http://www.toffeeweb.com/History/complete/HistoricalJournal1892.pdfAs we count down to the 205th Merseyside Derby on Saturday this
article focuses on the events that created the celebrated fixture: the
split of Everton FC in 1892.
The split was a defining
moment in the history of British football. Our knowledge of this event
has been advanced by a handful of studies which have helped to
establish an orthodox view of the dynamics that lay behind it.
Essentially, the split has been portrayed as the bitter culmination of
the faltering financial relationship between the Everton FC membership
and their president and landlord, John Houlding.
Using a wealth of sources, this article [PDF]
puts forward and supports an argument that the tussle for the club was
as much a political struggle as one over matters of finance � that
Everton Football Club, an important social institution in the north end
of Liverpool, was a treasured prize for political rivals operating
within the club.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
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