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116:, started to push for a resolution. A series of meetings in February 1931 led to one final meeting on 27 May 1931 when the Intermediate clubs and SFA agreed terms with only two clubs voting against. A standard transfer fee of £75 was introduced for a professional Junior player. Provisional transfer arrangements also made it easier for clubs to keep their players whilst still involved in major competitions. With this compromise reached, the Scottish Intermediate Association renamed itself the West of Scotland Junior FA. It was also decided not to reform the GJL but to keep the Scottish Intermediate League format as the 67:
winners since the turn of the century. Its clubs were increasingly dissatisfied with the behaviour of Senior clubs, in both Scotland and England, who would often approach a player without first contacting the Junior club themselves, then offering little or no compensation for that player if signed.
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For the next four seasons, despite much negotiation, both sides in the dispute maintained their positions. Numbers in the Intermediate leagues however were beginning to dwindle. A combination of clubs folding and defections to Junior leagues meant that by 1931, only forty-two Intermediate sides
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also showed an interest however the prospect of increased travel meant their participation was not viable. From the beginning of season 1927–28, Intermediate clubs began to compete in separate competitions, including their own Scottish Intermediate Cup (i.e. they did not take part in the
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In 1925, the GJL introduced a new player registration form, known as the "White Form". This document gave clubs a two-year option on a players services, enabling greater compensation to be demanded and became the principle to unite the Intermediate movement.
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clubs received when one of their players moved to a Senior football league side. Although largely confined to the West of Scotland, the dispute involved many of the best Junior clubs in the country, setting them in direct conflict with both the
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became inevitable. The SJFA sympathised with the Intermediate cause but would not sanction a breakaway. The Intermediates for their part, felt that the SJFA had failed to negotiate powerfully enough on their behalf with the
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In June 1927, the powerful GJL dissolved itself at its AGM and its twenty member clubs were joined by a further twenty from other leagues to form the breakaway
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at the same time with sixteen out of the eighteen clubs supporting the dispute. Clubs in
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which lasted from 1925 to 1931 and concerned the compensation that
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Index

Scottish Intermediate Football League
Scottish
football
Junior
Scottish Football Association
Scottish Junior Football Association
Glasgow Junior Football League
Scottish Junior Cup
Scottish Intermediate Junior Football Association
Scottish Junior Football Association
Scottish Football Association
Evening Times Trophy
Western Junior Football League
Western Intermediate Football League
Fife
Irvine Meadow
Central Junior Football League
West of Scotland Junior Cup
Ashfield
Ashfield
Clydebank Juniors
Yoker Athletic
Baillieston
Ashfield
Ashfield
Baillieston
Clydebank Juniors
Bridgeton Waverley
Bridgeton Waverley
Yoker Athletic

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