Jackie Sewell: The first man worth his weight in gold

[Joe Jones]

Today, 15 March, is the anniversary of Jackie Sewell's world-record transfer to Sheffield Wednesday from Notts County.

Sewell, one of the finest forwards of his generation, went to Hillsborough in 1951 for £35,000 (many sources have it as £34,500 but this is not accurate - the cheque which the Owls gave to Notts has the first figure on).

Football site SoccerAttic dug out this piece from Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly no. 199 March 1968 discussing the transfer.

Here is the link to the online piece and below is the original article! Enjoy!

[liampie]

its sad to see how we cant attract players like him now, it shows how massively we have declined and become standard as a football team.