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Money in the game has gradually pushed transfer fees upwards. Today the record buy stands at £14 million but just how have the fees gone up over the years. The table below shows the first player to cost £100,000, more than half a maillion and of course the first over a million. Fees quoted are sourced but of course some sources do differ in the earlier fees.

Player Date From Fee
William Dunlop January 1895 Abercorn £35
Francis Becton March 1895 Preston North End £100
John Walker April 1988 Heart of Midlothian £350
Sam Hardy May 1905 Chesterfield £500
Fred Hopkin May 1921 Manchester United £2,800
Tom Morrison November 1927 St.Mirren £4,000
Jim Smith September 1929 Ayr United £5,500
Tom Bradshaw January 1930 Bury £8,000
Albert Stubbins September 1946 Newcastle United £12,500
Kevin Lewis June 1960 Sheffield United £13,000
Gordon Milne August 1960 Preston North End £16,000
Ian St.John May 1961 Mothewell £35,000
Peter Thompson August 1963 Preston North End £40,000
Emlyn Hughes February 1967 Blackpool £65,000
Tony Hateley June 1967 Chelsea £96,000
Alun Evans September 1968 Wolverhampton Wanderers £100,000
John Toshack November 1970 Cardiff City £110,000
Ray Kennedy July 1974 Arsenal £180,000
David Johnson August 1976 Ipswich Town £200,000
Kenny Dalglish August 1977 Celtic £440,000
Craig Johnston April 1981 Middlesbrough £575,000
Mark Lawrenson August 1981 Brighton & Hove Albion £900,000
Peter Beardsley July 1987 Newcastle United £1,900,000
Ian Rush August 1988 Juventus £2,800,000
Dean Saunders July 1991 Derby County £2,900,000
Phil Babb September 1994 Coventry City £3,600,000
Stan Collymore July 1995 Nottingham Forest £8,500,000
Emile Heskey March 2000 Leicester City £11,000,000
Djibril Cisse July 2004 Auxerre £14,000,000

 

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