Star Green ‘un – Saturday 16 April 1910

Transferred to Sheffield Wednesday.

I was not surprised to hear early this week that Denaby and Sheffield Wednesday had made a deal for Glennon’s transference to Owlerton.

Glennon in my opinion, as few superiors in the Midland league as an inside left.

Clever with head and feet alike, his individualism makes him a happy originator of all round combination. Unselfish, too, he makes openings for others, while retaining the capacity for scoring good goals himself and the chance comes his way, as it does often.

Glennon will be accompanied by Bradley and Burkinshaw, the Mexborough Town right wing. I believe Mexborough get cheque to the value of £7O for their transfer and a promise of a further £60 if they do well with their new club. There are great possibilites in Bradley. More has been paid for Glennon, but the player is worth a good outlay, for I fancy will well repay Wednesday’s enterprise. Of course, both Glennon and Bradley were on Denaby’s transfer list, and Wednesday will have also had satisfy the “Fishermen’s ’’ claims. The Wednesday money will in exceedingly useful to the Don Valley clubs.

Mexborough is a matter fact, would be in financial straits without it, and it is fortunate for the old club that has the knack of swelling its income each season by disposing of players.

A Tale of Transfer.

Denaby, too, have the same capacity for transferring players to monetary advantage.

Take Blackburn, now of Bradford, as an illustration. Two years ago Denaby got a lump earn from Glossop for his transfer. But after a season with Glossop he came back without costing them a penny.

A further six months in colours and then Bradford come along with the all powerful bait, and there’s again a vacancy in the Denaby team, but a new and readable item on the credit side the club’s bank-book.

Last year it will also be remembered Denaby profited by selling the elder Kelley Grimsby, while Mexborough were once again lifted clear financial trouble through their transference of Palmer and Gadsby Notts Forest and Barnsley respectively.

We knew Gadsby was a good man, but twelve months ago none of us thought that he would-be playing in the English Cup Final 1910. Good luck to him and his new dub. The Mexborough football fraternity will be delighted if Barnsley win the Cup. And good many of them will the richer for having a couple of months ago taken the long odds that were then laid against Barnsley.

At the time of writing I have not heard whether Denaby have come to terms with the many bidders for Gregory and Kelley. Both of them are too good for the Midland League, and I rather fancy there will be more money and to less of the famiuar faces Denaby before April is out.