THE FOOTBALL TRANSFER BUGBEAR
PLAYERS UPSET BY IDLE RUMOUR
M'PHAIL'S MOVE WAS UNEXPECTED ONE CELTIC AND MCGRORY
(By AN OLD HAND)
Glasgow.
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ARSENAL FIRST DEFEAT
EVERTON SHOW REVIVAL
London, To-day.
The following are the results of League football matches played terday
SY FIRST DIVISION Chelsea
Everton
4 Leeds
Manchester
Huddersfield 2 Arsenal
Middlesbro
Portsmouth
↑ Birmingham 1 Liverpool
Sunderland 1 Leicester City
SECOND DIVISION
FROM the days when professionalism in "soccer" football was legalised the public have been "treated" to tales of transfer scheming and accom-IZATI plishment. Hundreds of football managers and agents have written their "life stories", and in mation about rumoured transfers. Manchester U. 2 Coventry most cases the bulk of the story concerns transfers. You know I never discuss transfer Plymouth To-day, when a young player shows marked ability You have no right to probe into the paragraphists pounce on him as a probable what after all early departure from Scottish football, and, des- ness as well as a sport.. pite heated denials by the player's manager or club chairman, the suggestions continue, sometimes for
years.
matters until they are completed
our business. Don't forget that football is a busi-
H.K. FOOTBALL COUNCIL MEETING
Swindon
2 Blackburn THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Bristol City 3 Watford Crystal P. Mansfield Notts C Reading Southend Torquay
3 Walsall
Exeter
3 Aldershot
Brighton
0 Cardiff
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
A Council meeting of the Hong Chester
1 Carlisle
2 Port Vale
In many cases the rumours prove to be correct, even though the actual transfer is not made for a long time after the first para- Kong Football Association will be Gateshead graphy appeared There were rumours of the departure of En-held in the Association rooms in New Brighton 4 Crewe glish several years before he left Rangers: The name of Napier Gloucester Building at 5.30 pm on (Celtic) was linked with a dozen English clubs before he crossed the September 20, Copies of the border. Blair (Clyde) would have been in England five instead of amended rules will be circulated to Aberdeen
all Clubs within the next few days. two years ago if the rumours had been well founded.
M'Phail, when with Airdrieo-in many cases to $650 after five nians, was destined for Everton, years and in many others to at least
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
FIRST DIVISION-
Third Lanark
-Reuter
for Chelsea, for Portsmouth, for £400. In Scotland, only one or two FOOTBALL FORM GUIDE
Barrhead
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HHHON –
Arsenal, for Aston Villa, and for clubs can afford even to guarantee half-a-dozen clubs. Not one of £100 to a player who gives five or
A comprehensive guide to the form of all clubs in the First the rumour-writers, however, more years service. Most football connected the
man directors and managers will say, in Division of the Scottish League will be found in the appended table. Yet those most confidence, of course, "I don't blame To assist in comparing the teams, details of how they have fared with Rangers. intimate with MPhail knew that the player for looking for better in their previous matches are given.
The letters W, 1 and D. indicates matches won, lost and his heart was at Ibrox, and that terms. I'd do the same myself." The
Games played at home are indicated in he had determined not to be clubs, however, have their own drawn, respectively.
interests to look after, and few are capital letters, while away games are denoted by ordinary type. transferred to any other club.
willing to release an attractive The figures in brackets denote the position held by that team at the players who is a drawing asset, un conclusion of last season, an asterisk denotes that the team has til financial difficulties compel them been promoted. to do so.
JIMMY M'GRORY
Dundee (9) wWWwW. Motherwell (11) IWWwW. Rangers (1) wdwDd Celtic (3) WWDIW Hearts (5) WdwW1 • "Falkirk (7) DWL-W
Lanark (6) WDWIW St Mirren (16) IWDdw Aberdeen (2) IWI
Ayr IWWID Kilmarnock WWd
Over a period of seven or eight years, Manager Maley, Celtic, has had to deny that James M'Grory I believe a good deal of the trou- was on the point of leaving Park-ble connected with transfer rum- head. I myself once asked Mr. Jours is due to statements made by Maley about a report I had received officials themselves. When a fav- from Liverpool to the effect that ourite player is transferred the M Grory would be signed by Ever-supporters of the club wax indign. ton are a couple of days passed. ant. whether they know about the "I'm tired of denying that story" state of the club's finances or not. said, the Celtic manager. “And There have even been boycotts of more, I'm getting thoroughly annoy-clubs following the transfer of ed by sports writers ringing up to players. ask the same question. These rum- ours, though denied day after day, bad still persist, and they have a effect on the management, on the player himself and on the playe colleagues. I wish there could be some way to put an end to it."
MISLEADING STATEMENTS
Partick (13) FWWID" St. Johnstone (12) Wid Hamilton (8) LHWI Queen O'S (18) DddLi Queen's PR (15) Divi But the indignation in many in- Arbroath (14) Lilwd
Clyde (10) DH stances is caused largely by mis-
Hibernian (17) JOLID leading statements before the trans-Morton HULI ....... fer takes picae. For example, a paragraph appears that conveys In recent weeks, two leading the information that a big Eng- players have been named as the lish club are after a Scottish star, next to cross the border. They and that a deal may be expected are Mills, Aberdeen, and M'Menemy, Motherwell. There can be no doubt that the players are willing to go to England if satis- factory terms can be arranged.
dozen
But if must be remembered tha there are probably not players in Scotland who
any day. When questioned about the paragraph, the club manager
Not a word of truth in it. I wish I could get hold of the man who starts these stories. You have authority to say that we have my authority to say that we have not the least intention of
quite readily go to England for any other year. Then, within a sensible person will quarrel with few day or weeks the official an- the player who seeks to better his ncement is made that the play- position. The average rage of er has been signed by the footballer in Scotland is just abouttenb
half of that to be obtained in Eng-
and
ggest that club should not mist
GOOD BENEFITS IN ENGLAND in that way. One
and a good player ager friend of mine netf sum amounting me when I appro
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