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STAN CULLIS says.
The introduction of star foreign players would be a shot in the arm for English Soccer,
There might be objections from the Football Association and certainly from the Ministry of Labour, who would rofusa work permits for Im- ported players.
Signings could not be made without altoring the League wage structure. Top playors would not come here for £20 a wook.
But the public would appreciate foreign_stars— just as they appreciate foreign entertainers.?
And now-hara is the weekly Cullis Column.
WE ARE 7 YEARS
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1960.
The big names-Rous, Cullis, Busby, Walker, Mercer point a way back ENGLISH SOCCER UNDER FIRE Bring in foreign stars and blow the commencing April 1st
expense says Desmond Hackett
English football has been exposed finally
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and completely Europe.
as
NEW SERVICE TO TOKYO VIA
the worst in.
Destroyers must go
BEHIND the TIMES This is a Soccer scandal in a country which
Well, Wolves are out of the European Cup-beaten by a truly great Barcelona team. And once again.come the inquests on British Specer.
It is so painfully obvious vzo are behind the mes. P many People must be bewildering that Wolves playing as hard as they possibly could and lucking absolutely nothing in spirit and endeavour, shoud be Do out- played. But there are mauny lessons to be learned.
Most stalking feature of Bar- celona's play, apart from ball will, was the superb prisional sense of so many of their players. No amount of eaching and training would give players the highly developed positional sense.
la Britain we have to mould tacles ru
Our training and
the material available
If players cannot show instine-
tive positional sense. you will
cote them only
level.
to a certain
My argument
Anything
achieved beyond
thest level depends (17 the players themativa.
And that, of course, brings me back to my oft-repentext argu- ment that we must "watch them
⚫yong.
Catch 'em
younger
By BILLY WALKER
**!! willek be interesting to thiɑnager of Nottingham Forest,
ut it the boyhour! pursults of
the present Barcelona player. 1
in an interview)
at convinced their current ball W badly need the stimulus
skill can be traced back to the long hours, of practice they had when they were 10 years of
WHY.
of
Britain,
new
personalities
Our present closed shop IN in- merely a shield for the
efficient, and it is quite wrong to think that our out-of-date system has any hope of achiev ing the success of the top Southy American ind Continental Wy clubx TOO
In this way they gained an early mastery of the surt of fundamental skills which འ།: And ourselves having to drum into players at the age of 17 or 18
IN OTHER WORDS, ARE SEVEN YEARS LATE.
---(London Expretz Service).
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
177863
Here Is a position from actual play: Back to move and gain material
London Express Service,
As well as 20 «free enu's
at capable overseas conches and players there must be a chance) for Football League clubg have charge of youngsters from The age of 10 and 11.
to
Our only way back Is through the youngsters.
Spalding merger
London, Mar, 17,
of
in
A. G. Spalding and Bros, ok: Massachusetts, U.S.A., has re- Required the share enpital A, G. Spalding and Bros, Britain and Australia, thus making Spalding the largest sporting goods manufacturer in
Today.
world, it was announced
There will be no change of management of the company in | Britain.—Ittuler,
Nominate YOUR
HONGKONG FOOTBALLER
OF THE YEAR
Members of the public are invited to nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the Year for the current
season.
It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and numination coupons will be accepted until the closing date to be announced later.
arc:
The two qualifications for nomination
·(1) Footballing prowess.
(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play,
Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.
To the Editor, China Mail.
My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into account his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the Beld of play, is:
of the
(Signed)
(NOTE:
than once le this pollį.. No person is allowed to vote more
Club,
far outstrips the Confinent in:-
1. Number of professional footballers. 2. The number of professional clubs. 3. The number of people paying to watch
Soccer, 4. The number of people playing the game professionally
da ninateurs every week.
Through, too many weary seasons millions of fans have watched the Soccer stump which ended with the humillation of the Wolves by Barcelona.
They bitterly resent seeing England's national and club teams reduced to the status of slow-thinking yokels in the world of big-time football.
THE REMEDIES
The remedies must be rourageous and ruthless. Here are the peints which must be underlined URGENT and IMMEDIATE, Import into the country supermen of Soccer, like the Spanlards, and hope our players will be inspired by the genius of men who make Soccer a thing of grace and - simplicity.
Bring in trainers and couches whose systems are producing the tears which bring with cultured ease humiliation to almost every, English team they oppose,
Send our trainers abroad to learn methods that are stream-
lined to 1960 conditions instead of remaining shackled to systems as old as Soccer sell.
Move down the international social scale of Soccer and bring in the less illustrious leans of Spain, Italy, Hungary, and
Rusta and find out who we can beat,
Slash the ddling clubs who clutter up the unwieldly Fourth Division. Make the clubs fight for their League. life by a scheme of four up and four down each season.
Give the players more incentive with a bigger bonus for a win, treble talent money for those teams who All the top 11 placus in the Leagues.
These fabulous foreigners are the rich merchants of their craft. They would be expensive, But the fans would willingly pay more money to see the linest football.
Our players lack DISCIPLINE!
By SIR STANLEY ROUS (Secretary of the FA, tu an interview)
Until we bring our trainers
and training methods up
to date we will continue to be exposed as artisans | altempting to oppose artists,
The modern Continent La
the
1
Trainer on
almost DOW doctor, 3 mah skilled in anatomy and psychology, well as the finer points of his
We must produce them in England.
We must show more imagina- tion in training, create belter more extensive, more exciting facilities for indoor training.
The foreigners tell Us We have the material but we do not develop into the scholarship class.
Remember, though, that these oversus players were not de-
They veloped into stars,
arc natural masters,
But the subsequent rewards were so great they rigorously. set about seeking to improve | their skills and their fitness.
They are aware of their re- words and are equally aware that should they fail to main- lain their superb excellence the rich living will very quick- ly vanish.
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Consequently they are much more dedicated than our own players. They discipline themselves to a pitch whare they are so much more physical- ly and mentally alert than the English League men.
The period of recovery will demand patience and sucrifices. It cannot be done overnight.
WE NEED SCHOOL
By JOE MERCER (Manager of Aston Villa, in an Interview.)
ET us have a special Secter
school here in Britain.
In this school, youngsters of could football
outstanding promine
specluse In learning skills alongside their eneral education.
The entrance examination should be along the lines of w football scholarship, and then the lads need mily find their board or even be given a grant to cover this.
Many people might dismiss the idea tus impracticable.
But why?
We have ballet schools and maste schools-60 why not one for Soccer7
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By MATT BUSBY (Manager of Manchester United, In an interview)
have im- THE Continentals
proved out of all recogn!- beenuse they are always thinking creatively.
ton
Too
We, on the other hand, tend to think destructively, much of our football is spoiling football,
We think more of not Insing than winning, and this lies in with what I have said before on the maximum, wage.
At the moment there is too Hitle Incentive in this country for any player to improve hin- self.
firs! £30
Once he tras made the team he is signed on for
and £17 a weak in the summer and knows further rewards are limited.
com-
British teams cannot pete with the Real Madrid, si the Soccer world unless we have the same rules-no maxi- on in- mum wage and no ban porting stars.
THE WORLD HAS SO YOU WANT SECOND-HAND 'W' OR 'H]{GONE STARKERS-
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INDEED ME LITTLE BEST, BUT
I SHALL WANT A
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BOOM
JEEPERS
DANGER
BLASTING
BRICK BRADFORD
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