The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #69

Seven-figure signings
20 Players Who Were The First To Be Signed For £1 Million By Each Premier League Club (In Order Of Purchase)

1. Manchester City: Steve Daley, £1.438m from Wolves, September 1979
2. Arsenal: Clive Allen, £1.25m from QPR, June 1980
3. Manchester United: Garry Birtles, £1.25m from Nottingham Forest, October 1980
4. Liverpool: Peter Beardsley, £1.9m from Newcastle, July 1987
5. Everton: Tony Cottee, £2.2m from West Ham, July 1988
6. Tottenham: Paul Stewart, £1.7m from Man City, June 1988
7. Aston Villa: Tony Cascarino, £1.5m from Millwall, March 1990
8. Chelsea: Dennis Wise, £1.6m from Wimbledon, July 1990
9. Blackburn Rovers: Mike Newell, £1.1m from Everton, November 1991
10. Newcastle United: Andy Cole, £1.75m from Bristol City, March 1993
11. West Ham: Joey Beauchamp, £1m from Oxford, June 1994
12. Middlesbrough: Neil Cox, £1m from Aston Villa, July 1994
13. Bolton Wanderers: Gerry Taggart, £1.5m from Barnsley, August 1995
14. Sunderland: Alex Rae, £1m from Millwall, June 1996
15. West Brom: Kevin Kilbane, £1.25m from Preston, June 1997
16. Fulham: Paul Peschisolido, £1m from West Brom, October 1997
17. Portsmouth: Rory Allen, £1m from Tottenham, July 1999
18. Wigan: Nathan Ellington, £1.2m from Bristol Rovers, March 2002
19. Hull City: Caleb Folan, £1m from Wigan, August 2007
20. Stoke City: Leon Cort, £1.2m from Crystal Palace, January 2008

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #41

Abramovic Territory...
21 British Record Transfer Fees

1. Alf Common, £1,000 (Sunderland to Middlesbrough, 1905)
2. Syd Puddefoot, £5,000 (West Ham to Falkirk, 1922)
3. Tommy Lawton, £20,000 (Chelsea to Notts County, 1947)
4. John Charles, £65,000 (Leeds United to Juventus, 1957)
5. Denis Law, £100,000 (Manchester City to Torino, 1961)
6. Martin Peters, £200,000 (West Ham to Tottenham, 1970)
7. Bob Latchford, £350,000 (Birmingham City to Everton, 1974)
8. Kevin Keegan, £500,000 (Liverpool to Hamburg, 1977)
9. Trevor Francis, £1,180,000 (Birmingham to Nottingham Forest, 1979)
10. Bryan Robson, £1,500,000 (West Bromwich Albion to Manchester United, 1981)
11. Mark Hughes, £2,300,000 (Manchester United to Barcelona, 1984)
12. Ian Rush, £3,200,000 (Liverpool to Juventus, 1987)
13. Chris Waddle, £4,250,000 (Tottenham to Marseille, 1989)
14. David Platt, £5,500,000 (Aston Villa to Bari, 1991)
15. Andy Cole, £7,000,000 (Newcastle United to Manchester United, 1995)
16. Dennis Bergkamp, £7,500,000 (Inter Milan to Arsenal, 1995)
17. Stan Colleymore, £8,500,000 (Nottingham Forest to Liverpool, 1995)
18. Alan Shearer, £15,000,000 (Blackburn to Newcastle United, 1996)
19. Nicolas Anelka, £22,500,000 (Arsenal to Real Madrid, 1999)
20. Rio Ferdinand, £29,100,000 (Leeds United to Manchester United, 2002)
21. Andriy Shevchenko, £30,800,000 (AC Milan to Chelsea, 2006)