Wednesday, July 2 – 1952 Hugh Gerhardi, 19-year-old Durban centre half, will sail for England on July 11 to play professional football. He is expected
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The death of Henry Smith
February 28, 1945 Mr. Henry Smith, aged 77, of Whitehead Street, Blackburn, who died yesterday, claimed to be the first professional footballer in Blackburn. He
Dick Forshaw sentenced to 12 months’ hard labour
May 19, 1932 Dick Forshaw (36), of Canterbury Road, Kilburn, London, who formerly played professional football for the Liverpool and Everton Clubs, was sentenced to
The death of John Roscow
August 6, 1918 Mr. John S. Roscow, Bolton, one of the oldest of football legislators, died yesterday at the age of 77. He was one
Tom Watsons death: from a Newcastle point of view
May 6, 1915 We regret to announce the death of Mr. Tom Watson, the secretary of the Liverpool Football Club, which took place yesterday afternoon,
Professional football takes off in Belgium
Wednesday July 15 – 1914 In Belgium a professional Association team, under the name of the Garden City F.C., has been formed. As coach and
Liverpool and Everton bumped into each other in Kilmarnock
Friday, May 9 – 1913 Professional football has its queer side at times. One day this week the two secretaries of the Liverpool clubs, Messrs.
William McOwen becomes a dentist
Friday, June 1 – 1894 William McOwen, the goalkeeper of the Liverpool Football Club during the last two seasons, and before that custodian for Darwen
Professional football will not collapse
September 30, 1893 The article on “Football Professionals” in Monday’s Times testifies to the growing interest of the public in football, although it will hardly
Professional football heading for crisis
September 26, 1893 There are signs in the football world of a crisis. It is, of course, a pecuniary crisis, and equally of course, the
A big salary for Andrew Hannah
May 19, 1892 One of the results of the refusal to grant professionalism in Scotland will be, it is said, the departure of several noted
New amateur club: the Liverpool Caledonians
August 31, 1891 The season now opening will mark the establishment of a first-class amateur club – the Liverpool Caledonians. It is a heroic departure
The birth of Sheffield United Football Club
Friday, March 22 – 1889 At a meeting of the Sheffield United Cricket Club held last evening, an important decision was arrived at. It was
"Play Up, Liverpool" 
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