MPX5145380: Footballers meet in a London Hotel to discuss the threaten strike action. The players whos maximum salary for a 1st division player is £20 per week have made demands that there should be no cap to their salary, The players led by Fulham forward Jimmy Hill agreed to back their claim by a threat to strike on 14th January, 1961. The Football League responded by abolishing the maximum wage and increasing the minimum wage to £15. November 1960 (photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5145641: Sir Stanley MatthewsÕs 1965 testimonial football match held on the 28th April 1965. His professional career covered 34 years; when he retired in 1965 -aged 50 - he had made nearly 700 League appearances for Stoke City and Blackpool and played for England 56 times. Sir Stanley Matthews 1960s (photo) / Bridgeman Images