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THE CHINA MAIL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1961.

BRITAIN MUST MEET THE CONTINENTAL CHALLENGE

And that means playing fewer League matches

own

Clubs of the Football League have just

begun the first round of their knock-out competition. My own club, Wolves, along with nine others, will be conspicuous by their obsense.

Why? I cannot speak for the other clubs, but at Molineux our main argument is we don't believe this is a step in the right direction to publicise the game. Certain- ly there is no evidence that it is raising playing standards in the country.

to the Cup. wet opposed

Appreciate that it bas of considerable Valve to Wine ning of club fixture, but, been the dust, I feel we turne KRE

Qubs which stra! should be looking touch desperately neered

extra Aronder horizon" and seeking | souther

Income. Better

an

|

ON THE

BAMB

with Stan Cullis

must be limited, But for those

for fixtures with overseas teums,

to manoeuvre In arranging fixtures with foreign clubs.

clubs who can reasonably hope the choice seems clear enough | League Cup will hasten this

to me,

Congestion

A few leading clubs have elected to stay in the langue Cup. But in doing so, they risk a congestion of fixtures.

Burnley learned this lesso

when season

they were 50 sneressful that they

Embarrassment 主 mutches to play. At time

were committed to one leagate mateli and two vitul cup ties in eight days, and one result was the fielding of included 10 re- team that

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me

ivare glamorous competitious to organisation this season tay stimolate ja bile interest. Quali- ; posibly boost the profus further, i terve, ty, not quantify, death be 1 sionun of the palomiers

All the same, I feel that the, The congestion is even more concept of the League Cup is emphasised by the fact that this The present League set-up based on Somewhat narrow ! (eason's League Cup draw had emerged in the years after viewpoint. Efforts to increase to be made before last season's World War I when football the number Axtures with competition was completed. was alraost exclusively a Bri- 1ish property. Today, the, ple- ture is changed completely. The challenge from conttura, i and international | tal clules

before.

Fantastic demand

feams Is greater than ever versas clubs would seem to

me much more worthwhile the long Yur

Prestige booster

We should be seeking ways of moking! this challenge

than buying th beads in the sand 1-y concentrating more on purely dopustio - KVADRATIS,

Soccers in the European and World Cups would als the! prestige of the Football League

Excluding Be League Cup, in the present League and FA Cup Dugranume cun at times make you scratch your head in trying to re-arrange postponed Axtures.

I sincerriy belleve. for example, Ihat those Waives' victorles over EDITIN like Spartak. Dynamos. Honved and Real Madrid a tow Years ago were splendid advertise- ments for British soccer and srally contributed something to the appeal of the game.

Moreover, when such less

in the eyes of the publié, 1 before to Mulineux we enjoyed a lieve therT would be greater fantastic demand for tickets. OB hope of achieving Bs Survelevision, the matcher attrcled if the League looked more to some of the biggest audiences wards high-quality expartition. The

BH.C. had known. (dentally, I think a lot more

With 22 clubs in the First

It has been argued that the

development Ly providing shuller cluba with tame comTI- pensation for any loss of BR- tires, through reducing the pito of the First Division.

ת

But I don't see any relation be ween the League Cup and the Super Lengte. The Cw competition does not guarmutre more than one match a season In addition. clubs which have found much-needed new source of income are hardly Biely in feel any more disposed than before to change whlen night weaken them inunchilly.

Meanwhile 1 remain uncan- vinced that the League Cup ta really worthwhile. Last year's Experiment proved very little.

Ludicrous

There was muddled presenta- Hon. In the vast majority of cases, the League Cup matches attracted smutter crowds than when the same clubs mel I the ordinary League.

In fairness to the Football League. Chis contest wAS never intended to compete with the FA Cup and I think Judlerous for people to coin- pare the two tournaments.

At the time, the aim must be Division, there is very limited to have the Lengue Cup organis- room for extra matches againsted on FA Cup lines with a whożą overseas teams. Even if we re-round being played on DRC duced the size of the First selfied 'das Division to, say, 17 or 18 clubs, we would still be playing more League matches than many of the most famous clubs abroad,

Filling the gap

On the other hand, there is lown the

we

One final Thought: In measur- ing the success of the League Cup, it is vital that une ex- amines attendances for all club Extures. For it is no earthly | use Raising new fins aldwick and losing them on the follow- ing Saturday.

The appeal of exten dxtures must be strong enough to induce

Here 1 would praise the attention might now be paid to | 119 point in, cutting League's new move in asting showing the best soccer pro-Leng programing unless club for their views on the products on television. Not enough bring in watches against con-fans to attend Cup and League posed new European interna- rare is taken over this, and itinental etubs to tional ever tournament to let than the game no good to have alaged in the summer, Icon- second-class wares displayed in shler this s step in the right the shop window.) direction.

Of course, I realise that the

of clubs

of rourey, there is plenty to numbe

All the matches in the san week. That After all, some clubs are hard-is the acid test,

(All rights reserved) pressed to pay their way with

the number of matches they Chove now.

The answer. of course, is the which can

long-awaited Super League, allowing more room

be said in favor of the League !enmpete with continental teams

WOEFUL WILF

...or the sorry tale of the

Soccer star who got drunk

Plymouth Argyle play-

ers were sad and

sorry when they By RUFUS ENDLE

trooped off the field after their first home match.

They had been beaten 3-0 by Luton and humiliated by sirasy handelapping from their supporters.

Thai night ተሩ one Felt sorrier ur mure humiliated than Wilf Carter, their scoring inside-forward.

Battled

top-

Trom manager Nell Dougall, his friend for years, had told him off for a poor gomr-just one work after suspending him from the opening game of the reason for failing to attend an eve-of-the-match Alin show at Southampton.

Wilf was having his custom- ary glans or two of beer with other players in a local hotel when a stranger said; "Have another to drown your mot zowe." Wir did. Then he had another and for the first time

in his life beesine drunk.

mutor-svooler which belong to bin.

manager.

He is a lad who has quite on y disposition. He gets along with most people and is quite a quiet character really.

"I have known him for years

end have never seen him bebas- i Ing like this. He likes an ocean; didn't sional drink or two, but I have known him have 100

never

Carter, who was said by police

me after time he fell off, mun dragging the scooter on top of himself. A railway official and passers-by kept helping him up to have an unblemished chat

P.C. James Kelly came | acter, was fined a total of £50, along. He helped him up as with £ 8. costs,

well,

heenee was endorsed,

l

Then, Plymouth magistrales PLAYING NOTE: Since this were told, the normally quies,angideat Plymouth Argyle have Ineffensive, footballer batlled

Won both their League matches with the policeman. He ford

even beating Newcastle 00 two buttons off his uniform and

their own knocked him to the ground with

Fround-and Carler hus stored in each game. blows on the mouth and #hu chest.

When a civilian came to the rescue P.C. Kelly pulled out his truncheon and gave Carter a couple of gentle raps on the head and legs. Then the inside- Tight showed just what a di though injured footballer could

do.

Fined £50

With blood streaming

trom

his houd he raced away and It

He went out of the hairl - took a police car and several

to the stallen yurd, where AuMeers to bring him to head- Car lent to him by another quarters,

player

was parked. Sut

though

he hact

B1-

the ignition Carier pleaded gulity to key In his packet he inured | charges ofʼattempting. to take

tried the car and

to ride a

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