Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 6th, 1932

Mexborough Football Club – Debts Discharged

The debts of the Mexborough Football Club have been honourably and generously discharged by the small band of men who have struggled to carry on this enterprise in the face of the apathy or depression of the local sporting public.

These men have given much time and anxious thought to the business of providing food football for the district and their reward has been the privilege of settling the bill. In spite of adverse circumstances, the almost succeeded in making Midland League football pay last year. They wiped off £100 of old debts, have now discharged the remainder, and are able to hand over the club as a going concern to whoever is prepared to take over future liability and responsibility. The eighteen guarantors have paid off liabilities amounting to about £325, and if ever prosperity returns to the club, I hope their claims will be dealt with as a first charge against it.

About £40 has been subscribed in support of the attempt to continue the club for another season in the Midland League, and there is a possibility that a deferred transfer fee of £100 will become available, the outgoing guarantors having relinquished their claim to this.

I hope the new guarantors, whoever they are, will be better supported by the public than their predecessors were. Good class football is a valuable asset to the town; for it has helped to make Mexborough the centre it is, and if it is allowed to drop, the town can hardly help being the poorer.