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Dave Taylor was one of the co-founders of Thames Ironworks, the team that became West Ham United, in 1895.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Memorial at Canning Town Station )〕 He was a foreman at the Thames Iron Works as well as being a local football referee. Taylor approached the Ironworks owner Arnold Hills with the idea of starting a works football team, and with his financial aid was able to announce on 29 June 1895 the following in the company's weekly journal: :''"Mr. Taylor, who is working in the shipbuilding department, has undertaken to get up a football club for next winter and I learn that quoits and bowls will also be added to the attractions." - Thames Iron Works Gazette.'' He organised the half-a-crown〔Equivalent to £ in today's pounds.〕 year's membership for fifty would-be players and spent that summer arranging the fixtures for the Thames Ironworks team and their reserves. Before Thames Ironworks played their first game Dave Taylor returned to refereeing and the organisational duties of the club were handed over to another Thames Iron Works employee, Ted Harsent, who became the first official club secretary. ==See also== * 1895–96 Thames Ironworks F.C. season 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Taylor (Thames Ironworks F.C. founder)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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