Tommy Lawton1935
Signs for Second Division club Burnley, despite flat feet and needing to wear orthotics, as a striker, he rapidly achieved fame for his pace, heading ability and two-footed effectiveness in front of goal
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Signs for Second Division club Burnley, despite flat feet and needing to wear orthotics, as a striker, he rapidly achieved fame for his pace, heading ability and two-footed effectiveness in front of goal
Joins Chelsea for 11,500 pounds
Despite being at the peak of his playing career, shocks the football world with a move to 3rd Division Notts County for a record transfer fee of œ20,000
Appointed player-manager at Brentford
Joins Arsenal for £10,000 and sees out his professional playing career there, in two years for the Gunners scores 15 goals in 38 matches
Signs for Vic Buckinghams West Bromwich Albion, the transfer fee of œ25,000 is a club record for Albion at the time
This record states: Bill Nicholson signs Jimmy Greaves for Tottenham Hotspur for œ99,999, the fee is intended to relieve Greaves of the pressure of being the first œ100,000 player.
This record states: Briefly joins the Italian side A.C.
This record states: Milan in 1961, after reportedly turning down a huge offer from Newcastle United and scored 9 goals in 12 games but failure to settle led to a quick departure.
This record states: Plays at Spurs from 1961 to 1970, scoring a club record of 266 goals in 379 matches, including 220 goals in the First Division.
Bill Nicholson signs Jimmy Greaves for Tottenham Hotspur for œ99,999, the fee is intended to relieve Greaves of the pressure of being the first œ100,000 player
Returns to Fulham after a disagreement with Albion vice-chairman Jim Gaunt over his salary
Signs for West Brom for a fee of œ25,000
Leaves Fulham and accepts a three-year deal with Canadas Vancouver Royals
Leaves Liverpool after helping the club win the European Cup, joining Hamburg SV.
Joins Liverpool from Celtic as Kevin Keegan's replacement.
Bob Paisley pays £440,000 to bring Kenny Dalglish to Liverpool from Celtic.
Pays £440,000 to bring Kenny Dalglish to Liverpool from Celtic.
Moves from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest as Britain's first £1 million footballer.
Signs Trevor Francis from Birmingham City in Britain's first £1 million football transfer.
Lawrie McMenemy calls a press conference at the Potters Heron hotel, Ampfield to announce that the European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan will be joining Southampton F.C. in the forthcoming summer
Lawrie McMenemy calls a press conference at the Potters Heron hotel, Ampfield to announce that the European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan will be joining Southampton F.C. in the forthcoming summer
Signs for Manchester Utd, for a British record transfer fee of œ1.5 million
Sold to Manchester City for 1.2 million
Joins Sampdoria. Joins Atalanta
A few days before the start of the 1982-83 season Keegan signs for Second Division Newcastle United for a fee of œ100,000
A product of the famous Wallsend Boys Club in North Tyneside, Beardsley was released as a teenager by hometown club Newcastle United but found his way back there in 1983 after successful spells with Carlisle United (126 appearances scoring 26 goals)
Revives his career with a move to Arsenal for œ250,000
Liverpool pay an English record transfer fee of £1.9 million to bring Beardsley to Anfield
A tribunal agrees 250,000 pounds deal, becomes Alex Fergusons first signing since taking over as manager of Manchester United
Joins Glasgow Rangers
Joins Queens Park Rangers
Signs for Spurs, who pay Newcastle a fee of œ2.3 million, a British transfer record
Joins Sheffield Wednesday
The final, against Nottingham Forest, turns out to be disastrous for Gascoigne as he injures himself badly, bedore the final he had already agreed terms to join Italian club Lazio in an œ8.5 million deal and wanted to leave Spurs on a high
Joins Lazio for a fee of 5.5 million pounds, making his debut on 27 September 1992 in a match against Genoa which was televised in Britain as well as Italy
Beardsley re-joins Newcastle for pounds 1.4 million, where his old team-mate and strike partner Kevin Keegan is manager
Beardsley re-joins Newcastle for pounds 1.4 million, where his old team-mate and strike partner Kevin Keegan is manager
Appointed player-manager of Barnsley
Bryan Robsons 13-year spell at Manchester United comes to an end after nearly 500 appearances and 99 goals in May 1994 when he accepts the role of player-manager at Middlesbrough
Signs for Rangers of the Scottish Premier League, for a fee of œ4.3 million
England striker Alan Shearer is transferred from Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle for a then world record fee of œ15 million
Leaves Newcastle for 450,000 pounds, joining Bolton Wanderers
Joins Middlesbrough for 3.4 million pounds
Coventry City pay a world record 6 million pounds for a teenager from Wolverhampton Wanderers
The transfer makes Beckham the third Englishman to play for the club after Laurie Cunningham and Steve McManaman. Manchester United had been keen to sell Beckham to Barcelona but instead signs a four-year contract with Real Madrid, with the transfer fee being about œ25m
Moves to Chelsea for pounds 11 million
Transferred to Burnley
Signs a nine-month contact with Chinese club Gansu Tianma in both a playing and coaching role, but after going to America for treatment against drink and depression in April, he failed to return
Gerrard turns down a £20 million offer from Chelsea to stay with Liverpool and new coach Rafael Benitez
Joins Manchester United for pounds 25.6 million
2007 Beckham announces that he had signed a five-year deal to play for Los Angeles Galaxy beginning 1 July 2007
Beckham's contract with Los Angeles Galaxy becomes effective on 1 July 2007, the highest salary of any MLS player in history
Beckhams contract with Los Angeles Galaxy takes effect on 11 July, and on 13 July, is officially unveiled as a Galaxy player at The Home Depot Center
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