 from Barnet
2001/2 - Steve Clark, £50,000 from West Ham
2002/3 - Graeme Jones, £10,000 from St Johnstone
2006/7 - Billy Paynter, £200,000 from Hull
2006/7 - Richie Foran, £200,000 from Motherwell

Interesting how the crap / waste of money signings primarily came in batches 87/88 ; 94/95 ; 01/02/03; and 06/07

Id certainly add Jimmy McAlinden Best Value, he was a class act , OK a bit before my time. Back in the day we nearly made the Championship a few times ( AHA the old Division 2 ) I believe we came 2nd once in the league , only for Football League to change the rule that season only 1 up .

God only if if we had bit of good luck back then , and we made it , I honestly believe we be today a Norwich/ Ipswich / Coventry in support and size. IMHO in turn we could of made it to the top league with our potential and the Mighty 35,000 plus capacity Roots Hall to fill week in week out

1948/9 - Jimmy McAlinden, £6,500 from Stoke