When I first went to see Spurs in 1964, my mate's dad paid about a single quid for him, my mate and me to get in. A quid back then of course was worth about £200, probably what it would cost for an adult and two kids these days - no it fucking was not, the average wage back then was about £20 a week, so 1/20th of that would get you those three tickets. These days the average wage is about £500 per week, 1/20th of that is £25, probably what just one child ticket would cost. It ain't not inflation, it's fucking greed, how the fuck can they justify charging half a week's average wages for a family to go and watch a game of football? The kids will want programmes, shirts, burgers and a few pints as well - how the fuck much do they charge these days for a pint at the footy?
I didn't get to Spurs much when I was a kid, I lived on the dark side ot the Thames, Sarf London, so I used to go Millwall and Charlton most of the time. Back then a cup of hot Bovril at half time was 2d, a packet of roast chestnuts on the way home was also 2d, the fucking bus fare was 2d each way, the programme was probbebubbly 2d as well, fucked if I can remember, the tickets were about a shilling but we would just bunk in at half time when they opened the gates. Even if I paid for a ticket it cost less than 2 bob all in to go and watch football, the kids that went to those games grew into well rounded adult supporters like me. How the fuck could a kid go to footy these days? The parents wouldn't let them out on their own in case Garry Gliiter got them, the cost would be fucking mental, it was about half my pocket money back then so unless kids are getting a hundred quid pocket money a week then ...
And another thing, I just watched some AC/DC videos on the telly. I like classical music. I said to Mrs D that I can't get used to the new bloke who replaced Bon Scott and she told me that Bon died 43 years ago! Time is a cunt, it goes too fucking fast. I don't like this new fangled time business, my new Samsung watch is a total fucker, it measures my heart rate, blood pressure, steps, tells me what the weather is going to be, I can ask it stupid questions, read text messages (if anybody sent me them),I can use it as a phone, control the camera on my phone with it - but I don't do that stuff, I have downloaded an analog watch face with a big hand and a little hand so I can use it as a normal watch - ha ha take that progress, you cunt! We got the watch for free, of course, when we bought Mrs D a Samsung S23 Ultra like mine, yeah I know, me spending money seems unlikely but we got really good deals on them and I don't want to leave any money to those fucking kids when I die, I've got my eyes on a few guitars as well, Mrs D doesn't understand why 5 isn't enough, bless 'em eh? The lady types of the female persuasion just don't understand the n+1 formula do they? She has got loads of pots and pans she never uses, all sorts of stuff in the Lady room where the cooker lives and I never moan about all that stuff do I?
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