Liverpool F.C. – The Champions of the League The supreme event in the Eastertide football was the decision of the League championship. When Liverpool had the honour of defeating last season’s winners, Burnley, and on the same day Oldham Athletic overcame Tottenham Hotspur at Boundary Park, the premiership […]
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 Harry Chambers on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Harry Chambers: Born: November 17, 1896: Willington Quay, in England. Passed away: June 29, 1949: Oakengates. Position: Inside left, later on in his career he played centre half. Height: 5 ‘ 9 1/2. Weight: 12 ‘ 6. Career: Percy Main, […]
Wednesday, June 29 – 1949 Harry Chambers, famous Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion and England inside forward, has died at Oakengates. A schoolboy international at 11, he joined Liverpool in 1915 and played eight games for England. (Evening Telegraph, 30-06-1949)
Saturday, September 1 – 1945 It is odds how and when we meet the folk, is it not? Ben Dabbs, Liverpool’s well-remembered full back, was in our area this week. He is on Watford’s books. Came from Oakengates, where Harry Chambers went his winning way after making so […]
May 6, 1939 Mr. Walter Cartwright has been a member of the Liverpool F.C. board for 18 years, including three years as chairman immediately prior to the chairmanship of Will Harrop. In his younger days he played as an amateur with the Huyton Quarry Club, but even in […]
Saturday, February 4 – 1939 The competition asking for the six most famous footballers of Liverpool F.C., in order of merit, led to a large survey of famous names and apparently created much pleasure and profitable thought. The result of the competition is that Elisha Scott tops the […]
Wednesday, October 19 – 1938 When Liverpool won the championship in consecutive seasons after the war they held their heads high and seemed ready to believe that success would never end. So the team went on and – cracked. Then came the struggle. It was attempted to repair […]
Wednesday, April 13 – 1938 Look out for some big money transfer before the season is over. Circulars setting out the names of players with whom clubs are prepared to part are changing hands. I have seen one of these. It comes from Liverpool; who are ready to […]
Saturday, July 22 – 1935 The Burnley Football Club is to lose its manager, Mr. Tom Bromilow, as we stated in Wednesday’s “Express.” The club to which he is going is Crystal Palace, who offered him the post of manager while he was on holiday in London. The […]
Tuesday, January 22 – 1935 You never can tell what Liverpool will do, but they have certainly touched a style of play foreign to their nature in the last ten years. Once they had their big man, Harry Chambers, as holder of the ball; then he left and […]
Tuesday, January 17 – 1933 Hereford United yesterday secured Harry Chambers, the former Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion, and English international, who for the past two seasons has played for Oakengates. The transfer is due to the precarious financial position of the Shropshire club, who notified the United at […]
September 6, 1930 The best half-back playing in the Birmingham League is Harry Chambers, of Oakengates. Harry is player-manager of the side. (Derby Daily Telegraph: September 6, 1930)
Saturday, August 3 – 1929 Harry Chambers, the former Liverpool international forward, who was with West Bromwich Albion last season, has gone as player coach to Wellington, a Birmingham League club. (Hull Daily Mail, 03-08-1929)
May 7, 1928 Liverpool Goal Scorers 1927-28: League: Hodgson 23, Reid 15, Devlin (W.) 14, Edmed 14, Chambers 3, Hopkin 3, Bromilow 3, Race 2, Walsh 2, McNab 1, Pither 1, Mackinlay 1, Jackson 1, Scott (T.) 1. Reserves: Pither 10, Reid 8, Walsh 7, Done 5, Oxley […]
Thursday, March 8 – 1928 Liverpool yesterday figured in two big deals. In the first place they secured the transfer from St. Johnstone of Neil McBain. The deal was carried through in Ayr by Mr. D. Taylor, of the Perth club, and a representative of the Anfield club. […]
Thursday, March 8 – 1928 Liverpool to-day transferred Harry Chambers, their inside left, to West Bromwich Albion. Chambers has been capped six times for England. (Derby Daily Telegraph, 08-03-1928)
Saturday, February 18 – 1928 Match: Friendly, at Anfield. Liverpool – St. Johnstone 3-2 (1-1). Attendance: 30,000. Liverpool (2-3-5): Elisha Scott, Robert Done, Donald Mackinlay, Tom Morrison, Albert Shears, Bill Murray, Dick Edmed, Gordon Hodgson, Harry Chambers, Harry Race, Fred Hopkin. St. Johnstone (2-3-5): Alex McLaren, Willie Steel, […]
Wednesday, February 15 – 1928 Match: Football League, First Division, at Baseball Ground, kick-off: 15:00. Derby County – Liverpool 2-3 (2-0). Attendance: 9,021. Referee: Mr. G.D. Nunnerley. Derby County (2-3-5): Harry Wilkes, Billy Carr, George Collin, Archie Scott, Tommy Davison, Harry Storer, Sammy Crooks, Jimmy Gill, Harry Bedford, […]
February 4, 1928 Match: Football League, First Division, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:00. Liverpool – West Ham United 1-3 (0-2). Attendance: 23,897. Referee: Mr. L.B. Watson (Nottingham). Liverpool (2-3-5): Arthur Riley, Tommy Lucas, Donald Mackinlay, David McMullan, James Jackson, Tom Bromilow, Dick Edmed, Bob Clark, Tommy Reid, Harry Chambers, […]
January 28, 1928 Match: FA Cup, Fourth Round, at Ninian Park, kick-off: 14:45. Cardiff City – Liverpool 2-1 (1-1). Attendance: 20,000; gate receipts: £1,666. Referee: Mr. W.J. Paisley (Wolverhampton). Cardiff City (2-3-5): Tom Farquharson, Jimmy Nelson, Tom Watson, Harry Wake, Fred Keenor, Billy Hardy, Billy Thirlaway, Sam Irving, […]
Saturday, December 24 – 1927 On the eve of Christmas it must have come as a terrible blow to the Liverpool club to have lost the services of Gordon Hodgson, their South African born inside right, who has been the most consistent forward in the attack this season. […]
Saturday, December 3 – 1927 Match: Football League, First Division, at St. James’ Park, kick-off: 14:15. Newcastle United – Liverpool 1-1 (0-1). Attendance: 26,534. Newcastle United (2-3-5): Willie Wilson, Alfred Maitland, Frank Hudspeth, William Carlton, Charles Spencer, John Harris, Tommy Urwin, Bob McKay, Hughie Gallacher, Tommy McDonald, Stan […]
Saturday, November 19 – 1927 Tommy Reid, who got so many goals when he played with Clydebank as a centre forward, was never quite nippy enough for the Liverpool leadership in English football, but he is doing extremely well now as an inside left. His “hat trick” of […]
Saturday, August 27 – 1927 Match: Football League, First Division, at Bramall Lane, kick-off: 15:00. Sheffield United – Liverpool 1-1 (0-0). Attendance: 21,667. Referee: Mr. N. Shuker (Whitwell). Sheffield United (2-3-5): Jack Alderson, Bert Chandler, Len Birks, Harry Cawthorne, Seth King, George Green, Dave Mercer, Arthur Mercer, Harry […]
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