Virgs was on £75k

[Tesco in Disguise]

this may have been posted during the time but was flicking through an old copy of zoo at work today and it had a feature on how much footballers at different levels earned. the championship offering was from the then brighton player adam virgo. he was on 75k but the average champ wage is around 200k. i have to say i was amazed at this. couldn't believe there was still so much money around even in the second tier of english football. i shudder to think of the aggregate earnings in this industry.

 

[Del Boy]

Find that hard to believe, especially as he drove a ford focus, now I'm sure not too many people on that sort of money drive fords!!

 

[Wilka]

Sounds about right to me £1,500 a week for one of our better players at the time.

Good work if you can get it.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Now he's on a reported £10k a week. Nice move.

 

[enigma]

I know a league one player on 4k a week, but when he played in the Prem he was on £1500 a week

 

[Del Boy]

Not a bad job!

 

[eagles #1]

AJ's on £25,000 a week

 

[enigma]

AJ's on £25,000 a week

Bumped.

 

[dougdeep]

AJ's on £25,000 a week

No wonder you charge £30 a ticket then.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I know a league one player on 4k a week, but when he played in the Prem he was on £1500 a week

dean windass then?

 

[enigma]

dean windass then?

Nope someone considerably younger. aged 23.

 

[Del Boy]

Nope someone considerably younger. aged 23.

Gutted he's out of the prem and down to league on then! Has he got any chance of getting back to the prem?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

the average champ wage is around 200k.

are you sure?

 

[Bakesy]

Which is why we are getting young foreigners in.............they don't know what they should be getting till it's too late..........

 

[Race]

Find that hard to believe, especially as he drove a ford focus, now I'm sure not too many people on that sort of money drive fords!!

It was probably cos his car insurance would have been double the value of anything more 'flash' than a Ford, and I can guarentee that even on a Focus it would have been horrendos!!

 

[Wilka]

It was probably cos his car insurance would have been double the value of anything more 'flash' than a Ford, and I can guarentee that even on a Focus it would have been horrendos!!

I bet that is because as soon as you say Footballer as an job you premium goes up about 100%

 

[Race]

I bet that is because as soon as you say Footballer as an job you premium goes up about 100%

Yep. I dont have Tank as a named driver on my car cos they wanted an extra £1000 for the pleasure and my insurance is under 500 quid!

 

[junior]

You want to try living in Northern Ireland before you think your insurance company is ripping you off!!

 

[Porky]

Surely the quotes are per annum.

 

[enigma]

Gutted he's out of the prem and down to league on then! Has he got any chance of getting back to the prem?

Maybe in the long term, his contract expires at the end of this season. He played several games in the Prem and he's played some internationals I believe, so he's definitely known to clubs. I know Alan Pardew was interested in this player when he was manager of Reading, so he's rated.

I reckon for the moment that his level is probably the champiuonship, but I know he only lfet his club because he was offered more elsewhere, and if he plays well he could reach those heights again.