By TONY ONSLOW The Midland Railway, Goods Depot, Liverpool. The year was 1874 and the Midland Railway Company had, eventually, managed to lay their track
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News moving slow in Liverpool
Thursday, December 30 – 1897 Liverpool’s telegraphic facilities are apparently very poor. A deputation waited upon the Postmaster-General yesterday to urge the acceleration of messages
World ban on English football clubs
Thursday, June 6 – 1985 A world football ban was slapped on English clubs last night because of the Brussels outrage. It covers international club
Football and city life in Liverpool pre 1892
Overview of articles: The 1810s: February 20, 1818 – The township of Everton sold for £115 in 1716. The 1820s: July 27, 1827 – Liverpool
At 32, Emlyn’s even younger
Tuesday, August 28 – 1979 Emlun Hughes today spends his 32nd birthday performing his favourite party piece – playing football. The colours have changed from
Advertisement: Amsterdam Football Bonanza
July 16, 1977 (Source: Liverpool Echo: July 16, 1977) Amsterdam football bonanza, AZ Alkmaar, Barcelona, Liverpool, Ajax, Sunniways Coaches, London Road. XX
And Paula is her name
Friday, April 15 – 1966 A Burton-on-Trent bricklayer has named his daughter after he players in the Liverpool football team who won the cup last
Bill Shankly “It’s my life”
August 17, 1965 Bill Shankly was in his office, sited as close as it can be to the pitch, searching for the right words. I
The death of Frank Gray
February 25, 1945 Death of a former Brechin footballer The death occurred in Brechin Infirmary to-day of one of Brechin’s best known personalities, Mr. Frank
The death of Jimmy Welford
January 17, 1945 The death took place yesterday at his home in Glasgow of Mr. James W. Welford, a native of Barnard Castle and former
The death of Harry Daft
January 12, 1945 Famous Notts cricketer and footballer The death has occurred at High Cross, Herts., of Harry Butler Daft, the old Notts cricketer and
M. Ernest Bevin’s tribute to sport
Monday, November 6 – 1944 “Sport, football and racing in particular, proved just the tonic the working man wanted during the dark days of 1940,”
Death of Rev. C.A. Carter
May 11, 1943 A Liverpool football enthusiast The Rev. C.A. Carter, former vicar of St. Titus’s Church, Liverpool, has died in his ninetieth year at
A suggested football pantomime
December 27, 1941 (Liverpool Echo: December 27, 1941) Joe Mercer, Berry Nieuwenhuys XX
The Sandon Hotel
Saturday, May 4 – 1940 The Sandon Hotel in Oakfield Road would be found to be connected prominently with football if ever the history of
Like the good old days
May 4, 1940 (Liverpool Echo: May 4, 1940) XX
10,000 footballs to the front line
March 6, 1940 10,000 footballs have been sent to the troops in France. (Liverpool Echo: March 6, 1940; via http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) © 2018 Findmypast Newspaper Archive
Latest from the football front
October 14, 1939 (Liverpool Echo: October 14, 1939) XX
Football entirely suspended
Friday, September 8 – 1939 Association’s statement The Football Association yesterday issued the following statement: – “In accordance with the Proclamation by his Majesty’s Government,
Football trial teams
Saturday, August 12 – 1939 The teams to turn out for Tranmere Rovers, Chester, Wrexham, South Liverpool and Crewe today are appended: – Tranmere Rovers.
Ephraim Longworth: A brick wall argufler
April 15, 1939 Ephraim Longworth, think of thatch, bowed of leg, and still intensely interested and knowledgeable in the rules of football, is the parader
Captaincy – and what it involves by Tom Morrison
Saturday, January 10 – 1931 There are many followers of football who labour under the delusion that the duties of a football captain begin and
The art of shooting, by Gordon Hodgson (Liverpool F.C.)
September 27, 1930 It is difficult to hold any hard and fast rules when giving advice on the art of shooting, because so much depends
Sport in Relation to Every-day Life (David Pratt, ex-Liverpool F.C.)
Tuesday, June 11 – 1930 Sport as a passion Football manager on an “enemy of soul” Value & danger of spectacular games “Sport as a
The death of Tom Armitt
April 26, 1930 The death took place suddenly on Saturday of Mr. Tom Armitt, West Street, Leek. The deceased, who was 71 years of age,
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