Time was when football clubs were not sniffy about their finances and were more open about money coming and going out of the club than is the case in the modern game. Each year at the Annual General Meeting, with the local press in attendance, the Hon. Secretary would give his account of the playing fortunes for the season just passed and would then run through the finances. Sometimes this detail would be revealed by the Hon. Treasurer but up until the outbreak of the First World War Bob Fox held both positions at Clarence Park .

During the passing of time most of the financial records of St Albans City have been lost but a number have survived and appear here along with the Notices advising members of the date of the Annual General Meeting.

The first two Accounts shown here relate to the original St Albans Football Club from 1891-92 and 1893-94. One particularly curious figure from 1891-92 is mention of income from sale of shirts. This was long before clubs could raise significant income by selling replica shirts, so where the figure comes from is a strange one. The next set of accounts include mention of the sale of old footballs.

Nowadays the financial affairs of the club can be traced online via Companies House.

 

1891-92

1891 92 Annual Report (1) smallAnnual Report 1891-92 1891 92 Annual Report (2) smallAnnual Report 1891-92 (2)       

1893-94

1893 94 Annual Report (1) smallAnnual Report 1893-94 1893 94 Annual Report (2) smallAnnual Report 1893-94 (2)       

 

1946-47

1946 47 Notice officers smallAGM 1946-47 1946 47 Balance Sheet smallBalance Sheet 1946-47      

1948-49

1948 49 AGM Notice smallAGM 1948-49 1948 49 Balance sheet smallBalance Sheet 1948-49      

1953-54

1953 54 AGM officers smallAGM 1953-54        

1957-58

1957 58 AGM notice officers smallAGM 1957-58        

1958-59

1958 59 AGM Notice smallAGM 1958-59        

1959-60

1959 60 AGM Notice smallAGM 1959-60        

1960-61

1960 61 AGM Notice smallAGM 1960-61        

1961-62

1961 62 AGM Notice smallAGM 1961-62        

1962-63

1962 63 AGM Notice smallAGM 1962-63        

1963-64

1963 64 AGM Notice smallAGM 1963-64        

1964-65

1964 65 AGM Notice smallAGM 1964-65        

1965-66

1965 66 AGM Notice smallAGM 1965-66