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[Meeting of Directors held at Goodison Park,
October 28th 1913.]
Present All the Directors except Messrs Allman & Baxter.
Dr Baxter's absence was occasioned through his
having to attend a meeting of the medical Council
and that of Mr. Allman owing to the illness of his
son.
The Secretary was instructed to express the sympathy
of the Board with Mr. Allman in his domestic trouble.
Minutes The Minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The Chairman referred to a paragraph which
appeared in yesterday's "Echo" stating that overtures
had been made by us to Liverpool for the exchange
of two of our players for their Goalkeeper, Campbell,
that he had taken immediate steps to deny the
accuracy of the report and had requested the
attendance at this meeting of those of our players
who were named in such paragraph. The players
having entered the Boardroom the Chairman
assured them that the paragraph was a mass of
false statements, that no negotiations had been
entered into with the Liverpool Club whatever and
that the Directors had every confidence in them and
in their abilities. Frank Bradshaw on behalf of
the players thanked the Chairman and the
Directors for his remarks and the players thereupon
withdrew.
The matter was further considered by the Board
and the Chairman and Secretary were deputed to
