MPX5145393: Coventry City Football Club players relax at Worthing after a gruelling season so far. With a four-point lead in Division II, 18 wins and seven draws the management decided they needed a change of scenery. Seen here taking a stroll along the sea front. 28th February 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5145642: Sir Stanley MatthewsÍs 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 Sir Stanley Matthews holds his boots up after his last football match. Changing roomBare chest30/04/19651960s©MirrorpixNB: Original negative was in very poor condition (photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5145401: 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