[Albion] Average Albion Weekly Wage 1979/80 to 2022/23

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

How does that £352 per week that a top division footballer was earning in 1980 compare to the weekly wage of the average person back then? And the £59k per week they earn now in the same context?

£352 a week is £18,303 a year, about three times the average salary in 1980

1980 Average Salary: £6,000
Average House Price: £22,676

£59K a week is £3,086,000 a year,104 times the average salary today

2023 Average Salary: £29,600
Average House Price: £288,000

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

£352 a week is £18,303 a year, about three times the average salary in 1980

1980 Average Salary: £6,000
Average House Price: £22,676

£59K a week is £3,086,000 a year,104 times the average salary today

2023 Average Salary: £29,600
Average House Price: £288,000

That last stat is horrendous and explains why so many young people can’t get on the housing ladder

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

That last stat is horrendous and explains why so many young people can’t get on the housing ladder

Yep. Gone from 3x average salary to 10x

I can only assume that there is a sufficient mass of 'wealthy' parents underwriting a sufficient mass of kids to keep the model afloat.

 

[birthofanorange]

Yep. Gone from 3x average salary to 10x

I can only assume that there is a sufficient mass of 'wealthy' parents underwriting a sufficient mass of kids to keep the model afloat.

Yet some would have you believe that the kids today just need to work a little harder and not waste money on the odd Costa or a new phone.
Simples, eh?

 

[KZNSeagull]

I thought that a couple of our player in the early 80's were earning fortunes (multiple thousands per week) and this was the cause of our initial money problems? Or has that bit not been plotted?

 

[wellquickwoody]

How does that £352 per week that a top division footballer was earning in 1980 compare to the weekly wage of the average person back then? And the £59k per week they earn now in the same context?

I was thinking similar. My first wage in 82 was £38 per week, only 16 years old but three years later. So average wage in 1980, £75/85/100 per week? Don’t suppose there are too many on an equivalent £30k or more per week these days!

 

[MTSeagulls]

I was thinking similar. My first wage in 82 was £38 per week, only 16 years old but three years later. So average wage in 1980, £75/85/100 per week? Don’t suppose there are too many on an equivalent £30k or more per week these days!

You were raking it in.
I also started in 1982 at 17 on the Young Workers Scheme for £28 a week.
I think my monthly travel card from Shoreham to Brighton cost me one week and I had to give 1/3 to my father for my keep.

 

[Han Solo]

Those who want Tony Bloom to cut the women's team to save money should know that our average weekly wages are higher than what the average player in the Women's PL make in a year.

 

[El Presidente]

I started work at Amex in 1978 on £30 a week.

Was on £150 a week in 1983 running a sex shop on town but too embarrassed to tell my mum so dropped down to £78 a week to train as an accountant.

At least I had a bit of experience of double entry when I joined the bean counters.

 

[MTSeagulls]

I started work at Amex in 1978 on £30 a week.

Was on £150 a week in 1983 running a sex shop on town but too embarrassed to tell my mum so dropped down to £78 a week to train as an accountant.

At least I had a bit of experience of double entry when I joined the bean counters.

Who was that with?
I worked for Wilson Bristow in North Street alongside that Publius geezer.

 

[wellquickwoody]

You were raking it in.
I also started in 1982 at 17 on the Young Workers Scheme for £28 a week.
I think my monthly travel card from Shoreham to Brighton cost me one week and I had to give 1/3 to my father for my keep.

I raise you £23.50 in my previous role on a YTS scheme, and I gave my mother £10, cannot remember the bus fare from Mile Oak to Lucas Electrical at the top of Sackville Road though

 

[MTSeagulls]

I raise you £23.50 in my previous role on a YTS scheme, and I gave my mother £10, cannot remember the bus fare from Mile Oak to Lucas Electrical at the top of Sackville Road though

Those were the days

 

[Bakero]

Who was that with?
I worked for Wilson Bristow in North Street alongside that Publius geezer.

Wilson Bristow is a rubbish name for a sex shop.

 

[birthofanorange]

I started work at Amex in 1978 on £30 a week.

Was on £150 a week in 1983 running a sex shop on town but too embarrassed to tell my mum so dropped down to £78 a week to train as an accountant.

At least I had a bit of experience of double entry when I joined the bean counters.

I'm not surprised, as everything was so expensive.
At least, so I was told.

 

[Diablo]

Those who want Tony Bloom to cut the women's team to save money should know that our average weekly wages are higher than what the average player in the Women's PL make in a year.

does that prove they`re not worth bothering with then ?

 

[El Presidente]

is there a table for the clubs in the PL....I assume we are bottom quarter or so

 

[KZNSeagull]

Very good, especially when first The Leeds then #Twats suddenly disappear

 

[El Presidente]

Who was that with?
I worked for Wilson Bristow in North Street alongside that Publius geezer.

Thornton Baker in Worthing

 

[Weststander]

Relative to house prices. 70’s players such as Grummitt settled in Saltdean, Peacehaven or Shoreham. The 80’s/early 90’s lot such as Gatting and Wilkins bought big places in the Hove Park area.

 

[Wardy's twin]

thanks ... 4th from bottom and a third of the amount of the top team....crazy