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Tag: John Orrell

The forgotten trail of Liverpool Football Club

November 11, 1996 kjehan

November 11, 1996 Every match day thousands of Liverpool fans file past the every buildings in which their beloved club was born. But ask any

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100 years of soccer at Anfield

September 22, 1984 kjehan

September 22, 1984 A remarkable milestone in the history of Merseyside soccer will be reached during the next few days … exactly 100 years of

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The history of Liverpool F.C. Part 1: ‘Our founding fathers’

November 20, 1926 kjehan

November 20, 1926 The rise of the Liverpool club furnishes something of a romance in the history of football. In its comparatively short existence, all

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Liverpool Football Club to leave Anfield after just one year?

April 29, 1893 kjehan

April 29, 1893 There is some talk that Mr. John Orrell is again wanting that piece of land at Anfield Road to build upon. If

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John Houlding elected president of Liverpool F.C.

March 28, 1892 kjehan

March 28, 1892 That the newly formed Liverpool Association Football Club will be duly affiliated by the Football Council is now virtually settled. Information in

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The final battle of the Everton F.C. name

March 15, 1892 kjehan

March 15, 1892 In accordance with requisitions sent in by members of the club, and with a view to the committee informing the members of

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Everton F.C. founder in defence of Mr. Houlding’s scheme

February 29, 1892 kjehan

February 29, 1892 The following letter which would have been published last week had space permitted, will doubtless be read with interest, especially by those

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The friends and the enemies of the Everton F.C. dispute

February 15, 1892 kjehan

February 15, 1892 How many of the present supporters and followers, or even members, of the Everton Football Club are fully acquainted with its origin,

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Letters from Mr. John Orrell

February 15, 1892 kjehan

February 15, 1892 In the late controversies about the Everton ground question much stress has been laid upon the marked difference in the temperaments of

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The Everton F.C. committee still awaiting Mr. Houldings reply

February 8, 1892 kjehan

February 8, 1892 It will be remembered that at the general meeting of the members of the Everton club Mr. John Houlding was allowed the

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To the editor of The Athletic News: The Everton Football Club dispute

February 6, 1892 kjehan

February 6, 1892 “Sir, – The dispute in this club has been so trammelled by personalities and politics that I appeal to your readers (whose

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The grand coup at Everton

February 6, 1892 kjehan

February 6, 1892 Go where one might on Saturday the subject was the “dishing” of the William Clayton etiquette, as it is termed in contradistinction

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An arm length between Mr. John McKenna and Mr. William Clayton

February 1, 1892 kjehan

February 1, 1892 The special general meeting of the members of the Everton Football Club only came off last Monday evening, and the business was

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The Everton Football Club dispute

January 25, 1892 kjehan

January 25, 1892 Rival companies in the field. Extraordinary development. A few days ago it seemed inevitable that the decision arrived at by the members

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Ultimatum to Mr. John Houlding

January 25, 1892 kjehan

January 25, 1892 The Club To Be a Limited Company A special general meeting of the Everton Football Club was held on Monday night in

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The future of Everton Football Club

January 23, 1892 kjehan

January 23, 1892 Although there has been a temporary lull in the agitations caused by the “split” which took place a few months back between

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Everton F.C. waiting for Mr. John Houlding

September 29, 1891 kjehan

September 29, 1891 At the usual weekly meeting of the executive committee of the Everton Football Club, held Tuesday evening the promentous question of the

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Chancery Suit: Orrell v Orrell

August 9, 1870 kjehan

August 9, 1870 This suit, which came on for hearing yesterday, before Vice-Chancellor Wickens, at St. George’s hall, was instituted for the administration of the

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