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On 27 August 1891, the committee agreed to a proposal put forward by Houlding to form a company to buy Anfield and the piece of land owned by John Orrell. It appears that by this time Houlding had bought Anfield, possibly in 1885, and he stood to make a considerable profit from the deal.
Minute Book, 1891-92, 796 EFC-1-1-2_0034