August 25, 1941 A few weeks ago a 17 year-old Bootle lad received a postcard inviting him to have a trial with Everton Football Club.
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Liverpool boys do their bit
May 28, 1940 Liverpool Boys’ city team during the past two months as attained form very little short of pre-war standards, and after several good
Footballer’s Bootle wedding
April 2, 1940 Miss Eileen Veronica Veney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Veney, Rimrose Hotel, Bootle, and Mr. Walter Gerard Halsall, a well-known footballer,
Stan Hanson and Willie Cook for Army XI at Anfield
March 7, 1940 Stan Hanson, of Bolton Wanderers, who is a native of Bootle, and brother of Alf Hanson, the former Liverpool winger, has been
Dennis Cooke a Liverpool debutant
January 25, 1940 Dennis Cooke, the 18-year-old former Bootle secondary schoolboy, makes his first team debut for Liverpool on Saturday, when the Reds visit Crewe
Youngsters for Liverpool duty
October 14, 1939 One of the wise heads, Manager George Kay, of Liverpool F.C., has not taken long to tumble to the new order of
Chelsea visit Anfield
September 2, 1939 The chief feature on Merseyside to-day is the meeting of Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield. The London side are determined to make
Consider it Cyril Done
Saturday, September 2 – 1939 Three games at centre-forward … then right into First Division football. This is the strange experience of Cyril Done, eighteen-year-old
Footballers’ win at cricket
Wednesday, August 16 – 1939 Everton and Liverpool players score freely. The combined team of Everton and Liverpool footballers replying with 207 for 6 wickets
Everton and Liverpool footballers at cricket
Tuesday, August 15 – 1939 Footballers need 198 runs to win. The combined team of Everton and Liverpool footballers need 198 runs tonight to beat
Liverpool have another goalkeeper star
Thursday, August 10 – 1939 Liverpool can always find goalkeepers, but for seasons have been trying to find central forwards. The opening trial match at
Football cricketers
Thursday, August 10 – 1939 The annual charity cricket match between a joint team of Everton and Liverpool footballers and the Bootle Cricket Club will
Everton’s first game
Wednesday, August 9 – 1939 Everton take the field on Saturday at Goodison Park, kick-off at 3.15, when the championship team, in blue, will oppose
Liverpool ring up the curtain
August 9, 1939 Liverpool have chosen two strong sides for this evening’s game, and I have no doubt there will be the customary large crowd
Cecil McCaughey transferred to Southport
May 18, 1939 Southport F.C. have signed Cecil McCaughey, a right half, from Cardiff City. A native of Bootle, McCaughey played with Liverpool ‘A’ and
All the money poured out
Wednesday, October 19 – 1938 When Liverpool won the championship in consecutive seasons after the war they held their heads high and seemed ready to
Liverpool’s first ever soccer mom?
August 25, 1938 Mother of Chelsea’s new outside left, Alf Hanson, will travel 400 miles to see him play in every “home” game. For Mrs.
Alf Hanson transferred to Chelsea
July 6, 1938 Chelsea yesterday signed Alf Hanson, the Liverpool star outside left. The fee paid is a record for Liverpool. Hanson was born at
List of Liverpool A.F.C. players: Season 1937-38
December 18, 1937 Name Birthplace Height Weight Goalkeepers A.J. Riley South Africa 6 ‘ 1 12 ‘ 0 A. Hobson Horden 5 ‘ 10 1/2
List of Liverpool F.C. players 1937-38
October 2, 1937 Arthur Riley Goalkeeper; South Africa; 6ft. 1in. and 12st. Alf Hobson Goalkeeper; Horden; 5ft. 10½in. and 12st. 3lb. Tom Flower Goalkeeper; Liverpool;
John Holt (Johnny Holt) @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about Johnny Holt on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Johnny Holt: “Short of stature, he appears to lose nothing in the way of ability from his
List of Liverpool A.F.C. players, Season 1936-37
December 12, 1936 Name Birthplace Height Weight Goalkeepers A.J. Riley South Africa 6 ‘ 1 1/2 12 ‘ 10 A. Hobson Horden 5 ‘ 10
John McKenna dies 82 years old
March 22, 1936 One of the foremost leaders and legislators of the Association football game of all time, Mr. John McKenna, president of the Football
Ted Savage in fatal traffic accident
September 28, 1935 Knocked down by a motor car in Regent Road, Bootle, Liverpool, on Saturday night, a seaman, James Sarsfield (25) of Morgan St.,
Maurice Pryce Parry (Maurice Parry or Morris Parry) @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about Maurice Parry on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Maurice Parry: Born: November 7, 1877: Trefonen (Shropshire), Wales. Passed away: March 24, 1935: Bootle (Lancashire), England.
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