Big Dunc definitely wasn't a bargain - so for the sake of an argument I'll offer 2 lots - youth products and those that came in via transfers.
Southall,
Coleman, Weir, Mountfield, Power
King, Reid, Parkinson, Sheedy
Sharp, Saha
That lot didn't cost too much!
Subs Martyn, Morrissey, King, Rideout, Naysmith, Stubbs, Parkinson, Campbell, Arteta* Cahill*, Carsley, Pienaar*, Beckford
* if only because Cahill, Arteta and Pienaar were clearly excellent value.
For Youth players who made it to the first team:
Rankin!!
Stevens, Labone, Ratcliffe, Unsworth
Harvey, Richardson, McMahon, Osman
Royle, Rooney
Subs: Higgins, T. Wright, Temple, Whittle, Husband, Hurst, Kenyon, Lyons, Ball M, Ebbrell, Rodwell
!! not so good on the keeper development are we!?
It's hard to suggest Trevor Steven (relatively unknown as he was) was cheap at £300,000 - nor Paul Bracewell and Jags was nearly £5M so not exactly shopping at Nettos on that occasion - regardless of how good he is or how much we might get for him now.