Retro Football: This Is What Liverpool’s Weekly Wage Bill Looked Like In 1960 (Photo)

Chris Wright

4th, February 2015

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By Chris Wright

As dug up by the Daily Mail this morning, here’s what Liverpool’s weekly wage bill looked like circa 1960 – the last year the FA enforced their maximum wage cap.

We’ve got rugged right-back John Molyneux as the club’s top earner, taking home a stately £30-a-week (roughly £600 in today’s terms) before tax and insurance, etc.

Future World Cup-winner Roger Hunt is on £22-a-week (around £450) while manager Bill Shankly isn’t listed – though his understudies Joe Fagan and Bob Paisley are both included at the foot of the list.

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By comparison, Liverpool’s annual wage bill these days is roughly £132million.

It’s perhaps worth mentioning that Liverpool were a Second Division club in 1960/61, with the average UK weekly wage hovering at about £10 at the time.

They’re weren’t doing too badly, these lads.

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  1. Elmo says:

    I’m pretty sure Liverpool’s current monthly wage bill is not £132 million, that’s probably the annual wage bill.

  2. What4 says:

    And that’s why you shouldn’t type with your tongue.

  3. BDWG says:

    They weren’t “taking home” the amounts on the left…damn, read the NET column, that’s take home amounts…the highest paid person on there is Jimmy Melia…

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