Monday, July 28 – 1986 Double winners Liverpool’s wages of glory were revealed yesterday as a staggering £2,2 million. Sixteen players earned more than £60,000 and four topped the £100,000 mark.Their earnings, revaled in the club’s accounts, pushed Anfield’s wage bill for the year to its highest ever […]
June 18, 1959 Mr. Carey calms the storm at Everton meeting Everton’s annual general meeting last night was marked by a storm of protest from shareholders over the decision to change their traditional block of seats in the Bullens Road stand at Goodison Park, quelled eventually by a […]
June 22, 1945 Three of the shareholders of Liverpool Football Club out of the 20 odds who attended last night’s annual meeting wanted only one year’s dividend instead of the two years proposed by the directors. They will get the two years just the same. Never before have […]
June 14, 1945 Liverpool Football Club shareholders today received their balance sheets for the year ending May 7 showing a profit of £1,880 as compared with a profit of £1,258 the previous year. A sum of £12,677 is brought forward, making £14,558, out of which the directors recommend […]
June 16, 1944 Three in one dividend? One of the main reasons why Everton Football Club did not pay a dividend this year was because the cost of the vouches and sending of them would have been more than the sum total of the dividends. But …. the […]
June 13, 1944 The report of the Liverpool Football Club for the year ended May 8 last shows a profit of £1,258, which, added to £13,219 brought forward last year, gives a balance of £14,477. After payment of a 7½ per cent. dividend for the year and of […]
June 8, 1944 Everton football Club report a loss of £2,466 on last season’s working. This news will come as a surprise to many who anticipated that the Blues would be well in front after another successful season. As a matter of fact plan figures do not reveal […]
June 1, 1944 Harmony reigns among the shareholders of Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs. There will be no elections this year for seats on the directorate – a sure sign of contentment and a tribute to the faultless management of the two clubs. No nominations from shareholders were […]
June 16, 1943 The directors of the Liverpool Football Club report a profit of £3,091 13s. 9d for the year ending May 3, 1943, as compared with a profit of £1,277 12s. 2s. for the previous year. The balance at the credit of the profit and loss account […]
Monday, May 24 – 1943 Shareholders of Liverpool Football Club will have their big opportunity of congratulating their directors, officials and players on a great season when they gather for the annual meeting of the club next month. Chairman Mr. R. Lawson Martindale states that the directors have […]
June 18, 1942 Double gates make first war credit. The balance-sheet of Liverpool F.C. shows a net profit for the year ending May 4 last of £1,277, compared with a loss of £1,421 the previous year. With no money coming in – or going out – in transfer […]
June 15, 1942 Concrete evidence of the big improvement in football attendances on Merseyside last season will be forthcoming when the balance-sheets of Everton and Liverpool are made public. While the exact figures cannot be disclosed until the report and accounts have been despatched to shareholders, which will […]
Friday, July 4 – 1941 The 49th annual meeting of the Liverpool Football Club, held last night, was one of the shortest on record. It lasted exactly 25 minutes and not a single question was asked by a shareholder on the report and balance sheet, which revealed a […]
Thursday, June 26 – 1941 The Liverpool Football Club report and balance sheet show that the club lost £1,41 2s. 7d. on the year’s working, ending May 5, 1941, as compared with a loss of £6,759 1s. 11d. the previous year. The balance at the credit of the […]
June 17, 1941 In the next few days the annual balance sheets of the local Football League clubs will be issued. Few clubs in the country can have made a profit – Arsenal and Preston North End are exceptions in this respect – but the accounts of Liverpool […]
Thursday, June 13 – 1940 Liverpool Football Club are first in the field with their balance sheet for the first of the wartime seasons – and it indicates that, from a financial point of view, the campaign was far from good. The Reds, for the year ending May […]
Thursday, June 9 – 1932 Liverpool F.C. last season made a profit of £2,595. (Daily Mail, 09-06-1932)
Monday, June 15 – 1931 The effect of the industrial depression on football is gradually being revealed in the balance sheets of the leading clubs. In only two instances so far disclosed were the gate receipts in advance of the previous season, the happy clubs being Sunderland and […]
Friday, May 16 – 1930 Big profits were made bu boss football last season. Liverpool F.C. made a profit of £8,495 last year, which increases their assets to £46,225. Of this sum provision has been made for depreciation of £1,000, and for reduction of premiums account of £8,000, […]
Thursday, June 7 – 1928 Liverpool A.F.C. made a profit of £8,327, the gate receipts from League and Central League games being £40,000. (Hull Daily Mail, 07-06-1928)
Monday, June 13 – 1927 Though, as the directors say, the play of the team was inconsistent, Aston Villa still retain their popularity, as is abundantly testified by the fact that the gate receipts for the season amounted to no less a sum than £50,950. Of this, £7,834 […]
Friday, June 10 – 1927 Liverpool A.F.C. made a profit of £5,955 last season. (Hull Daily Mail, 10-06-1927) x Happy financial times for Liverpool F.C. Liverpool’s finances are in a very healthy state, there being a balance to the credit of the club of £36,088 – a marked […]
Saturday, May 30 – 1925 The annual report and balance-sheet of the Liverpool Football Club is to be presented at the annual meeting next Wednesday, shows a profit on the year of £8,965. The directors recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 7½ per cent, […]
Monday, July 3 – 1922 When the thirteenth annual meeting of the Liverpool Club, the Football League champions, takes places on Wednesday there will be a pleasant balance-sheet for the shareholders to discuss. The finances of the club are in keeping with their successful playing season. A sum […]
June 27, 1921 Six candidates for three seats. The balance-sheet of the Liverpool Football Club was issued to-day, and shows that the club had a very good season. The income amounted to £39,354 12s. 8d., and a balance of £12,490 is recorded. The receipts from League and Central […]
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