May 6, 1901 In fulfilling their League programme Liverpool have had the assistance of only eighteen and Sunderland of sixteen players – facts which will
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Football League meeting (June 30, 1900)
June 30, 1900 On Saturday, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester, a meeting of the Management Committee of the Football League was held under the presidency
An evil side of professional football
Saturday, April 29 – 1899 One of the worst institutions in professional football is the bonus paid to players for winning matches. It commenced in
Liverpool the opening act at Sunderland’s Roker Park
September 8, 1898 The formal opening of the Wearsiders’ splendid ground could scarcely have been fixed at a more opportune time, following as it does
Action against the Heart of Midlothian Football Club
Tuesday, May 31 – 1898 The record has been closed by Sheriff Maconochie in the Edinburgh Sheriff Court in an action by Robert Gray, sawyer,
Football League: The annual meeting of 1898
May 20, 1898 The annual meeting of the English Football League was held at the Old Boar Hotel, Manchester, yesterday. The report showed that financially
Hearts duo transferred to Liverpool
Thursday, March 31 – 1898 For some time rumour has been busy with the probable transference of John Walker and Thomas Robertson, the Hearts’ left
Football forecasts
Friday, February 4 – 1898 * Jack Bell, of Everton, has a salary of £7 per week. * Alf Milward, on signing for New Brighton,
A Players’ Union is born in Liverpool
December 28, 1897 At a meeting of leading football professionals in Liverpool, presided over by John Bell, the well-known Everton forward, at which representatives of
Willie Michael transferred to Liverpool
April 30, 1897 It is understood that a great fight took place last night for the signature of Willie Michael. The Liverpool club were stated
The best paid reserve-player at £4 a week
November 5, 1896 The Liverpudlians have opened their eyes at last to the fact that Robert Neill and Willie Michael are able to perform in
Football fever in Liverpool
Saturday, September 19 – 1896 The fact that Mr. Tom Watson has accepted the secretaryship of the Liverpool club – at a salary of £300
Season preview 1896-97: Liverpool F.C. (Lancashire Evening Post)
August 29, 1896 With the admission to the First Division of the League, the Liverpool club have taken a new lease of life. The ground
The great English clubs 1896-7
August 25, 1896 All the leading Association teams are now in practice for the opening of the season of 1896-7, which will be inaugurated in
Aston Villa and the almighty dollar
December 30, 1893 Aston Villa have evidently a strong belief in the power of the “almighty dollar.” At all events, they seldom refuse to throw
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
Daniel Kirkwood’s benefit at Anfield
March 23, 1893 Followers of football are again reminded that this evening Bootle and Liverpool play a match at Anfield Road for the benefit of
A lunch gone wrong
January 5, 1893 At the Liverpool Court of Passage, sitting in St. George’s Hall, yesterday, Mr. T.H. Baylis, Q.C., assessor and a special jury, heard
Everton outsmarted by Liverpool
November 5, 1892 The Everton officials are at their wits’ end, but they are “cabined, cribbed, confined” by the £10 bonus, and wistfully look on
£35 down and £2 a week for Joe McQue
September 3, 1892 Joe McQue, the crack centre half-back of the Campsie club, has just departed for Liverpool, to fill a place in the new
Malcolm Sutherland transferred to Darwen
August 1, 1892 The St. Bernard’s bad luck once more is in evidence. Malcolm Sutherland, one of their best forwards of last season, has signed
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
Andrew Hannah signed on a big salary
May 16, 1892 Liverpool have signed a contract with Andrew Hannah, the Renton captain. Hannah was paid £150 down and a salary of £5 per
Alfred Shelton heading for Anfield?
May 4, 1892 Notts Incorporated F.C. are, it is said, to lose the services of Alfred Shelton, the international left half back, who has accepted
Ned Doig heads for Sunderland
Friday, September 19 – 1890 On Friday morning last Mr. J.E. Doig (Ned Doig), the late goalkeeper of the Arbroath F.C., left Arbroath for Sunderland,
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