1960-08-01 — Page 9

Ultimatum to English Football League Players Union wants action on pay claim before big kick-off

By ALBERT SEWELL

and The Professional Footballers Association,, shocked

angered by the Football League's failure to reach, any decision on their claims for higher pay and improved conditions want an answer before the start of the sea- son, now less than a month away.

It was, at a Grays, Essex, school prizegiving, at which he was guest of honour, that PFA chairman Jimmy Hill eagerly awaited news from last week's extraordinary meeting of the League clubs.

Soccer's most celebrated This is a bitter disappointment. School, I felt I had wrecked his -brand bristled as I told him the We bad hoped the League day. For the lot of the profes- League had announced nothing would use this meeting to make sional footballers, which he is about the players' claims ex- the charges that are so neces- constantly endeavouring to bet- cept the brief statement from sary. Now they appear to baye ter, had certainly not improved

at the meeting. president Mr Joe Richards: no such intention.

The Players' Union views were considered and it has been left In the hands of the manage- committee to continue ment negotiations."

Said Hill: "In other words, it seems, they have done nothing.

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Here is a problem by W. Martindale (Detroit Free Press, 1884), White to play and mate in two moves.

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"Our next move will be to go back to the Ministry of Labour conciliation officer. The whole matter of wage structure and players' contracts has got to be We have brought to a head been haggling for years and are no nearer a solution

"But we shall expect one before the start of the 1960-61 season—and that's only four weeks away.

"We'll take'

The League have authorised an increase in admission charges

by one third, but there

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"As for match fees, it is Iudicrous that for a game like Manchester United versus Real Madrid. felching probably' well over £10,000 at the gate, the fees for the United players total £33."

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When I told Hill that Mr Richards had remarked: "A little give and take on both sides could improve the situation," he gave a hollow laugh and an- Ewered: "Then let the League give-we're ready to take."

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A month ago Ministry of Labour conciliation officer, Tom Claro, "refereed" a two-and-a- half-hour battle of words. be- tween the League and the PFA.

These are the points which the players submitted. An end to the maximum wage! the percentage of granting of a iransfer fees as a right; an end to the League's "gagging" of players, allowing them freedom to write without club

censor

ship; longer contracts than the present yearly ones.

Sports Diary

TO-DAY Bowis

Liberation Shield: KBC v KC, 3 Pam.

Good Neighbour shield: USRC v FC. 3.30 p.m.

Friendly Match: HRPSA v Coc, 8 pm.

TO-MORROW Bowls

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MAIL: MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1960,

A harrow escape for Roy McLean during his magnificent knock of 109. in the South Africans' first innings against England in the Fourth Test match last week

He edged one off Brian Statham into the slips but the ball fell just short of first slip and wicketkeeper London Express photo.

CAPTAIN'S VIEWPOINT

Surrey are far from being finished

Just a year' or two back.

allow

certain cricket types kept asking me: "When are Surrey going to some other team a look in?" Now, those same people are osking: "What's wrong with Sur- ray?"

-Alec Bedser

Captain of Surrey, takes over the Monday morning spot to talk about cricket

Surrey became a great team because the various players responsible for the success all matured together. That inevit

we all grew older

together.

It seems they are never real-pbly meant But seriously, ly satisfied. there is nothing wrong. Surrey Demain a great club, whose cycles of fortune are typical of cricket.

Change? No!

Well, then, you may wonder, why did we not do more to encourage young players in our

As England find themseves on Octony Champiotip: Men's Open top of the world against Aus- singles fourth round matches patirults at one moment and down championship-winning days? I'll KDC KBGC, KCC, Recrels, HC in the dumps the next and vice PRC, HKCC.

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smooth.

If you don't, cricket is not worth playing

answer that with another ques Pecond round versa-so we in Surrey learntion: Do you change a winning matches at KFC, PRC, IBC to accept the rough with, the side?

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BRISTOL ROVERS 'PYRAMID PLAN FOR ENGLISH LEAGUE

By ARCHIE QUICK

The tug of war between the Football Association

and the Football League increages in tempo as the League prepare to stage their new Cup competition and the Association advocate an extension of International contests.

The League's Cup Innovation deep South meeting each other will surely lead to further, con- | with all the consequent heavy gestion. In an already over- travelling, and hotel expenses, crowded season; the Associa" and, thirdly, with so much at tion, In contrast; want a mid-atake, matches would become season break when the January- dog-fights and the standard. February Weather isat I would deteriorate," worst, So the... struggle for power goes on,

@En between the big 'warring. bodies are the clubs, the "owners” of the players: Half

dozen of them"Kaye Jelli

the -League's Cup.

moned

scheme because they prefer Friendlies with Continental ardaker, the

'While Mr' Áləri League Secretary, is saying that the Cup.competition will be *

financial godsend to some of

the smaller clubs as it un- doubtedly will clube tike Wol- verhampton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion, Spurs, Arsenal, Luston, and Sheffold Wednesday have spumed enter- *ing and Nottingham Forest have, entered as a one-year experim ment.

Cambridge men crack long

relay record

· From GILBERT HOARE Ten determined young run.

mers

from Cambridge University creafed a new record for the world's longest relay recently when they wound up their dramatic 850 miles non-stop run from John o'Great's to Land's End In 86 hours 26 minutes.

This clipped 39 minutes off the record time established by Beading Athletic Cab from Land's End to John O'Groat's earlier this year.

Question goes on So the seemingly, unanswer- able question "club or country first goes on. Mr Hardaker says the League system, peculiar to this country's conditions more than any other, is the bread and

Burning blind through fog butter, life blood and hard core of the game in Britain, Sr at drenching rain in the Scot Stanley Rous, pulling at the hand, battling geinst other end of the rope, insists berce head winds in the Mid- that only International com lands, there young athletes We are still good side, proud petition can raise the standard weltered in the sum as they ran the last long miles through in this country and bring of being Surrey, who in the co-prestige back to Britain's foot Sam and Devon. recent past had, perhaps, the ball. best county eleven of all time.

the last to complain that we are not at the top at the moment, I have had my share. But I am warning our rivals that Surrey are eager to get that pennant back one day soon."

We are still harder to beat than most, and our record this season would have been better but, for injuries..

Still, I'm not crumbling. I am enjoying the job of deputising for Peler May, who, happly, is starting to play again, but wisely not rushing back to big cricket 100) 9001.

More leisure

“Meanwhile, Bristol Rovers have come out with quite a good plan as a blueprint for football of the Futuro, Their "pyramid?" idea. is for a large number of clubs in the bottom divisions whittling down to eighteen in a premier league, the whole thing being based on rapid promotion and relegation, They also advocate four points at meie, two in each half, to speed

and make

Affer, dack they maintained their relentless challenge to the clock by chasing the flickering ght provided by a jaunty little. bubble car into Corail,

The team had to sght every- inch of the 356 miles. They know that ther, ware in with a sporting chance of amish- ing the record, but it was Wuch and go so they battled strong' Hond

Against the Winds

In a demperate effort to step mules or othe overt up use pace they decided on a for 90 minutes'

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all plan envisages a premier "Palaute series of two- division, two second divisions, man relays with termen

· With: championships no longer three third divisions, four taking part and splitting 80- of immediate concern (every fourth divisioon and five fifth mile distances to suit their own Burrey match used to be like a divisions to cover the entire finess. ORGA Test match) we can afford to country, with promotion and bring in youngsters at more relegation reaching out to as | leisure.

many as six or seven clubet, Rovers feel the inventive would Against Hampshire recently we make for better play, especially hed in cur side three second if the pay and bonuses of eleven "caps". Parsons, Gibson,

End Tinklall, and two lads not players were graded according aven capped for the seconds, 17 Storey and Long.

The tags as I see them are, fir and foremost, clubs now in As these youngsters pain ex- the top divisions would not perience, and with May. Bar-vote for a scheme which would rington, Stewart, Swetman, place their status in jeopardy, Edrich and others still young `men, surrey will again be pres- sing hard for the championship,

So the fight for the record really began to take shape, t

"When we got to Bodmin we knew we had it. All that rew mained was to see by how much," skipper Lee told me.

They nahed with a flourish, doing the last gruelling 20 miles in Ihr. 42min 20sec.,) running half-mile stages,

This was the team: D, W. Lee, D. M. Tamer, R. Robinson A Irwin, A. Cruttenden, J, Cum- Secondly, rapid promotion mingi, D.. Pilbeam, D. H. Bhon-- and relegation would result innan. Reserves: A. R. Brown, clubs in the tar North and the D. R. Barnard."

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