Example sentences of "professional [noun pl] ' association " in BNC.
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1 | Thanks very much er , President er , to mark the occasion of the launching of the British er , Boxers ' Association we 'd like to make a little er , presentation to Barry , who 's the President of that Association and erm who you know , of course , is the Chairman of the Institute of Professional Sport and the Professional Boxers ' Association has got the honour of erm , immediately being part of that er , body and has the assistance , of course , of er , the many people involved there . |
2 | From the G M B point of view , of course , we have quite a sporting section and we 're proud to have this link er , with both of the organizations and we 're pleased to have been of some assistance to the er , British Boxers ' Asso Professional Boxers ' Association er , in er , this launch and establishment we felt , because we 've got the Scottish professional footballers , who are well established and er , are very much an integral part of the G M B and we 've got the Northern Ireland er , footballers , we 've got the rugby players and we 've got speedway riders all of which come under . |
3 | Can I , on behalf of er , the G M B , Barry erm , make a presen presentation to you This is the er , first er , picture that was taken at the launch of the Professional Boxers ' Association . |
4 | The Professional Boxers ' Association would try er , many years ago , and it did n't have the support of people like the G M B and the S P F. |
5 | But very , very quickly erm , I 'm actually delighted that this organization has helped breathe the life into not only the Professional Boxers ' Association , we are extremely grateful . |
6 | ‘ We view Brown 's behaviour very seriously , ’ said the presiding official , ‘ he is doing a disservice to the PGA [ Professional Golfers ' Association ] and to everyone concerned with the game . ’ |
7 | He was constantly at odds with the Professional Golfers ' Association , once declining to play in the Ryder Cup match because of petty restrictions put on the players . |
8 | The opinion is that he could not have done more , just as the South African golfers , as stressed by Bland , have done everything to eliminate apartheid from their tournament scene in order that the South African Professional Golfers ' Association is respected for placing merit before colour or creed . |
9 | HILLSIDE member Denis Nutter , a well known squash coach in the Southport area during the late seventies and early eighties , is the new secretary of the North Region of the Professional Golfers ' Association . |
10 | The Football League 's attempts to bring their 14-month search for a chief executive to an early conclusion by choosing between Gordon Taylor of the Professional Footballers ' Association and Arthur Sandford , chief executive of Nottinghamshire county council , look destined to fail . |
11 | THE Football League 's attempts to bring their 14-month search for a chief executive to an early conclusion by choosing between Gordon Taylor of the Professional Footballers ' Association and Arthur Sandford , chief executive of Nottinghamshire county council , look destined to fail . |
12 | GORDON TAYLOR , the players ' union secretary , yesterday confirmed that he is still prepared to take up the post of chief executive of the Football League -despite a cold-shoulder from the League 's management committee and the reluctance of the Professional Footballers ' Association to release him . |
13 | This was the issue which brought the Professional Footballers ' Association , founded in 1907 after several earlier false starts , into immediate conflict with the FA and the League . |
14 | The players , who will receive little compensation , have been in contact with the Professional Footballers ' Association . |
15 | From next season onwards , the Professional Footballers ' Association permitting and the projected earnings proving correct , the Premier League should have the purchasing power to buy up even more of the available playing talent and be in a position to dominate the FA Cup to a greater extent than usual . |
16 | As a member of the ‘ shadow board ’ of the Football League , with whom the Professional Footballers ' Association have no quarrel , propriety demands that I do not take sides in the dispute between the Premier League and the PFA . |
17 | THE result of the ballot regarding possible strike action by First Division players will be known today but a solution to the dispute between the Professional Footballers ' Association and the Premier League over payments for televised matches is expected to be announced shortly . |
18 | ONE OF the most discouraging aspects of the prolonged dispute between the Premier League and the Professional Footballers ' Association has been the Football Association 's failure to intervene , although this argument is bringing English football into disrepute . |
19 | The Professional Footballers ' Association were offered an improved percentage of television revenue after a 3½-hour meeting in London . |
20 | Gordon Taylor , chief executive of the Professional Footballers ' Association , yesterday rejected the help of Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson as a mediator in the dispute with the Premier League . |
21 | GORDON TAYLOR , chief executive of the Professional Footballers ' Association , yesterday rejected the help of Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson as a mediator in the dispute with the Premier League that has brought the game to the brink of a strike . |
22 | A players ' union ( the present Professional Footballers ' Association ) was formed in 1907 , after an earlier , unsuccessful attempt in 1898 . |
23 | In this case the Barnet chairman was able to chalk up several bruising encounters with his own manager and players before the Professional Footballers ' Association investigated his mishandling of the club 's wages and brought matters to a head . |
24 | The Professional Footballers ' Association took emergency action yesterday to intervene and pay the players ' wages and end-of-season bonuses for winning promotion to the Second Division . |
25 | The 26-year-old Manchester United defender is a strong candidate for the Professional Footballers ' Association Player of the Year Trophy . |
26 | Jim Smith 's Second Division outfit are the first non-Division One winners of the Professional Footballers ' Association Fair Play Award . |
27 | Ballot papers on strike action are ready to be sent out to Football League players if talks on the Premier League do not meet the satisfaction of the Professional Footballers ' Association which wants a say in the new set-up . |
28 | He would be only the second goalkeeper to be similarly honoured by the Scottish Professional Footballers ' Association ( Theo Snelders , in 1989 , was the other ) . |
29 | Professional Footballers ' Association spokesman Brendan Batson said : ‘ Paul spoke to us following his injury , but because it involves two members of our association we have to adopt a neutral position . |
30 | Professional Footballers ' Association leader Gordon Taylor spoke out about this type of body blow in last week 's ‘ Soccer In Crisis ’ investigation when he was asked by the Echo over spiralling players ' wages . |