Application for Football League 1966 (Image 3)
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FOREWORD South Shields Football Club consider it a great honour and privilege to have the foreword for this brochure written by Sir Stanley Matthews , C.B.E. , following his recent visit to our club . VALE PARK , BURSLAM , STOKE . May , 1966 . Two months ago I visited South Shields Football Club and was tremendously impressed with their facilities , atten dances and general all - round potential . They are a sound , go - ahead club with an ambitious and enterprising Board of Directors and a thriving Supporters ' Club . They own their ground - covering sixteen acres which is also equipped with League - style floodlighting , and they command solid support from South Shields which has a population of more than 110,000 . Indeed , their average attendances are bigger than some League clubs and would , I am confident , increase greatly were they admitted into the Football League . I have no hesitation in thoroughly recommending their application for membership of the Football League . I feel they deserve League status and would be a credit to the competition . 2 SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS , General Manager , Port Vale F.C. To the Chairmen of Clubs in membership of the Football League SIRS , Once again we respectfully commend for your attention our application for membership of the Football League . This is an application based upon what we know is a strong case ; a case which we feel cannot be bettered . It is sound , it has support from many quarters and we are honoured that Sir Stanley Matthews , C.B.E. , has , in our opinion , set the seal on this application by writing a foreword outlining his reasons for supporting us . Sir Stanley visited our club in April of this year and , as he writes in his foreword , was tremendously impressed with our facilities , amenities and potential . South Shields Football Club has a long history of achievement , and while we are proud of our traditions , it is to the future that we look . a future as a member of the Football League , the greatest competition in the world . ... We are confident in every way that our club could main tain the high standards of integrity and sportsmanship demanded by the Football League and we feel we possess a vigorous , ambitious all - round club that would be a credit to the League . Naturally , we own our ground which covers an area of 16 acres . Our ground has a spectator - capacity of 25,000 , is well appointed as far as transport is concerned and even more improvements are scheduled this close season . The ground is , of course , fully equipped with modern League style floodlights . We have great support from our town , which has a population of more than 110,000 , and we feel it would be far greater were we members of the Football League . In the last month of the season just ended , we twice had atten 3 |
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