Tommy Sloan 'In the late 1940s, when I played for Heart of Midlothian, I was approached by the secretary of the Player's Union, a man called John Hughes, who had been a keen professional player himself. He had taken up this new job when retired from the game. He asked me if I would like to join the committee. We had a meeting in his office at 114 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. We started talking about the Clubs and the contracts that the players signed which were all one-sided, in favour of the clubs. We wanted to alter this'
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