Best Bargain Buys

[Blade for Sale]

What with Norwood looking like an absolute steal, who else has been an absolute bargain for us? Free transfers have a bit of a different dynamic about them so I'll not include them here. I'm not sure we'll ever spend a better £30k than Brian Deane, one of a fair number from the wand of Dave Bassett, but who else springs to mind for a fee paying transfer? Answers on a postcard and lets see if we can land on a 1st XI.

 

[BigBed]

Fleck, Coutts, Duffy, Sharp, Clarke, Freeman, JOC, Bash and that's just the ones here now!

 

[coaxingstar71]

Tracey £12,500?
Kelly £150,000?

 

[Jan Age]

Marcus Bent - the first time
Nathan Blake
Doug Hodgson
Chris Morgan
Sean Murphy

 

[coaxingstar71]

Incredible as it seems, Fleck, Duffy and Bash were all free!

Don't know what the fees for Coutts and Freeman were but obviously quite small so great signings........ eventually!

 

[coaxingstar71]

Someone has to say it.....

Currie £28,500

 

[PL_1889]

Hao Haidong - £1

 

[coaxingstar71]

Billy Dearden £10,000 from Chester
Eddie Colquhoun about £20,000 from Shrewsbury (and Hemsley).
Gil Reece £10,000?
Keith Edwards circa £100,000 from Hull.
Glenn Cockerill £100,000 Lincoln

 

[coaxingstar71]

Colin Morris £100,000 Blackpool
Jock Bryson £40,000 Kilmarnock
Tony Agana (and Peter Hetherston) exchange deal for Martin Kuhl.

 

[vorpal blade]

David Brooks - £12 M

oh and,

Kyle Walker - two Kyles for the price of Kyle Naughton

 

[bladesince64]

Tony Currie was £26,500 I believe and 380 nectar points (which was a lot way back when)

 

[Harry's Game]

Paddy Kenny

 

[coaxingstar71]

Tony Currie was £26,500 I believe and 380 nectar points (which was a lot way back when)

Would have been Greenshield stamps!

 

[coaxingstar71]

Bob Booker - a set of tracksuits and some balls.

 

[Boxer Blade]

The Prince buying 50% of sufc,

 

[JackSUFC]

Harry Maguire for £2.5million

 

[coaxingstar71]

Didn't we pay Man City about £400k for Michael Brown?

 

[cahill]

Someone has to say it.....

Currie £28,500

End of.

 

[Pierre's PC]

Martin Smith

 

[snootyfenooty]

Billy Dearden £10,000 from Chester
Eddie Colquhoun about £20,000 from Shrewsbury (and Hemsley).
Gil Reece £10,000?
Keith Edwards circa £100,000 from Hull.
Glenn Cockerill £100,000 Lincoln

Yep, Gil Reece £10k. And don't forget his deputy Bill Punton for another £10k when he bust his leg.

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

Tony Currie was £26,500 I believe and 380 nectar points (which was a lot way back when)

Think you mean Green Shield stamps!

 

[Revolution]

Colin Morris £100,000 Blackpool
Jock Bryson £40,000 Kilmarnock
Tony Agana (and Peter Hetherston) exchange deal for Martin Kuhl.

Watford sent us 40 grand as well as Hetherson and Agana.

Deane cost 40 grand: I like to think we used Watford's money to buy him.

 

[COME BACK CHED]

Think you mean Green Shield stamps!

No it went on Dick Wraggs , co-op Divi account , no 666 the rotten lousey Bastard .

 

[coaxingstar71]

Watford sent us 40 grand as well as Hetherson and Agana.

Deane cost 40 grand: I like to think we used Watford's money to buy him.

I actually had that in my mind, that we'd got some cash too, but wasn't sure.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

In addition to TC and Billy Three Lungs , already mentioned , I'd like to propose Joe Shaw ( free ) and The Noble Doctor , 12 k.

 

[grafikhaus]

End of.

Not so fast! Brian Deane cost us around £40k (although Wikipedia says £25k) from Donny. 83 goals in 198 apps. (including the first-ever PL goal) later, we sold him to Leeds for £2.9m. After just 32 goals in 138 apps. at the Dirties, we bought him back for £1.5m. Eleven goals in 24 apps. later, we sold him to Graham Souness' Benfica for £1m (I think on the fateful day we also sold Jan Åge Fjørtoft?). Brian was capped 3 times for England, while the worst-ever player to don an England shirt - Carlton Palmer - got 18 caps - one more than the majestic Tony Currie.

 

[niktheblade]

Not the best, but David Holdsworth was an absolute snip at 500k.

I also like to think that getting 1m plus Ndlovu for Woodhouse was a great deal.

Devlin for 200k was also a bargain

 

[Punk Blade]

getting 1m plus Ndlovu for Woodhouse was a great deal.

This will always be my winner!

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Alan Woodward for the square root of sod all...

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

John Flynn, £5000 from Barrow, played over 200 games. Think Jake Wright, but signed at a younger age.