Players' Union

This severely limited the opportunity to earn wages that allowed the best players in the country to forgo the need to take paid employment outside of football.

The Union, basically, led from where the previous AFU had left the situation: that is by challenging the introduction of a maximum wage and the restraint on transfers.

They had funded the legal costs of outside right, Herbert Kingaby, but erroneous strategy by the player's counsel resulted in the suit being dismissed.

The Union threatened strike action but the Football Association responded by banning those affiliated with the AFPTU sine die.

at Manchester United[3] Coleman's intervention resuscitated support for the cause and the Union, having regained its strength of numbers, settled for official recognition and the allowing of bonus payments in order to supplement the maximum wage.