[SCOUTING COMMITTEE HELD AT GOODISON PARK
on Thursday 28th August, 1958.]
Present:- Mr. J. Taylor in the chair, Mr. F. Micklesfield,
Mr. C. H. Askham and Mr. W. H. Cooke.
Minutes Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday, 3rd July 1958
were read, duly approved and signed.
Matters It was reported that Fleming, the young Scottish outside-
Arising left, whom Mr. Dixon had recommended to our Club, had re-
Therefrom signed as an amateur for Partick Thistle and had played in
their first team this week.
Scouting Further Scouting reports for games covered since last
Reports Monday were submitted. Arising out of the reports it was
agreed that Mr. Cooke should watch Thompson, left-half of
Oldham Athletic, who had been given a very favourable report
by Mr. Bennett, on Saturday next, 30th August at Gateshead.
It was further agreed that the Chairman bring forward a
resolution at the next Board Meeting that the Members of the
Scouting Committee be given authority to travel to watch any
player or players as and when the occasion demands, or ONE DIRECTOR
OF SCOUTING COMMITTEE AND ONE OTHER DIRECTOR.
Recommended After discussing this matter it was unanimously agreed
Players to recommend to the Board that a letter be sent to Partick
Thistle offering the sum of £15,000 for the transfer of their
player, Andy Kerr, to our Club. DEFER
Scottish ex- It was reported that these young amateur players who had
Schoolboys recently joined our Club had, prior to coming to Liverpool,
A. Penman signed amateur forms for their local Junior Clubs in Scotland
T. McDonald in order that they would be eligible to play in Scottish
A. Gearie Junior football should they fail to make the grade with a
senior club. The Junior Clubs in question, Dunbar United,
Auchinleek Talbot, and Carnoustic Panmure were expecting dona-
tions for the privilege of signing these players and as these
were identical cases to that of Mailey and Duntocher Hibs,
it was agreed to recommend that a donation of £75 be sent to
each of these three Clubs upon receipt of the cancellation
of the registrations of these players from the Scottish Junior
Football Association.
Telephone It was reported that Mr. Dixon had submitted a telephone
a/c A. Dixon account for the amount of £8.13. 3. with the request that this
be paid by our Club on the grounds that his telephone was
necessary and used solely in connection with his work as Area
Scout. After considering this request the Committee agreed to
pay the account on this occasion in view of the fact that Mr.
Dixon was probably under a misapprehension that his telephone
accounts would be met by the Club, but it was unanimously
agreed that in future no telephone accounts for the Area Scouts
would be paid. Should they require to contact Mr. Cooke urgently
they could ring him at the Club on a transfer charge call and
it was considered they were receiving an adequate expence allow
ance which would cover any local calls they made in connection
with their work. Mr. Cooke was instructed to write and inform
Mr. Dixon and all other Area Scouts of this decision.
Next
Meeting This was left to the discretion of the Chairman in con-
sultation with Mr. Cooke.
This conclude the business.
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R. E. Searle
