In the 1880s, when Sheffield Wednesday was known as The Wednesday, the amateur club faced a significant issue. Having won the FA Cup for the first time in 1896, they forgot to apply for the following season, missing the deadline. This oversight led to their cup-winning side becoming disgruntled, with threats to leave and form a professional club, Sheffield Rovers, where they would be paid. The subsequent months were chaotic as the club struggled to field a full team, resulting in a 16-0 defeat to Halliwell FC in January 1887 with only 10 players present. An emergency meeting with president John Holmes eventually led to the club turning professional, saving The Wednesday as players received pay.
Lucy Bronze’s quote in yesterday’s Football Daily caught my attention: ‘I’ve been through a lot of pain, but that’s what it takes to play for England.’ Does this imply that fans who have watched the England men’s team in tournaments are eligible for a cap?” – John Kyle.
Morgan Gibbs-White’s contract extension emphasizes the ambition of Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, whose vision for European success and sustained Premier League progress shapes the club’s future (yesterday’s Football Daily, full email edition). Is this a different Evangelos Marinakis from the one who gave up a controlling interest in Nottingham Forest?” – Guy Stephenson.
I agree with Mick Beeby: no more drums at football grounds (yesterday’s Football Daily letters). Start a petition at tea-time” – Arthur McAra.
The best way to deal with an annoying drummer is through contempt. Brentford fans react to an opposition drummer by chanting: ‘We don’t need a drum. We don’t need a drum. We’re Brentford FC, we don’t need a drum’” – Russell Wallman.
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