December 10, 1884
At a meeting of the Sub Committee on Professionalism of the S.F.A. it was decided to send each of the players who have left Scotland to play football in England a copy of the following letter: –
“Dear Sir, –
Your name has been brought under the notice of the Sub Committee of this association on professionalism as having left a club belonging to their body, and that you are now playing with a club outside of their jurisdiction. They have therefore to inform you that under Rule 14 (and bye-laws pertaining thereto) of the constitution, you cannot again play with any club within their jurisdiction without their permission. – Yours respectfully,
John McDowall, Secretary.”
| Name | Scotch Club from | English Club to |
| Belger, J. | South Western | Preston North End |
| Bonnar, Jas. | Thornliebank | Accrington |
| Bone, George | Kilmarnock Athletic | Halliwell |
| Brogan, James | Heart of Midlothian | Bolton Wanderers |
| Barnett, G. | St. Bernards | Preston North End |
| Caulfield, Dan. | Johnstone Athletic | Burnley |
| Connell | Mauchline | Church |
| Crawford | Mauchline | Church |
| Douglas, J. | Renfrew | Blackburn Rovers |
| Drummond, G. | St. Bernards | Preston North End |
| Douglas, G. | Heart of Midlothian | Preston Zingari |
| Douglas, T. | Heart of Midlothian | Preston Zingari |
| Friel, Dan. | Vale of Leven | Burnley |
| Ferguson, J. | Heart of Midlothian | Preston North End |
| Gordon, John | Port Glasgow Athletic | Preston North End |
| Graham, John | Annbank | Preston North End |
| Goodhall, J. | Kilmarnock Athletic | Great Lever |
| Gallacher, Patrick | Johnstone Rovers | Padiham |
| Hay, David | Kilmarnock Athletic | Great Lever |
| Houston, A. | Kilmarnock Athletic | Halliwell |
| Hamilton, A. | Kilmarnock | Great Lever |
| Harper, Jas. | Beith | Blackburn Rovers |
| Hunter, Archd. | Ayr | Aston Villa |
| Inglis, John | Ayr | Great Lever |
| Kennedy, J. | Third Lanark | Bolton Wanderers |
| Logan, Peter | Vale of Leven | Burnley |
| Lucas, James | Kilmarnock | Great Lever |
| McIntyre, Hugh | Rangers | Blackburn Rovers |
| McLintock, Alex | Vale of Leven | Burnley |
| McAuley, J. | Arthurlie | Burnley |
| McCare, J. | Vale of Leven | Burnley |
| McFitridge, W. | Thornliebank | Padiham |
| McConnell, Wm. | Johnstone Rovers | Padiham |
| McBeth, R. | St. Bernards | Accrington |
| McKinnon, J. | Hibernians | Bolton Wanderers |
| McWhirter, A. | Kilmarnock | Halliwell |
| Pettigrew, James | Kilmarnock Athletic | Halliwell |
| Robertson, A. | St. Bernards | Preston North End |
| Ross, N. | Heart of Midlothian | Preston North End |
| Ross, J. | Heart of Midlothian | Preston North End |
| Russell | St’wtn, Cunninghaine | Preston North End |
| Ronaldson, W. | Heart of Midlothian | Burnley |
| Renwick, J. | Heart of Midlothian | Preston Zingari |
| Ross, David | Hurlford | Halliwell |
| Richmond, James | Kilmarnock Portland | Darwen |
| Richmond, Hugh | Kilmarnock Portland | Darwen |
| Suter, F. | Partick | Blackburn Rovers |
| Struthers, W. | Rangers | Bolton Wanderers |
| Steel, J. | Arbroath | Bolton Wanderers |
| Stevenson, John | Arthurlie | Accrington |
| Scotland, J. | Heart of Midlothian | Preston Zingari |
| Shields, John | Johnstone Athletic | Burnley |
| Scobie, William | Hurlford | Halliwell |
| Thompson, Samuel | Lugar Boswell | Preston North End |
| Waugh, D. | Northern | Great Lever |
| Webster, Archd. | Kilbarchan | Burnley |
| Walkinshaw, J. | Kilmarnock Athletic | Great Lever |
(Nottingham Evening Post: December 10, 1884)
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James Brogan, Bolton Wanderers (Lloyd’s Weekly News: November 15, 1891):
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