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Portrait of Arthur Berry
Saturday, February 15 – 1908 The portrait we present this week is that of Mr. Arthur Berry, son of Mr. Edwin Berry, Chairman of the Liverpool Football Club, and our reason for so doing is that he has...
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Sam Hardy selected for England duty
Monday, March 30 – 1908 A meeting of the Scottish Football Association was held in Glasgow last night, when the following team was selected to represent Scotland against England at New Hampden Park,...
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The finances of the football clubs
Wednesday, July 27 – 1910 The following figures relating to the finances of the leading Association clubs last year are taken from the “Sheffield Telegraph Football Guide,” published yesterday: - LOSS...
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The F.A. tour of South Africa in 1910
Wednesday, August 3 – 1910 With the conclusion of the third Test match between England and South Africa, played at Cape Town, the official programme of the Football Association team in South Africa is...
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One of the “bobbers” at Liverpool
Monday, August 8 – 1938 Now for the week-ends fairy tale; and it happens to be true. It’s about Jimmy Hanley, coloured Liverpool lad. Jimmy used to play for Skelmersdale, in the Liverpool County...
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Liverpool signs the England captain
Tuesday, December 4 – 1934 The departure of Tommy Cooper to Liverpool which was announced in last night’s “Telegraph,” has been received with mixed feelings by Derby County supporters, but I am certain...
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Liverpool relegation has sad sequel
Monday, April 19 – 1954 A sad postscript to Liverpool’s departure from the First Division after forty-nine years was the announcement yesterday of the death of my old friend George Kay, their former...
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Albert Stubbins to coach New York F.C.
Friday, April 22 – 1960 A squad of First Division starlets will be loaned to the New York Football Club next month to play in the glamorous international tournament there this summer. Fourteen...
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Sam Hardy and Arthur Berry for England
Monday, February 1 – 1909 The International Selection Committee of the English Association met this afternoon and chose the following to represent England in the match with Ireland at Park Avenue,...
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Good morning, Chelsea F.C.
Saturday, May 6 – 1905 The prospectus of the Chelsea Football and Athletic Company, Limited, has been published, and the capital is £5,000, in shares of £1 each. A stand, capable of accommodating...
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Consider it Cyril Done
Saturday, September 2 – 1939 Three games at centre-forward … then right into First Division football. This is the strange experience of Cyril Done, eighteen-year-old Liverpool player who to-day leads...
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James Miller should do well at Anfield
Monday, March 13 – 1933 The transfer of James Miller, Brechin City’s goalkeeper to Liverpool, was not surprising. The Merseyside club have had their eyes on the ex-Glasgow Perthshire man for some weeks...
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South Shields away awaits in the FA Cup
Monday, December 22 – 1919 The following is the draw in the first round of the English Cup, to be played on the ground of the first-named club, the kick-off to be at 2.30 p.m., on 10th January next: -...
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Consider it Cyril Done
Saturday, September 2 – 1939 Three games at centre-forward … then right into First Division football. This is the strange experience of Cyril Done, eighteen-year-old Liverpool player who to-day leads...
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Portrait of Arthur Berry
Saturday, February 15 – 1908 The portrait we present this week is that of Mr. Arthur Berry, son of Mr. Edwin Berry, Chairman of the Liverpool Football Club, and our reason for so doing is that he has...
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Rudham fancies Liverpool
Wednesday, September 29 – 1954 South African goalkeeper Doug Rudham – he toured Britain last season – intends to fly here on October 16 to sign for a League side. He turned down a Chelsea offer to turn...
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Pte. Yeats wanted
Tuesday, June 13 – 1961 Yeovil 1421 – hone number of an Army camp in Somerset – will buzz with £30,000 Soccer talk this week. Subject: Ron Yeats, R.A.S.C. private and giant centre-half of Scottish...
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Brave battle with just 9 men
Whit Monday, June 2 – 1941 Match: North Regional League, at Goodison Park Everton – Liverpool 3-1 (0-1) Attendance: 3,000 The Liverpool Eleven: Hobson; Seddon, Lambert; Kaye, Cook, Spicer; Liddell,...
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Liverpool fall at Stamford Bridge
Monday, March 23 – 1953 Match: Football League, 1st Division, at Stamford Bridge, kick off: 15:00. Chelsea – Liverpool 3-0 (1-0). Attendance: 40,000. Chelsea (2-3-5): Chick Thomson; John Harris, Stan...
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Then there were nine
Thursday, August 31 – 1939 Twenty Liverpool players yesterday changed soccer clothes for uniforms, paraded as Territorials in the 9th King’s Regiment, Liverpool (K.L.R.), and unless the international...
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