price of football just 40 years ago

[Paulus]

Not just football, I turned 18 in 1975, I was working 3 or 4 shifts a week as a barman in a hotel while I was at college, I earned £1.60 an hour, beer in the hotel was 23p a pint, in my local it was 18p a pint, one hours work would get me about 8 pints, these days kids are lucky if they can get 2 pints for an hours graft, no wonder pubs are empty. 4 shifts comfortably paid for my social life, running a cheap car and paying a bit into the family kitty. Doesn’t take much brains to see how much the elite have got this country much to their liking.

 

[3-GBlade]

Wagon Wheels, well at least the ones sold at the erm, "Catering Facilities" under the John Street Stand, used to be way bigger than the top of one of those little plastic things they called a cup of "Bovril".

That would be one way to test out if they have really shrunk

 

[Varkanoid]

This is getting really off topic but this is from 2015 so goodness knows how much smaller they are now.

Are Wagon Wheels Smaller And How Big Did They Used To Be?​

The shrinking Wagon Wheel question has long been discussed, and was in fact dismissed by this official statement from Burton’s biscuit company, who declared: “Contrary to popular belief, Wagon Wheels have not actually got smaller, most often our first Wagon Wheel experience is in childhood and hence our hands are much smaller.” We were determined to find out the truth where others have failed, and after much investigation we uncovered some findings that might make the Burton’s spokesperson blush.

Depending on your age (I’m not asking!) you might remember the Wagon Wheels of the 80s or before. Sometime during the 80s they saw their first reduction from a 79mm width to a 74mm width. Following this, they shrunk again sometime between their 2006 weight of 41g and today’s weight of 36g. Again this is no small change, a 12% decrease is something you’d be sure to notice.