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									      THE
								EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB, LIMITED.

								INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

								For Year ending 30th April, 1897.

  Dr.																		Cr.
 1897.										 1897.
April 30.					   £  s. d.	£  s. d.	April 30.						   £  s. d.
    To Gate Receipts	...	...   ...	8964  3  5			  By Players' Wages and Bonuses	...	...	...	5590  0  6
     " Proceeds of Matches played away		1438 13  2			  "  Amount Paid Visiting Clubs	...	...	...	1136  1 11
						----------   10402 16  7	  " Travelling Expenses	...	...	...	...	 723  5 10
     " Season Tickets	...	...	...	...	...    411 11  0	  " Advertising, Billposting, Printing and Stationery	 338 16  4
     " Profit on Special Excursion Tickets...	...	...	43  6 11	  " Gate Expenses and Checkers	...	...	...	 326  1  0
     " Advertising Contractor-							  " Training Expenses and Trainer’s Wages ...	...	 438  6  1
	For Programmes, Hoarding						  " Ground Expenses and Groundsmen’s Wages ...	...	 334 14  8
	and Refreshments	...	...	...	...    150  0  0	  " Rates, Taxes, Gas, Water,
     " Transfer Fees	...	...	...	...	...	 4  5  6		Telephone and Insurance	...	... £126 17  5
     " Players' Insurance Recovered for Injuries	...      4  0  0	  " Income Tax...	...	...	...   62 18  3
															     ---------	 189 15  8
										  " Interest on Mortgage...	...	... £161  6  0
										  "	Less Property Tax..	...	...    5  7  6
															     ---------	 155 18  6
										  " Office Expenses, Postages, Secretary’s Salary, &c.	 243  4  6
										  " Clothing Material and Stores...	... 	...	 158 14  2
										  " Medical Fees and Players' Insurance	...	...	 116 14 11
										  " League, &c., Subscriptions and Donations...	...	  14 13  0
										  " Entertaining Visiting Clubs	 and Players...	...	  96 18 11
										  " Sundry Expenses...	...	...	...	...	  39  2  1
										  " Law Costs and Auditor's Fee ...	...	...	  62 18  7
										  " Balance carried forward to Profit and Loss Account  1050 12 10
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							    £11015 19  6							      £11015 19  6
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								PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.

							    For Year ending 30th April, 1897.

  Dr.																		Cr.
 1896.										 1896.
April 30.						      £  s. d.		April 30.						   £  s. d.
    To Dividend declared at 5 per cent, free of Income				    By Surplus at this date, as per Certified Accounts.	5140 10  9
	Tax						     97  7  6		 1897.
 1897.										April 30.
April 30.									    By Amount of Income in excess of Expenditure
  To Amounts now written off viz.:—							for year ending this date, as per Income
	Depreciation off Ground, Stands,						and Expenditure Account...	...	...	1050 12 10
	   &c.	...	...	...	£514  9  3											----------
	Depreciation off Office Fixtures,											       £6191  3  7
	   Implements, &c. ...	....	  14 10	 0											----------
					----------	    528 19  3		 1897.
  "  Balance carried forward	...	...	...	   5564 16 10		April 30.
							  -----------		    By Balance	...	...	...	...	...    £5564 16  10
							  £6191  3  7
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EVENTS
43 Agreed that the Secretary arrange eggs, sherry and coffee for the players’ training in the morning
73 Agreed that the Club should pay the players’ expenses for joining the Liverpool gym at reduced rates
91 F. Geary appeared before the directors concerning his behaviour towards the spectators.
113 Agreed to give a match at Goodison Park for the benefit match for the unwaged.
132 Resolved that a letter be written to Porcupine saying the explanation re: stoppage of draws is not satisfactory.
208 Parry suspended. Notice of his suspension to be posted on in the dressing rooms.
211 Reserve Team to have a gold medal each.
243 Resolved Mr. Hinchcliffe be allowed to photograph team
245 Resolved on the purchase of 2 medals for Bell and Southworth
286 Resolved that Elliott be engaged as Assistant Trainer & Groundsman to play when required.
295 Resolved to give Stoke £20 for the transfer of Maxwell & to find him a place in a solicitors’ office.
365 Resolved to give 11 players medals for winning the Combination Championship
444 Resolved that the Ground Committee be authorised to have rooms covered over, urinals erected etc.
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