Association Football by J.L Jones (1904)

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Jack Jones (1904)

Jack  Jones was born in Rhuddlan but grew up on Merseyside. Early in his career he played for Bootle, but his first taste of League football came at Grimsby Town.  His talent as a cricketer took him to Sheffield United Cricket Club and he then also signed for the Sheffield United Football Club. After 3 seasons at Bramall Lane Jones moved to Tottenham Hotspur. The fact that Tottenham were then in the Southern League meant that United didn't receive a transfer fee. United were further angered as the club had secured Jones a cricket coaching position at Rugby School.
Jones enjoyed 7 years at Tottenham Hotspur, and was captain of the FA Cup winning side in 1901. An outside left, he represented Wales on 21 occasions. 

Jones' book ran to 112 pages and featured chapters entitled The Disposition Of The Field; The Forwards; Half Backs; Backs; The Goalkeeper; Heading, Dribbling, Passing, and Shooting; Training For Football; The Rules Of Association Football; The Football Association  and The Offside Rule.

Smart Arridge

Smart Arridge's parents were both English, his father was from Lincolnshire and his mother from Durham. Smart himself was born in Southwick (Sunderland).
The family moved to Bangor in north Wales and Smart, along with his brother* played for Bangor City. Smart played at left back.
In 1892 Smart joined Bootle ( then in Division 2). The following season he joined Everton, for whom he made 56 first team appearances up until his move to New Brighton Tower in 1898. In 3 seasons at Tower Arridge made 88 appearances and scored his only 2 League goals. In 1901 he moved on to Stockport County (67 appearances). in 1903 he returned to Bangor City (he was employed as a ticket collector on the pier).
Under the international qualification rules of the time Smart was only eligible to play for England (the Goodall brothers provide a good illustration of these rules in action). However, between 1892 and 1899 he played 8 internationals for Wales (w 1 d 2 l 5 ) , captaining the side on one occasion (a 4-0 defeat to England in 1899) .

* The Bangor City website confuses the 2 brothers, claiming 'Smart' as a nickname for W.G. Arridge. I have viewed Smart Arridge's baptismal record- Smart was his given name ( he also named his own son Smart). Census records show his brother, William, to be 4 years his senior.

Gone but not forgotten- Bootle

Founded: 1879
Joined League: 1892
Left League: 1893
Folded: 1893

Bootle could be considered unfortunate not to have been among the founder members of the Football League. Everton, however, had asserted themselves as Merseyside's preeminent club. 
 Bootle joined the League in 1892 when division 2 was introduced. They finished in 8th place, but resigned from the League and soon afterwards went out of business.
In terms of games played (22) Bootle had the shortest League lifespan of any club.

Bootle v Everton- The Original Merseyside Derby

Everton, 1881

Everton had been in existence for some 14 years before the breakaway that led to the formation of Liverpool. Formed as St Domingo's in 1878, their first great rivalry was with another Merseyside club, Bootle. 
Bootle was  founded in 1879 as Bootle St John's by Rev. Alfred Keely who had moved to the area to become the Curate of St John's church. He was a keen association player, though at the time Rugby football was more popular in the area. The team was made up of former public schoolboys.  When Rev. Keely moved south in 1882 these chaps defected from Bootle and formed another club, Liverpool Ramblers. 

Bootle won the first ever Liverpool Senior Cup in 1883 and again in 1888 and 1889. Everton won the Liverpool Senior Cup 12 times in 18 seasons in the 19th century. Some conspiracy theorists state that Bootle were the strongest team on Merseyside in the 1880s, and that Everton achieved their place in the Football League under William McGregor's one club per town rule due to either bribery or Freemasonry.The head to head results between the two clubs suggests that Everton were in fact the more deserving of the 2, Bootle's ascendancy being confined to the 1880 and 1883 seasons.  Whereas Everton became founder members of the Football League, finishing the first season in 8th place, Bootle were among the teams that formed the The Combination for the 1888-89 season. They applied unsuccessfully to join the League in 1889 and 1890  and were finally admitted in 1892. Financial difficulties led to Bootle resigning after one season, their place in the league being taken by Liverpool.  
In compiling the list of results I consulted Tony Onslow's The Forgotten Rivals and  backed this up with my own research using the archives of the Liverpool Mercury.  

10.02.80	Everton	0	2	Bootle St Johns	Stanley Park
24.02.80	Everton	0	4	Bootle St Johns	Stanley Park
01.03.81	Everton	1	0	Bootle	Stanley Park
14.01.82	Bootle	1	4	Everton	Marsh Lane
02.12.82	Bootle	2	0	Everton	Marsh Lane
20.01.83	Everton	0	1	Bootle	Stanley Park
27.01.83	Bootle	3	1	Everton	Fairfield
Liverpool Cup semi final.
01.01.84	Bootle	1	2	Everton	Hawthorne Rd
31.01.85	Everton	2	1	Bootle	Anfield
Liverpool Cup
07.03.85	Everton	3	1	Bootle	Anfield
02.09.85	Everton	2	0	Bootle	Anfield
31.10.85	Everton	2	2	Bootle	Anfield
23.01.86	Bootle	0	1	Everton	Hawthorne Rd
10.04.86	Bootle	0	1	Everton	Walton Stiles
Liverpool Cup final
25.05 85	Bootle	0	1	Everton	Fairfield
Liverpool Athletic Club Shield- result disputed by Bootle citing dubious refereeing decisions- result stood.
23.10.86	Bootle	0	1	Everton	Hawthorne Rd
Liverpool Cup -match ended early due to crowd encroachment- result stood
03.12.87	Everton	2	0	Bootle	Anfield
Liverpool Cup – Everton banned for persuading players to join them by financial inducement. Bootle go through.
25.12.88	Everton	0	0	Bootle	Anfield
03.03.89	Bootle	3	3	Everton	Hawthorne Rd
13.04.89	Everton	1	2	Bootle	Anfield
26.12.89	Everton	3	0	Bootle	Anfield
29.03.90	Bootle	2	2	Everton	Hawthorne Rd
09.04.90	Bootle	1	4	Everton	Hawthorne Rd
Liverpool Cup final.
26.05.90	Everton	5	0	Bootle	Anfield
08.09.90	Everton	3	2	Bootle	Anfield
Benefit match for the financially embarrassed Bootle raised £135.
07.02.91	Everton	2	1	Bootle	Anfield
March 91	Bootle	1	2	Everton	Hawthorne Rd
Everton historian Tony Onslow refers to a match  played in March 1891 but I can find no contemporary evidence that this match took place.
27.04.91	Bootle	0	4	Everton	Hawthorne Rd
Liverpool Cup final
01.09.91	Everton	7	0	Bootle	Anfield
26.02.92	Everton	3	0	Bootle	Anfield
Lancashire Cup- Bootle protested due to snow on pitch.
12.04.92	Everton	2	1	Bootle	Anfield
Liverpool Cup semi- final; the match was played  40 mins each way  and Bootle protested due to darkness.
26.12.92	Everton	1	1	Bootle	Goodison Park
12.04.93	Everton	2	1	Bootle	Goodison Park
Liverpool Cup- Everton fielded their reserves.