[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. O-O-O-O-O-O-O R. E. Searle