Lancashire Football Association. 42, ST. GEORGE’S PLACE, BLACKBURN, 22nd March, 1934. GENTLEMEN, At a Conference between representatives of the Clubs competing for the Lancashire Football Association Senior Cup, and of the Council of the Lancashire Football Association, to consider how interest in the Senior Cup Competition can be increased and particularly with a view to securing the future financial security of the Association, the following suggestions were made:— 1.— That all matches in the Competition should be played on Saturdays, with the exception of the Preliminary Round, which will be played on week-evenings during the period of summer time coming within the playing season. 2.— The Rule requiring Clubs to play their full strength to be altered, allowing them to play their best available strength. This would allow—and is specially intended to allow—Clubs to play their Reserve and Central League teams. 3.— The Clubs to compete to be the present Clubs taking part in the Senior Cup Competition and six others, to be selected by the Council of the Association, two of which would be the Junior Cup Finalists in the previous season. The figure six is only a suggested figure and would introduce into the Compe- tition Clubs that could well claim to be of equal strength to the Reserve teams of League Clubs. 4.— In the Preliminary Round the Council to exempt 10 Clubs from competition in that round. The figure 10 would depend on the No. 6 in Clause 3. If the figure 6 is varied, the figure 10 would be varied accordingly. 5.— All non-League Clubs selected to play in the Senior Cup shall be eligible to play in the Junior Cup Competition. This would prevent the Junior Cup Competition suffering and give some financial assistance to the stronger clubs in the Junior Cup Competition to recompense them for the loss they must inevitably sustain through meeting weaker teams in the Junior Cup. 6.— The prices of admission prior to the Semi-Finals Ties to be 7d., and in the Semi-Finals and Final, 1/- 7.— Unless the Clubs and the Council of the Lancashire Football Association approve otherwise the Semi-Finals and Final ties must be played on a neutral ground. 8.— The Competition shall be finished so as to allow a match to be played on or before the second Saturday in May between the Cup Winners and a team to be selected from the Clubs in the County, the net proceeds to be devoted to the funds of the Lancashire Football Association. The Council have only had the suggestions placed before them and have not discussed them, so that no decision has been arrived at, but as the proposals would affect your Club or Compe- tition, we should be glad if you would give full consideration to them and let me have your views upon them, always keeping in mind the financial necessities of the Association. I should be glad of your views by not later than 12th April next, so that the replies can be tabulated and presented to the Council for consideration at a Meeting to be held on the 19th of that month. Yours faithfully, J. Hargreaves Secretary.