All articles about David Murray on PlayUpLiverpool. About David Murray: Born: August 2 – 1901, Wynberg, South Africa. Passed away: 1992. Position: Inside forward. Height: 5ft. 10 1/4in. Weight: 12st. 11lbs. Career: Clyde (Cape Town), 1920. Western Province, 1921. Wynberg, 1922. Everton, 1925. * 1925-26: 2-0 (FL 1); […]
All articles about Bill Fairhurst on PlayUpLiverpool. About Bill Fairhurst: Born: September 23 – 1907, in St. Helens (Lancashire). Passed away: 1984. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: 5 ‘ 11 ½. Weight: 12 ‘ 7. Career: Sacred Hearts. St Helens Town. Liverpool, signed, 1929. * Trial with Runcorn. Rhyl Athletic. […]
All articles about Billy Nesbitt on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Billy Nesbitt: Born: November 22, 1891: Portsmouth (Lancashire), England. Passed away: January 11, 1972. Position: Outside left. Height: Weight: Career: Portsmouth Rovers: 1909. Hebden Bridge: 1910. Burnley: 1911. * 1911-12: 13-2 (Football League 2); 0-0 (FA Cup); * 1912-13: 9-1 […]
All articles about Ted Harston on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Ted Harston: “Speed belies his sturdy build, and apart from his deadly shooting, can work the ball well and feed his wings.” Born: February 27 – 1907, in Monk Bretton, Barnsley (Yorkshire), in England. Passed away: May 27 – 1971, […]
All articles about Sam Gilligan on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Sam Gilligan: Born: January 18, 1882: in Dundee, in Scotland. Passed away: June 17, 1965: in Youngstown (Ohio), in USA. Position: Inside right. Height: 175 cm. (5ft. 9in.); Weight: 76 kilos (12st.). Career: Belmont Athletic. Dundee Violet, 1901. * Trial […]
Merits: Football League XI: (v. Irish League: October 10, 1908). XX
Wright in media. About Vic Wright: Born: January 24 – 1909, in Bloxwich, in England. Passed away: March 4 – 1964, in Wednesbury, in England. Position: Centre forward, or both inside forward positions. Height: 5 ‘ 11 1/2. Weight: 12 ‘ 9. Career: Bloxwich Strollers. Walsall. Bristol City, […]
Friday, April 17 – 1964 The Footballer of the Year, elected by the Football Writers Association, will be named on Tuesday, and the voting could be as close at last year when Dave Mackay lost to Stanley Matthews by one vote. I think, without trying to guess the […]
All articles about Sam Bowyer on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Sam Bowyer: Born: October 12, 1887: Witton, in England. Passed away: April 11, 1961: Crewe, in England. Position: Inside left. Height: 170 cm. (5ft. 7in.); Weight: 66 kilos (10st. 5lb.). Career: Earlestown. ** Transferred to Liverpool for £95. Liverpool: Signed: […]
All articles about Fred Staniforth on PlayUpLiverpool. About Fred Staniforth: Born: November 23 – 1884, in Kilnhurst (Yorkshire), in England. Passed away: May 23 – 1955, in Bristol, in England. Position: Outside right. Height: 5 ‘ 6. Weight: 11 ‘ 0. Career: Kilnhurst Town, 1901. Rawmarsh, 1902. Kilnhurst […]
Friday, January 30 – 1953 Each Saturday hundreds of thousands of football “fans” get the maximum pleasure from the most popular of British games. Let us introduce you to a Stoke Mandeville man who for 18 seasons was in the top flight of professional “soccer”; who played for […]
All articles about Walter Wadsworth on PlayUpLiverpool. About Walter Wadsworth: Born: October 7 – 1890, in Bootle, in England. Passed away: October 6 – 1951, in Bristol, in England. Nick name: ‘Dirty Waddy’. Position: Centre half. Height: 180 cm (5ft. 10 1/2in.). Weight: 70 kilos (11st. 0lbs). Career: […]
Wednesday, September 12 – 1951 Burnley-born Mr. General Stevenson (77), 41, Federation-street, Barnoldswick, must possess more medals for football than most men in the North of England. During his career he collected over 100 medals, six silver cups and two caps. Mr. Stevenson first played for Hapton in […]
All articles about Patrick Finnerhan on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Patrick Finnerhan: Born: October 18, 1872: Northwich (Cheshire), in England. Passed away: February 17, 1951: Northwich (Cheshire), in England. Position: Centre-forward. Height: Weight: Career: Winnington: 1891. Northwich Victoria: 1891. * 1892-93: 20-6 (Football League 2); 6-3 (FA Cup); * 1893-94: […]
Thursday, September 1 – 1949 Mr. Alexander Galloway Raisbeck, of 19, Bingley Road, Anfield, Liverpool, an official “scout” for Liverpool F.C., formerly secretary-manager for Halifax Town, Chester and Bristol City, a director of Hamilton Academicals, captain of Partick Thistle and of Liverpool and a Scottish international between 1900 […]
All articles about Alex Raisbeck on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Alex Raisbeck: “The picture of an athlete, a player’s remarkable abilities and a man of high instincts, Alexander Raisbeck, the captain of Liverpool, arrests attention as soon as he walks on to the arena. He is a footballer with a […]
Friday, July 4 – 1947 “Forest are not asleep,” said Mr. W.H. Walker (manager) to the “Post” today, when he made the interesting announcement that the club had adopted Llangollen as a nursery. “We are negotiating for a well-known centre forward, everything depending upon his view of the […]
All articles about Thomas Wyllie on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Thomas Wyllie: Born: April 5, 1870: Maybole (Ayrshire), Scotland. Passed away: July 28, 1943: Glasgow, Scotland. ** The 1911 Census confirms his birth date and place. In 1911, he, aged 41, lived in Bristol with his wife Anne (42) and […]
June 10, 1942 Maximum entertainment with the minimum of travel. That is the aim of the Football League for season 1942-43, which begins on August 29, the scheme for which reached the clubs today. The Home Office has expressed the Government’s desire to interfere as little as possible […]
Wednesday, July 9 – 1941 Football League fixtures for the coming season were received by the clubs today. On the opening day, August 30, Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers, Chester, Southport and Crewe Alexandra home fixtures. Everton visit Stoke, Wrexham will be at Anfield, and New Brighton go to Old […]
Saturday, November 2 – 1940 Bath City entertained Bristol City in a war-time Western League match at Twerton on Saturday, and the home team won an interesting encounter by three goals to one. The scorers for Bath City were: Macpherson (formerly of Liverpool), Barley and Pinxton (penalty). Rogers […]
October 2, 1939 Eighty-two English Football League clubs are to take part in the Regional competition, and the Management Committee at Crewe today divided the country into eight sections as follows: – North-East 11 clubs; North-West 12 clubs; East Midlands 11 clubs; Western 12 clubs; Midland eight clubs; […]
Tuesday, August 8 – 1939 Ted Harston, the former Liverpool, Mansfield Town and Bristol City centre-forward, has joined Shorts in the Kent League. (Western Daily Press, 08-08-1939)
Saturday, July 9 – 1938 Alex Raisbeck returns to the West Country after an absence of nine years. Since leaving Bristol City, he has made quite a name for himself at Halifax and Chester, and Bath City should do very well under his guidance. Alex will find there […]
Wednesday, June 29 – 1938 Alex Raisbeck, the former Scottish international and manager of Bristol City, Halifax Town, and Chester, has been appointed secretary-manager of Bath City. (Hull Daily Mail, 29-06-1938) From Bath Weekly Chronicle, Saturday, July 2 – 1938.
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