March 26, 1958 Everton Vice-Chairman. Brief illness. The death took place at Liverpool Royal infirmary today of Mr. T.C. Nuttall vice-chairman of Everton F.C., after a brief illness. He was 67 years of age. The news was a great shock to Mr. Nuttall’s many friends for he only […]
Tuesday, August 2 – 1955 Mr. McInnes becomes secretary and Bill Liddell captain Liverpool F.C. directors, holding their first meeting of the new season last night, appointed Mr. James McInnes as secretary in succession to the late Mr. J.C. Rouse, chose Billy Liddell as captain, and re-elected Messrs. […]
Monday, April 16 – 1945 The Management Committee of the Football League have sanctioned benefit for 16 players. They are: Bill Kinghorn, Jimmy McInnes, Berry Nieuwenhuys, John Shafto (Liverpool); Gordon, Alex Hastings, Haywood, Alex Lockie, Johnny Spuhler, Cliff Whitelum (Sunderland); Dennis Jennings, Morris (Birmingham); R. Lewis (Watford); and […]
June 20, 1944 The fact that the Football League Management Committee has decided there shall be no material change in the 1944-45 programme as compared with that of last season, clarifies the work of Secretary Mr. Fred Howarth, and it should not be long before the fixtures for […]
June 14, 1944 Important football meetings will be held in Blackpool this weekend. On Friday there will be a meeting of the League Post-War Planning Committee, followed on Saturday by a meeting of the Football League Management Committee. At the Saturday’s meeting the Committee will decide the shape […]
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 30, 1942 Next season’s possible snags. Will Harrop tops poll. The most important decision made at the Football League’s annual meeting, which may have far-reaching effects on the game for years to come, was the acceptance of the Management Committee’s proposal to set up a special sub-committee […]
Wednesday, July 9 – 1941 Mr. Will Harrop has resigned from the position of chairman of Liverpool Football Club. The directors meet tomorrow to elect his successor. Mr. Harrop has resigned because of pressure of private business and because of his election to the Management Committee 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 […]
Monday, June 9 – 1941 Mr. William Cuff, Everton, was re-elected president of the management committee at the Football League annual meeting, today, in Nottingham. Mr. A. Brook Hirst, Huddersfield, was appointed senior vice-president, and Mr. A.H. Oakley, Northampton, junior vice-president. Two vacancies were filled by Mr. Will […]
Monday, August 12 – 1940 Clubs have been fixture-making during the past few days and the Football League Management Committee considered the fixture proposals at their meeting today. As I foreshadowed Liverpool will, with League sanction, open the season here with a match at Anfield against Preston North […]
Tuesday, February 6 – 1940 The Football League Management Committee have arranged to hold their next meeting in London on March 4 – and it should prove the most important gathering since was started. I have little doubt that by then the League will have received numerous schemes […]
October 2, 1939 Eighty-two English Football League clubs are to take part in the Regional competition, and the Management Committee at Crewe today divided the country into eight sections as follows: – North-East 11 clubs; North-West 12 clubs; East Midlands 11 clubs; Western 12 clubs; Midland eight clubs; […]
September 12, 1939 Two important meetings. A meeting of the Management Committee of the Football League will take place at Preston on Thursday and the Football Association will meet next Monday. In order to facilitate matters the members of the League Management Committee have appointed their Lancashire representatives […]
Wednesday, September 6 – 1939 Contracts between clubs and professionals suspended. The English Football League and the Scottish Football Association held separate meetings yesterday and both decided that all contracts between clubs and their professionals shall be suspended. Thus, all organised football remains in abeyance. The Football League […]
Friday, September 1 – 1939 Twenty of the Liverpool players joined their Territorial battalion yesterday, but the players will be available to oppose Chelsea to-morrow at Anfield. The commanding officer has granted the men leave to play, but of course future movements depend on the international situation. As […]
Monday, August 21 – 1939 Delegates at the annual general meetings of the Association Football Players’ and Trainers’ Union, held at Manchester yesterday, considered the Football League’s inability to agree to suggestions put forward by the Union for improved wages and benefits for players. These requests include: – […]
May 26, 1939 The Football League balance sheet shows a profit of £18 3s. 11d. on the year, bringing the amount in Profit and Loss Account to £10,577 2s. 7d. There was an increase in the amount received as share of percentage of net takings from £2,885 in […]
May 2, 1939 The nominations for elections to the Football League Management Committee, on June 5th, closed to-day. There are 14 candidates for five seats, as follows: – Messrs. T.A. Bancroft (Blackpool), J.J. Edwards (Arsenal), G.P. Rutherford (Newcastle United), retiring members: J. Broughton (Aston Villa), W.J. Cearns (West […]
Saturday, June 6 – 1936 Mr. John McKenna, present of the Football League from 1910, and who died last March, left £11,182. Bequests include £1,000 to the West Lancashire Alpass Benevolent Institution to found a John McKenna annuity to be associated with the Liverpool Sincerity Lodge of Freemasons, […]
Wednesday, April 11 – 1934 “Arsenal’s action is unsporting and unheard of in the history of the game.” This statement was made by Mr. G. Patterson, the Liverpool F.C. manager, yesterday, regarding the attempt made by the Arsenal to hold up their League match at Liverpool on Saturday […]
Friday, May 15 – 1931 At a meeting of the Management Committee of the Football League at Liverpool yesterday it was reported that Henry Horsfall, who played as an amateur for Stockport County last season, had signed professional forms for Liverpool on May 5, and had also signed […]
Saturday, May 31 – 1930 The Management Committee of the Football League, met in London on Saturday under the presidency of Mr. John McKenna. Benefit were sanctioned for Tom Bromilow (Liverpool). Accrued share of benefit was granted to: Albert Shears (Liverpool). (Hull Daily Mail, 02-06-1930)
June 29, 1929 Transfer fees and benefits. Wednesday to Sheffield Wednesday. Mr. John McKenna, the President, presiding over a meeting of the Management Committee of the Football League, held at the Queen’s Highcliffe Hotel, Margate, this morning. Mr. H. Keys, the vice-president, was unfortunately absent through indisposition. Free […]
January 27, 1928 Dr James Baxter, one of the founders of Everton Football Club, and a director from 1890, died at Liverpool yesterday, at the age of 69. Dr. Baxter was for many years a member of the council of the Football Association and League Management Committee. (Western […]
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