All articles about John Harkness on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About John Harkness: Born: September 27 – 1907, Govanhill, Scotland. Passed away: October 6 – 1985. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: 179 cm. (5ft. 10½in.); Weight: 70 kilos (11st.). Career: Mount Florida School. Queen’s Park, December 7 – 1925. * 1925-26: 20-0 (ScL […]
All articles about William Macpherson on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About William Macpherson. Born: 1880, in Beith, in Scotland. Passed away: Position: Inside right, or inside left. Height: 175 cm. (5ft. 9in.); Weight: 71 kilos (11st. 2lb.). Career: Beith. St. Mirren: Signed: September 21, 1904. * 1904-05: 12-3 (ScL 1); * […]
All articles about Jock Thomson on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Jock Thomson: Born: July 6, 1906: Thornton (Angus), Scotland. Passed away: 1979. Position: Left half. Height: Weight: Career: Thornton Rangers: 1923. Dundee: Signed: June 2, 1924. * 1924-25: 1-0 (ScL 1); * 1925-26: 2-1 (ScL 1); * 1926-27: 23-0 (ScL […]
All articles about Arthur Reynolds on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Arthur Reynolds: Born: June 30, 1889: Dartford, England. Passed away: March 14, 1970: South Kensington (London), England. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: 182 cm. (5ft. 12in.); Weight: 80 kilos (12st. 8lb.). Career: Dartford Albion: Signed: 1904. Dartford: Signed: 1905. * 1909-10 x-x […]
All articles about John “Sailor” Hunter on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About John “Sailor” Hunter: “Very dashing, goes through the defence like a piston, and shoots a hard ball when the ground is good.” (Athletic News: April 25, 1910) Born: April 6, 1878: Johnstone, in Scotland. Passed away: January 12, 1966: […]
All articles about Herbert Craik on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Herbert Craik: Born: 1881: in Forfar (Angus), in Scotland. Passed away: July, 1965: White River, South Africa. Position: Left half. Height: 173 cm. (5ft. 8in.); Weight: 67 kilos (10st. 7lb.). Career: Forfar. Port Glasgow. Greenock Morton: Signed: December 27, 1900. […]
All articles about Tom Miller on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Tom Miller: “Standing 5ft. 8 ¾in., and weighing 11st. 5lb., Miller is well equipped physically for an inside berth. His speed has been much increased since he crossed the Border, and he is filling the post of inside left quite […]
All articles about Peter Kyle on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Peter Kyle: “There is about him something that is strongly reminiscent of the old Scotch school. He is quiet, unaffected – the type of players who must be understood before he can be appreciated. He is the mainspring of a […]
All articles about George Livingstone on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About George Livingstone: Born: May 5, 1876: Dumbarton (Dunbartonshire), Scotland. Passed away: January 15, 1950: Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire), Scotland. Position: Inside right, or inside left. Height: 177 cm. (5ft. 9¾in.); Weight: 78 kilos (12st. 5lb.). Career: Artisan Thistle. Parkhead. Dumbarton: Signed: 1895. […]
August 8, 1948 To many of his workmates in a Clyde shipyard 84-year-old Jimmy Brogan is just “the old bloke in the gatehouse.” Entirely unexpected is the fact that he used to crack in goals for Hearts, Hibs, and Bolton Wanderers before this century began, that he was […]
Monday, October 21 – 1946 John Bonner Arbroath’s new ‘keeper from Polkemmet is a miner. He is stockily built, on lines able to take a hefty charge. As a junior he had trials for Liverpool and Hearts. On Saturday’s showing he is a real capture. (Dundee Courier, 21-10-1946)
All articles about John Macdonald on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About John Macdonald: Born: Edinburgh, Scotland. Passed away: Position: Centre forward. Height: 170 cm. (5ft. 7in.); Weight: 67 kilos (10st. 7lb.). Career: London Caledonians. Civil Service Strollers. King’s Park, signed, August 27 – 1921. * 1921-22: 11-2 (ScL 2). Queen’s Park, […]
May 5, 1945 Match: Charity match for the Sailors’, Soldiers and Airmen’s Family Association, at Easter Road. Hibernian – Services Select XI 2-2 (0-1). Attendance: 18,165; gate receipts: £1,500. Referee: Mr. A.A. Baker (RAF). Hibernian (2-3-5): Mitchell Downie, Jock Govan, Alex Hall, Willie Finnigan, Robert Baxter, Samuel Kean, […]
Friday, March 16 – 1945 Have just had word of Eric Keen, Derby County’s international half-back, who dropped out of our ken after assisting Everton and Liverpool a few seasons back. A friend in India writes to say that Keen is acting as trainer-cum-reserve for the Services touring […]
Saturday, February 3 – 1945 International: War time friendly, at Villa Park. England – Scotland 3-2 (1-1). Attendance: 66,000; gate receipt: £17,000. Referee: Mr. T. Smith (Atherston). England (2-3-5): Frank Swift (Manchester City), Laurie Scott (Arsenal), George Hardwick (Middlesbrough), Frank Soo (Stoke City), Neil Franklin (Stoke City), Joe […]
January 25, 1945 England’s team to meet Scotland on the Aston Villa ground on Saturday week has not yet been announced. The Scotland XI. Will be: – Robert Brown (Queen’s Park); Jim Harley (Liverpool), Stephen (Bradford); Matt Busby, capt. (Liverpool), Thyne (Darlington), Macaulay (West Ham); Delaney (Celtic), Willie […]
Saturday, November 25 – 1944 Match: International, Benefit for the RAF Benevolent War Fund, at Hillsborough. Royal Air Force – Scotland 1-7 (0-3). Attendance: 40,172; gate receipts: £5,176. Referee: Mr. A.W. Cutts (Sheffield). RAF (2-3-5): Bert Williams (Walsall), Laurie Scott (Arsenal), Billy Hughes (Birmingham), Frank Soo (Stoke City), […]
Thursday, November 16 – 1944 Four Liverpool players have been chosen to play for Scotland against the RAF at Sheffield on November 25, and there is no doubt that if they do well they will get their caps against England on February 3. They are: Busby – recalled […]
All articles about Matt McQueen on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Matt McQueen: Born: May 18, 1863: in Harthill, in Scotland. Passed away: September 28, 1944: in Liverpool, in England. Position: Utility player, started out as a forward, then a half back, full back and also a goalkeeper. Height: 170 cm. […]
May 20, 1944 War time International: Friendly, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:15. The Army – Royal Air Force 2-3 (1-1). Attendance: 22,000; gate receipts: £1,750. Referee: Mr. A.C. Hall (Chester). The Army XI (2-3-5): Frank Swift (Manchester City), Bert Sproston (Manchester City), Frank Taylor (Wolves), Hugh Wales (Motherwell), Bob […]
May 19, 1944 Like the little boy who keeps the almond paste from his cake to the end, because it’s the best part of it, the tit-bit of this season’s Merseyside football competition has been reserved for the last day. This is the charity game at Anfield tomorrow […]
Thursday, February 10 – 1944 The relatives of Cyril Tooze, the young Welsh full-back of Arsenal F.C., have learned that he has been killed in Italy while on service. Ted Platt, Arsenal goalkeeper, has written that Tooze was killed by a bullet from a German sniper. Platt is […]
October 1, 1943 Norman Sharp, the former Liverpool and Lancashire schoolboy player, returns to Everton’s team to oppose Burnley in the Football League game at Goodison Park tomorrow when Everton have in their side no fewer than eight players who graduated through the “A” team. This is yet […]
June 10, 1943 The Veterans’ challenge match on June 18 between Short & Harland’s Antiques and Carrick and Larne Veterans should arouse much interest. The players given below have agreed to turn out. Carrick Rangers have placed their ground and equipment at the disposal of the teams. Part […]
All articles about James Adams on PlayUpLiverpool. About James Adams: Born: August 17, 1864: Edinburgh, Scotland. Passed away: April 24, 1943: New Jersey, USA. Position: Full back. Height: Weight: Career: Norton Park, 1884. Heart of Midlothian: Signed: December 31, 1886. * 1888-89: 4-0 (FA Cup); * 1889-90: 4-0 […]
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