Just dug out an old programme 27/8/88 vs Oldham - 1st game of season First game of the season </p> Interesting points Joe Royle, Oldham manager called the 2nd division the hardest ever </p> Andy Rhodes was Oldhams keeper </p> Andy Ritchie was in the Oldham team but did not play. </p> Mike Flynn played for Oldham </p> The game finished 1-1 </p> An article in the programme titled "Transfer Market Goes Mad!" states the followng transfers as outrageous:- Peter Beardsley 1.8m Paul Stewart 1.7m Tony Cottee 2m Pat Nevin 925k Stuart McCall 825k Neil McDonald?? 700k Ian Rush 2.7m </p>