ON THE BALL
with Bill Slater
THE CHINA MAIE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1960.
'NEW DEAL' WILL MEAN FEWER
London,
Whatever emerges from the long, complex efforts to gain a "New Deal" for professional footballers, one unfor tunate outcome seems likely: some full-time professionals will be
TOP JOBS
Small clubs must take
more part-timers
310%-
forced to leave the League of the South, will have
16 he abandoneil. game.
The small clubs have Dismissals seem inevitable culty in kerping a second team And some of the an industry is re-in operation, when organised to improve its clubs have trouble maintaln
efficiency. And it is the same with professional soccer. Some clubs will have to prune their staff.
Cut down staff The tragedy that so m clubs have been allowed t deeper and deeper into such unholthy
per Wien. Apanelo Now the time is approaching when they must put their houses sl in order. The example Bristol City, who have deelded
i
in thizel trams.
Fulbom an
thebea, for example, have saved comiderable money this season by abandoning their third teams. Yet I am opposed to the that all Brkish Buzzestion
whoalel
tho follow claba example of Real Madrid by streamlining their playing staff and doing away with all reserve-team football,
is all very well for Real who have aboul 25 Madrid,
keep them professionals and in trims with 60-70 matches a "championship, cup season in
to quit the Potball Combi-piendlies. But they have
tion and reduce their playing sto, 1 rhaps a sign of thigh
to come.
One manager has said that If the new League proposals are accepted: "I can see hun- dreds of players getting the Back
in a ruthless economic, purge." But 1 do not belleve
been able to search the world for their talent.
A
A sound policy
have
to fil into a pattern of play when they step into the Arsi team.
Financially, too, this can be srunt polley. George Swindin of Arsenal, for example, is one Lordon manager who has re- solved to keep his club's third tean golug despite Chelsea onl Fulham disbanding theirs.
He argues that the team has cnly to produce one senior ten player in two years to justify
few got away with spending a hours at the club and then j dasfitng away to do other Jobs nr lying about in their gleam- ing, high-powered cars."
Now my ear is not high- never powered, and it certainly gleams. But, in principle, I agree with what Seymour - far as First and Second Divi- sion football la concerned. Below that level. I feel there is very much to be sald In favour of i part-timers.
Some boys dream of big- time football and jump at the ↑ Aral chance of signing on as professionals, only to have when second thoughts later they see no real hope of be- coming star players.
A second trade
Ha player has no hope of making the top grade, I feel h
the expense of about £10,000 would be wise always to have and not rely year. And who can say that ho ja cond trade
is wrong when the third tacolely on his footballing atil ty has produced such new stars as for his livelihood. John Snedden and Geoff Strong!
the
see
Except in rare circumstances,
I do not believe that a player. More part-timers
can give his best to a top club What has all this to do with t he is only a part-timer. The worker future
nine-to-Ave cuis in playing ordinary staff Shuply that I think reeds to cut in at least thres many small clubs will be un- evenings a week with his club, wise to forget reserve-team rkl even then is doult for football altogether and main him to acquire the very high tain a start of only about 18. standard of fitness required. It I have already sold this sea- İs úlmost Impossible for him to son that I think there are too take part sufficiently in group many full-time professionals
Intraining- I would like to the game.
My
position own
13 *x- far more part-timers playing In
ceptional. As a university luc- the lower divisions. This way, turer, I am extremely fortunale to work where there are Arst- the game does not have to lose
faciles anything like the "hundreds of class
fur private players" that others feel it must. training and to have a job which Stan Seymour, the Newcastle leaves me with fairly long Long ago, it became evident
has recently | vacationa. Unked director. that clubs would have to pruve
sold: "If We are LO uplift In almost any other job out- their plaving staff. Heserve
their status..... playera mustside football, I think I would team football has been a great
the club from Jower be prepared to give full-time have found it difficult to make drain on club expenditure, often
That a success of part-time pro- service to their clubs. trams to the tune of £10,000 a year.
of fessionalism in 5 club like the abolition and already there is a
team work. I could mena stroni
The accent is on
Wolves. the prasibility that Foolball and with this polley, Molineux part-time, footballers.
"It will mean players cannot (All rights reserved) Combination, Premier Reserve players are already conditioned i
it has to be qulle as serious as that.
Four D. Jones
BY MADDOCKS
fow British clubs been able to buy success, but many have found it more pro- table and healthier to develop their own stars. No club in recent years has done this with than Wolves. Greater success who rely Very much on methods cr· play established
pressure and on competitive within
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