Liverpool's wage bill
SIR: I read in AN Wilson’s column on higher education (January issue) that in 1960 the Professor of English Literature at Liverpool University earned more than the striker of Liverpool FC.
This is very probably true, as until 1961 professional footballers were subject to a wage cap of £20 per week. This was overturned in 1961 by a campaign by Jimmy Hill, which has led to the obscene sums that footballers are given today.
Yours, Richard Churn, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
Kind Mrs Charles Wheeler
SIR: Shirin Wheeler was Charles Wheeler’s daughter, not his widow (Old Un’s Notes, January issue). Her mother was Dip Singh, whom I remember
