May 29, 1916 Bob and Fred Hawkes, the well-known Luton Town Football Club half-backs, have been exempted conditionally from military service, on the ground of
Category: Other clubs news
Manchester United player gassed
May 27, 1916 News has been received to the effect that James Montgomery, an old Manchester United player, has been gassed, and is now in
The Everton F.C. accounts
May 27, 1916 The Everton Football Club Company, Ltd, report, issued on Saturday, says the annual meeting of shareholders will be held on June 6,
Big interest in local football
May 27, 1916 Lively interest is at present being taken in the annual balance sheets issued by the football clubs of the country, in view
The death of John Clegg
May 26, 1916 The death is announced of John Clegg, the former Barnsley goalkeeper, and a native of Sheffield. With Bristol City he did good
Southampton F.C. fined
May 16, 1916 Barry Football Club (South Wales) complained to the Football Association that the Southampton Club had approached Daniel Evans, and played him against
The death of Corporal John Mackintosh
May 16, 1916 Mrs. Mackintosh, Charles Street, Inverness, received information yesterday that her son, Corporal John Mackintosh, Lovat Scouts, had died in hospital in Cairo.
Gold and silver at Anfield
May 5, 1916 At the Liverpool F.C. ground, Anfield-road, to-morrow, Everton and Liverpool will meet for the last time this season in what has frequently
A huge crowd is expected
May 5, 1916 The fall of rain will be welcomed by the footballers who are once again coming to Charity’s aid. To-morrow the ground should
Friendly with South Liverpool cancelled
May 3, 1916 South Liverpool F.C. and Liverpool F.C. were to have met to-night for a very good cause, but, unfortunately, Liverpool have not been
The death of Bill Foulke
May 1, 1916 Death has taken from the sports world a personality. William Foulke, otherwise “Baby” Foulke, filled the goal in both senses of the
Bob Whittingham suspended
April 28, 1916 Bob Whittingham, the famed Stoke footballer, has been suspended by the FA until January 1, 1917, for misconduct. (Source: Liverpool Echo: April
Derby day on Good Friday
April 20, 1916 The holiday to-morrow will be welcomed by a large crowd of workers, who will take the opportunity of visiting Anfield for the
Speakman and Pagnam returns for City
Friday, April 14 – 1916 We know our Manchester City. They are the most improved team in the country. Always able in defence, they have
Sheldon’s letter regarding match fixing scandal
Monday, April 10 – 1916 Private J. Sheldon, of the Footballer’s Battalion, has written the following letter from France in regard to the “scandal match”
French leave for two footballers
March 13, 1916 Stated to be old members of the Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club, two absentees named Horace Linkson and Wilfred Nixon, of the
Billy Meredith to make comeback
March 10, 1916 As was first announced in this column, William Meredith has elected Liverpool’s visit to Hyde Road as the match wherein he shall
Viewing the great Derby game
February 25, 1916 What will the harvest be? Everton and Liverpool meet for the third of five times to-morrow, and locally the match has aroused
The death of a footballer
February 22, 1916 An inquest was held yesterday concerning the death of Robert William Benson, the well-known international footballer, who died on Saturday afternoon after
Oldham snatch victory at Anfield
February 21, 1916 Liverpool started well enough against Oldham, but they lapsed into a slumbering fashion, and finally were deservedly beaten. Neither inside forward played
Sandy Young and his brother – Dramatic evidence in court
February 19, 1916 The first detailed account of the shooting tragedy in which Sandy Young, a former famous Scottish footballer, stands accused of the of
The death of Bob Benson
February 19, 1916 Bob Benson, the well-known Arsenal footballer, died very suddenly on Saturday afternoon from heart failure in the dressing room of the Arsenal
The Lincoln City captain married
February 19, 1916 Andrew Gardner, captain of the Lincoln City football team, was married at Lincoln on Saturday to Miss Florence Smallman, daughter of an
Footballers suspended by the FA
February 19, 1916 The Football Association have suspended for six weeks, from Monday next, Jack Scott, of Bradford Par Avenue, and Sandy Doolan, of Bradford
James McIlvenny’s distinction
February 19, 1916 Bradford City’s extraordinary game with Hull City established several new record and was a personal triumph for James McIlvenny (Jimmy McIlvenny). By
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