Friday, September 8 – 1939 Mr. S.F. Rous, secretary of the English Football Association, said last night: “Friendly matches at which it is not anticipated
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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,
Organised football in abeyance
Wednesday, September 6 – 1939 Contracts between clubs and professionals suspended. The English Football League and the Scottish Football Association held separate meetings yesterday and
Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C. discus position
Tuesday, September 5 – 1939 The directors of Liverpool and Everton football clubs met as usual last night –with the item “team selection” missing from
Players’ Union meeting
Saturday, August 19 – 1939 The annual general meeting of the Association Football Players’ and Trainers’ Union will be held in Manchester on Monday. The
Liverpool F.C. in the territorial army
Tuesday, July 18 – 1939 Liverpool F.C. players, who recently joined the Territorial Army in a body in answer to the Joint War Office and
Players to wear numbers on their jerseys
Saturday, July 1 – 1939 The Football League announce that the method of numbering footballers will be uniform in the Cup and League matches next
Willie Fagan suspended and fined
Monday, April 17 – 1939 The FA Disciplinary Committee have suspended Willie Fagan, of Liverpool F.C., for 14 days from today, and fined him £5.
Charles Hewitt censured by the FA
Tuesday, March 7 – 1939 Mr. Charles Hewitt, the Millwall F.C. manager, has been severely censured by the Football Association. This announcement was made to-day
F.A. Commission over a knee injury
March 9, 1938 A Football Association Commission at the Midland Hotel, Derby, this afternoon, inquired into incidents in the F.A. Cup fourth round replay between
Crystal Palace demands an apology
Wednesday, March 2 – 1938 An echo of the Crystal Palace v. Liverpool FA Cup tie at Selhurst Park on January 8 is contained in
Female football secretary? Not for the Lancashire FA
December 14, 1937 “The position is intolerable,” said Mr. Charles Sutcliffe, president of Lancashire Football Association, yesterday, referring to the Football Association’s decision that women
Death of Arthur Kingscott
June 19, 1937 Death of Long Eaton ex-referee. Famous football personality. Mr. Arthur Kingscott, of Nether Field, New Sawley, Long Eaton, former treasurer to the
Back in training and new tip-up seats
August 12, 1935 On the other hand, football is coming on us with rare leap. I saw the Liverpool footballers at a filming “shoot,” and
Arsenal’s action is unsporting and unheard of in the history of the game
April 11, 1934 “Arsenal’s action is unsporting and unheard of in the history of the game.” This statement was made by Mr. George Patterson, the
Arsenal wants game postponed
April 10, 1934 Following the announcement yesterday of the England team to meet Scotland, Arsenal sent the following telegram to the headquarters of the Football
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,
English trial match at Anfield
March 3, 1930 Meeting at the new headquarters of the Football Association, yesterday, the International Selection Committee chose the teams for the international trial match,
International football – football boots rules
Wednesday, June 12 – 1929 A project which will serve as a basis to discuss a future agreement for the FA, Scottish FA, and Welsh
Everton Football Club’s 50 years jubilee celebrations
April 24, 1929 Historic Gathering of 600 at the Philharmonic Hall Great Record of a Pioneer Club Old Players Listen to their Feats in the
The death of Dr James Baxter
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
John McKenna: A life-time in football
November 21, 1927 There are men in football today who have spent a life-time in the game – forty, fifty years of more. It is
Arsenal the first team to play with a white football
August 5, 1927 The Arsenal Football Club’s experiment of playing their trial game on August 20 with a ball painted white is not, in the
English Trial Teams
January 31, 1927 The Football Association Selection Committee yesterday selected the following teams to play in the international trial match at Bolton next Monday: –
Meeting of the Football Association (March 8, 1926)
March 8, 1926 At a meeting of the F.A. selection committee, to-day, the following team was chosen to represent the Football Association against the Northern
"Play Up, Liverpool" 
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