COPY OF RESOLUTIONS
PASSED AT THE MEETING OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS,
HELD AT THE HOLBORN RESTAURANT, LONDON,
ON FRIDAY, 12TH DECEMBER 1930.
(1) THAT with a view to insuring that all International Matches are
representatives of the best players of each Country, this
meeting is of opinion :-
(a) That Matches in which Ireland and Wales are engaged
should be played in mid-week before the end of November.
(b) That the Match between England and Scotland be played
upon a Saturday.
(c) That the net gates of all International Matches be
equally divided between the four National Associations.
(d) That in the event of the four National Associations
agreeing to these suggestions, Rule 27 of the Rules of the
Football League should be amended so that all Clubs compos-
ing the Football League may be enabled to release any of
their players who may be selected to play in International
Matches.
IT WAS AGREED that the following resolutions should be added as
follows, viz :-
(2) THAT steps be taken to get Scotland to remove the ban on
re-instated intermediate players signing for and English Club.
(3) THAT all Clubs whose players be selected for International or
other Representative and Interleague games be insured against
loss through accident or injury to the players by the Association
or body requisitioning such players.
THE above Resolutions on being put to the Meeting were
carried unanimously with a further Resolution that the opinion
of this Meeting as expressed by such Resolutions should be
conveyed to the League Clubs for confirmation or otherwise, and
if confirmed should be forwarded to the Management Committee of
the Football League who should thereupon be respectfully
requested to confer with the Football Association to ascertain
if the suggestions contained in the Resolutions acceptable to
them and the other National Associations and if so at the Annual
General Meeting to carry such suggestions into effect.
