Charles Edward Sutcliffe was a British lawyer, football administrator and referee.
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13 Facts About Charles Sutcliffe
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Charles Sutcliffe finished playing in the mid-1880s, after finding himself unable to compete with England international Joe Lofthouse in a match against Blackburn Rovers.
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Charles Sutcliffe soon gained a reputation for obstinacy, and did not shy from controversy.
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Charles Sutcliffe stopped refereeing League matches in 1898, though he continued as a linesman for a further decade.
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Charles Sutcliffe became a Burnley director in 1897, and joined the Football League Management Committee the following year.
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Charles Sutcliffe immediately proposed that the League should discontinue the test matches, which were used to determine promotion and relegation.
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Charles Sutcliffe proposed that the First Division be expanded by two clubs, thus giving space for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United, the two clubs adversely affected by the arranged test match.
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In 1912, Charles Sutcliffe helped establish the legality of the league's retain-and-transfer system when he successfully represented the club Aston Villa during the Kingaby case.
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From 1915 until his death in 1939 Charles Sutcliffe was responsible for devising the schedule of fixtures for Football League matches.
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Charles Sutcliffe's method, taken on by his son, continued to provide fixtures until 1967, when the process was computerised.
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Charles Sutcliffe strongly believed that British football was superior to that played elsewhere, and took an isolationist stance on related issues.
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Charles Sutcliffe's antipathy extended to English clubs who attempted to sign foreign players.
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Charles Sutcliffe was born in Burnley on 8 July 1864 to John Charles Sutcliffe, who worked as a solicitor, and Jane Pollard Brown.
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