Newspaper Clippings - Loose - Volume 2 - page 29
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However , there remains one intriguing question . It is recorded that from 1920 the club had actually owned the Horsley Hill Stadium , and that remained the case until June 1930 when it is then reported that a north country company interested in dog racing was involved in negotiations with the directors of the late South Shields AFC for the letting or sale of Horsley Hill stadium . So based on this factual information why was capital not raised when it urgently needed before 1930 by either its sale , with the club becoming a tenant thereafter or the ground being re - mortgaged ? Or by any other financial arrangement to stave off the danger of impending insolvency and so prevent the loss of the football club to the town ? At a distance in time now of 87 years since that calamitous loss , why did the club directors retain ownership of the club after 1930 and reform Gateshead AFC while still owning Horsley Hill Stadium and South Shields AFC ' gone to the dogs ' ... literally ? Further unanswered questions ... 1. Why was Arthur Bridgett not re - appointed to his former position with the club as manager after WW1 ? He did return to Horsley Hill in 1924 ? But as a player with ? 2. What were the reasons that lead to the appointment of the ex Newcastle United goalkeeper being appointed manager in 1921 ? When he replaced Jack Tinn and why was soon sacked thereafter ? 3. Why did Jack Tinn really leave in 1927 , had he taken the club as far as he could were there other reasons etc ? 4. Why was Ernie Douglas appointed to replace Tinn , with his limited experience and more so what of the other 27 ? applicants for the vacancy ? ` |
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