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 Swift on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About George Swift: Born: February 3, 1870: St. George’s (Shropshire), England. Passed away: 1956. Position: Left back. Height: (5ft. 9in.); Weight: (12st. 8lb.). Career: St. George’s (Shropshire): 1885. Wellington Town: 1886. Wellington St. George’s: 1887. Stoke: 1887. Hereford. Crewe Alexandra: 1889. […]
All articles about James Gorman on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About James Gorman: Born: May 17, 1882: Midlesbrough (Yorkshire), England. Passed away: December, 1955: Middlesbrough (Yorkshire), England. ** 1911 Census, shows James Gorman (aged 28), living with his wife Susan (married for five years) – and their children: Mary Agnes (5), […]
All articles about William Goldie on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About William Goldie: Born: January 22, 1878: Hurlford, in Scotland. Passed away: February 3, 1952: Hurlford, in Scotland. Position: Left half. Height: 170 cm. (5ft. 7in.); Weight: 72 kilos (11st. 4lb.). Career: Hurlford Thistle. Hurlford, 1892. Clyde. Liverpool: Signed: November 25, […]
All articles about Tommy Waterall on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Tommy Waterall: Born: October 24, 1884: Radford, England. Passed away: November 8, 1951: Nottingham, England. Position: Outside left. Height: Weight: Career: Radford Institute: Sgned: 1904. Heanor United: Signed: 1905. Notts County: Signed: 1906. * 1905-06: 1-0 (FL 1); * 1906-07: […]
All articles about Bill Keech on PlayUpLiverpool.com; About Bill Keech: Born: February 22, 1872: Irthlingborough (Northamptonshire), in England. Passed away: September 6, 1948: Paddington (London), in England. Position: Centre forward. Height: 5 ‘ 9. Weight: 12 ‘ 7. Career: Irthlingborough Revellers, 1888. Irthlingborough, 1889 Wellingborough Town, 1892. Irthlingborough […]
All articles about Alex Stewart on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Alex Stewart: Born: November 11, 1868: Greenock, Scotland. Passed away: March 20, 1946: Burnley (Lancashire), England. Funeral: March 23, 1946: Burnley Cemetery. Position: Left half. Height: (5ft. 8½in.); Weight: (11st. 12lb.). Career: Greenock Morton: 1889. Burnley: Signed: December, 1889. * […]
All articles about Messina Allman on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Messina Allman: Born: April 5, 1883, in Burslem, in England. Passed away: 1943, in Croydon, in England. ** The 1911 Census says he lived in Pentre, Glamorgan. He is 27 years old, and lived with his wife, Beatrice (24) and […]
All articles about Maurice Parry on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Maurice Parry: Born: November 7, 1877: Trefonen (Shropshire), Wales. Passed away: March 24, 1935: Bootle (Lancashire), England. Position: Right half back. Height: 181 cm. (5ft. 11in.); Weight: 81 kilos (12st. 10lb.). Career: Oswestry, 1895. Nottingham Forest: 1897. * 1897-98: 0-0 […]
All articles about Bertie Lyon on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Bertie Lyon: Born: May 18, 1875: Mosborough, England. Passed away: 1927. Position: Inside left. Height: Weight: Career: Gresley Overs: 1896. Leicester Fosse: 1898. * 1898-99: 8-2 (Football League 2); 0-0 (FA Cup); * 1899-00: 7-2 (Football League 2); 2-0 (FA […]
Monday, June 23 – 1919 The retain and transfer lists of The Football League and Southern League have been compiled, and the figures are interesting. As to the retain list we have little information, and if the clubs can show cause for the retention of the players there […]
Saturday, May 24 – 1919 The returns of the 20 per cent. pooling scheme as applied by the League to the subsidiary competition provide a series of interesting comparisons. In the Midlands the clubs paid in altogether over £2,010, whilst each received as it share of the pool […]
Friday, January 31 – 1919 At Leicester, 2.50 p.m. Leeds City. – W. Walker; H. Millership, W. Hampson; T. Lamph, J. Hampson, Corporal A. McLachlan; T. Hall, C. Stephenson, Harry Peart, A. Price, H. Lounds. Leicester Fosse. – H.A. Brown; another, S. Currie; E. King, C. Storer, J.H. […]
August 25, 1917 Mr. T.H. Crombie, the hon. secretary of the Leicester F.C., who has rendered yeoman service in regard to recruiting since the war began, has been gazetted as captain in the Leicester 2nd/1st Volunteer Battalion. He will be entrusted with the administrative and organising work of […]
April 1, 1916 Lancashire Section: Northern Division: Bolton Wanderers – Bury 4-3 (1-3). Attendance: 5,000 at Burden Park. Referee: Mr. J. Davies; linesmen: Messrs. H.T. Halliday and J. Pickering. Bolton Wanderers (2-3-5): Jack Hodgkiss; Bert Baverstock, Hurst; Bob Glendinning, Walter Rowley, Tom Buchan; Harry Smith, George Lillycrop, Frank […]
March 4, 1916 Start of Subsidiary Competition. Lancashire Section: Northern Division: Burnley – Bolton Wanderers 3-1 (0-0). Turf Moor; attendance: 6,000; gate receipts: £150. Referee: Mr. D. Heath; linesmen: Messrs. F.H. Heald and S. Lord. Burnley: Jerry Dawson; Tom Bamford, David Taylor; George Halley, Tommy Boyle, Jonathan Brown; […]
December 21, 1915 The Notts team to meet Leicester Fosse at the Meadow Lane Ground on Christmas Day will be as follows: Albert Iremonger; Herbert Morley, Joe Perry; Billy Flint, Sid Bowser, Arthur Clamp, Bagshaw (selected from); Ike Waterall, Sam Richards, James Cantrell, Barks and Horace Henshall. (Nottingham […]
Saturday, October 2 – 1915 Match: Midland Section, principal tournament, at Baseball Ground, kick-off: 15:30. Derby County – Leicester Fosse 1-1 (0-0). Attendance: 2,000. Referee: Mr. G.N. Watson. Derby County (2-3-5): R.H. Stone; J.T. Atkin, Trooper Tommy Barbour; J.H. Walker, C. Povey, T. Benfield; W. Grimes, A.S. Leigh, […]
Friday, October 1 – 1915 More than usual interest is centred in the match between representatives of these clubs on the Baseball Ground to-morrow afternoon on account of the keen rivalry which exists between the towns in matter of sport, and especially by reason of the fact that […]
September 4, 1915 Where there will be football Bright prospect of the Midland section clubs. Many old and new players keen on the game. The fourteen clubs forming the Midland section of the League competition are looking forward to an interesting season. They have an abundance of players, […]
July 19, 1915 Important decisions, putting a ban on professional football next season, were come to at the meeting of the ruling football authorities yesterday. At the meeting of the of the Football League in London, Mr. J. McKenna, the president, occupied the chair, and every club was […]
July 19, 1915 This morning the annual meeting of the Football League was held, Mr. John McKenna, the president, in the chair. Every club was represented. The chairman, in handling the cup and medals to Everton, congratulated the club, stating that it was twenty-one years since Everton had […]
July 10, 1914 A meeting of the Management Committee of the Football League was held at the Grand Hotel, Scarborough, yesterday, Mr. John McKenna (president) in the chair. The Commission, consisting of Messrs. John McKenna, Arthur Dickinson, and Harris, who inquired into an application by Edward Brown to […]
Friday, May 15 – 1914 Match: Friendly, Tour of Scandinavia, at Stockholm Stadium. AIK (Solna) – Liverpool 0-3 (0-0). Attendance: 16,000; gate receipt: £800. AIK (2-3-5): Liverpool (2-3-5): Kenneth Campbell; Ephraim Longworth, Robert Crawford; Thomas Fairfoull, Bob Ferguson, Walter Wadsworth; Jack Sheldon, Arthur Metcalf, Robert Macdougall, William Lacey, […]
Tuesday, May 5 – 1914 Some of the most notable of the deals in players since the four-figure transfer fee became the fashion, when Middlesbrough paid £1,000 to Sunderland for Alf. Common, now with Preston North End, are: – George Utley Barnsley to Sheffield United £2,000 Tommy Barber […]
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