Football forecasts

Friday, January 21 – 1898
* Nottingham Forest, in allowing Tom McInnes a League match for his benefit, has set an example which ought to be followed by the whole of the English League.
* Jack Bell, of Everton, will finally retire at the end of the season. He himself hath said it.
* Joe McQue has been in Liverpool since the club was founded.
* Andy McCowie, of Liverpool, is said to have been spotted by the Celtic.
* Mr. John Lewis, of Blackburn, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (John Houlding), and Mr. J. Ord, of Preston, have consented to act as trustees of the Players’ Union.
(Hull Daily Mail, 21-01-1898)