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About Phil Bratley:

Born: December 26, 1880, in Rawmarsh (South Yorkshire), England.
Passed away: 1959 or 1962.

Position: Centre half, but also right half.

Height: 175 cm. (5ft. 9in.);
Weight: 73 kilos (11st. 7lb.).
** Source for height and weight: Sheffield Daily Telegraph: May 3, 1910.

Career:
Rawmarsh, 1896.
Doncaster Rovers: close-season: 1902.
* 1902-03: 3-0 (Football League 2); 0-0 (FA Cup).
Rotherham Town: close-season: 1903.
* 1903-04: ?-? (Midland League); ?-? (FA Cup);
* 1904-05: ?-? (Midland League); ?-? (FA Cup);
* 1905-06: ?-? (Midland League); ?-? (FA Cup);
* 1906-07: ?-? (Midland League); ?-? (FA Cup);
* 1907-08: ?-? (Midland League); ?-? (FA Cup).
Rotherham County: close-season: 1908.
* 1908-09: ?-? (Midland League); ?-? (FA Cup);
* 1909-10: ?-? (Midland League); ?-? (FA Cup).
** Transferred to Barnsley.
Barnsley: Signed: May 2, 1910.
* 1910-11: 11-0 (Football League 2); 0-0 (FA Cup);
* 1911-12: 20-0 (Football League 2); 12-1 (FA Cup);
* 1912-13: 37-5 (Football League 2); 3-0 (FA Cup);
* 1913-14: 37-2 (Football League 2); 2-0 (FA Cup).
* Transfer listed: May, 1914.
** Transferred to Liverpool together with Wilfred Bartrop.
Liverpool: Signed: May 13, 1914.
* eligible for Liverpool F.C: in official matches: May 14, 1914.
* 1914-15: 13-0 (Football League 1); 0-0 (FA Cup).
*** War time guest: Barnsley: August, 1915.
*** 1915-16:
*** War time guest: Grimsby Town: 1916.
*** 1916-17:
*** War time guest: Lincoln City: 1916.
*** 1916-17:
*** War time guest: Barnsley: 1917.
*** 1917-18:
*** 1918-19:
*** War time guest: Rotherham County: 1919.
*** 1918-19:
** Released from military duty December 1918/January 1919.
Rotherham County: Signed: close-season: 1919.
* 1919-20: 2-0 (Football League 2); 0-0 (FA Cup);
* 1920-21: 8-0 (Football League 2); 0-0 (FA Cup).

Merits:
English FA Cup winner: 1911-12 (Barnsley).

Image(s):
Sheffield Daily Telegraph: April 4, 1912.

Sheffield Daily Telegraph: August 24, 1912.

Leeds Mercury: September 9, 1912.

Star Green ‘un: September 21, 1912.

Joint Everton and Liverpool Match Programme: February 20, 1915.

Star Green ‘un: October 9, 1915.

Star Green ‘un: February 1, 1919.

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