 Prior to licensed football agents, football clubs had considerable power over the players and provided them with standard 12-month contracts.The collection includes 20 examples of standard contracts drafted by the Football League and used by Everton between 1890 and 1975.The collection includes over 200 letters showing the letterheads of approximately 80 different football clubs addressing all types of business and football issues from the co-ordination of transfers through to the re-arrangement of fixtures.