August 23, 1897 My remarks concerning the Everton club’s prospects are to a great extent applicable to the Liverpool club. Here they have lost a
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Season preview 1897-98: Liverpool F.C. (Lancashire Evening Post)
August 21, 1897 Rarely, if ever, have the prospects of the Anfield Road organisation been brighter than at the present moment. Tom Watson and is
Davie Hannah, of Dundee
August 20, 1897 Davie Hannah is a native of Renton, and, like the majority of the male inhabitants of that famous Dumbartonshire village, he commenced
The annual picnic 1897 at the Childe of Hale Hotel
August 19, 1897 The sixth annual picnic of the Liverpool Football Club was held yesterday, taking the form of a waggonette drive from the Sandon
Season preview 1897-98: Liverpool (Manchester Courier)
August 14, 1897 Liverpool were somewhat heavily hit by defections at the close of last season, George Allan, Robert Neill, and Willie Michael going to
Get to know Barney Battles
August 13, 1897 Bernard, or, to be more familiar, Barney Battles is a native of Glasgow, and first saw the light in the Springburn district
Reserves for Kettering Town
Friday, August 13 – 1897 Laurence and Birchall, late of Liverpool, are new forwards for Kettering Town FC. (Northampton Mercury, 13-08-1897)
Harry Bradshaw training with Sunderland
August 12 – 1897 The first practice of the Sunderland Football Club took place last night, and was witnessed by 8,000 spectators. The Liverpool player
The funeral of Gideon Baird
August 10, 1897 Yesterday morning the remains of Mr. Gideon Baird, jun., were removed from his late residence, Ravendale, South Parade, for interment in the
The players signed on for the 1897/8 season
Saturday, August 7 – 1897 The players signed on up to the present time for the forthcoming season are: – Goal: Harry Storer and Willie
Grimsby Town Football Club
Saturday, August 7 – 1897 The team which the directors of the Grimsby Town Football Club have decided shall represent them for the ensuing season
Scottish League teams 1897-98
July 31, 1897 (from the Scottish Referee). Celtic. Goal: Dan McArthur. Backs: Dan Doyle, James Orr, Jim Welford. Half-backs: Russell, Willie Orr, Jeremiah “Jerry” Reynolds,
New players for Sheffield United
July 29, 1897 The new players of Sheffield United F.C. for the ensuing season are: John Cunningham, left wing forward, of Preston North End; John
Wanderers star wants Liverpool for his benefit
July 24, 1897 John Somerville, the Bolton Wanderers’ back gets a benefit on October 11, when Liverpool will supply the opposition. (Evening Telegraph: July 24,
Charles Satterthwaite transferred to Burton Swifts
July 22, 1897 Charles Satterthwaite, an outside left player for the Bury Football Club, has been transferred to the Burton Swifts. Satterthwaite came from Workington
A player’s appeal to the League
July 22, 1897 Frank Briggs, the Everton goalkeeper, is appealing to the Football League against the prohibitory price which Everton have placed upon his transfer.
Nuggets from Cricket and Football Field (June 12, 1897)
June 12, 1897 ** Joe Lumsden, the outside left of Burton Wanderers, has been secured by the Anfield Club. Now he is a good capture
Benjamin Bull transferred to Reading F.C.
June 12, 1897 The Reading Football Club have secured an outside left in the person of Benjamin Bull, of Liverpool. Two seasons ago Bull played
New players for Woolwich Arsenal
June 10, 1897 The new men signed for Woolwich Arsenal up to date are James McAuley (Greenock Morton), right back; Paddy Farrell (Celtic), centre half;
Fred Geary the gambler
June 5, 1897 Fred Geary and his friends, to the number of fifteen, went to see the blue ribbon of the Turf this week, wiz.,
Nuggets from Cricket and Football Field (May 29, 1897)
May 29, 1897 * Was it because Liverpool F.C. desired Alf Schofield of the Everton Combination, or was it because Alf Milward signed on for
Nuggets from Cricket and Football Field (May 22, 1897)
May 22, 1897 * The diminutive Robert Neill is proving himself a tower of strength for Glasgow Rangers. * Harry Bradshaw, of Liverpool football fame,
Nuggets from Cricket and Football Field (May 15, 1897)
May 15, 1897 * Alf Schofield, of the Everton Combination last season, is wanted by the Anfield club. Everton don’t want him, but yet they
Malcolm McVean and Davie Hannah transferred to Dundee
May 11, 1897 The Dundee Football and Athletic Company have secured the services of Bob Blyth, of Preston North End; Malcolm McVean, of Liverpool; and
Former Red in Scottish charity match
Monday, May 10 – 1897 Three brothers played beside each other in a charity cup tie match at Stirling on Saturday for Rob Roy, Callander.
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