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1938–39 British Home Championship
The 1938–39 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1938–39 seasons and was the last edition of the tournament to be completed before the outbreak of the Second World War in August 1939 suspended all professional sporting competitions. As a result, this was the final opportunity for many spectators to see their sporting heroes in an international setting, as players such as Wales's Dai Astley or Scotland's Tommy Walker would no longer be young enough to play for their country by the time professional football began again in 1946. The opening matches saw an immediate advantage for Wales and Scotland who beat England and Northern Ireland respectively. Scotland then followed by beating the Welsh in their second match during a close contest whilst England succeeded in victory over the Irish by a seven-goal margin to bring them into joint second place behind the Scots. During the match, Willie Hall scored five goals, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Home Championship
The British Home Championship * sco, Hame Internaitional Kemp * gd, Farpais lìg eadar-nàiseanta * cy, Pencampwriaeth y Pedair Gwlad, name=lang (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (the last of whom competed as Northern Ireland starting from the late 1950s). Beginning during the 1883–84 season, it is the oldest international association football tournament in the world and it was contested until the 1983–84 season, when it was abolished after 100 years. History Overview The first international association football match, between Scotland and England, took place in November 1872. Following that contest, a schedule of international matches between the four home nations gradually developed, the games taking place between January and April of each year. In 1884, for the first ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrie Jones
Barrie Jones may refer to: * Barrie Jones (footballer), Welsh footballer * Barrie Jones (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer * Barrie R. Jones, British-New Zealand ophthalmologist and ophthalmic surgeon See also * Barry Jones (other) {{hndis, Jones, Barrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Milligan
Dudley James Milligan (7 January 1916 – 1971) was a footballer who represented both South Africa and Ireland at international level. Milligan, who played as a forward, played professionally in Scotland, England, and Ireland between 1937 and 1949. Club career Born in Johannesburg, Dudley began his career with hometown side Johannesburg Rangers before going on trial with Scottish club Dundee in 1937. He then played professionally for Clyde and Chesterfield; during World War II, normal League football was suspended, and Milligan guested for a number of teams in Ireland including Linfield, Larne, Distillery and Dundalk. After the League resumed in 1946, Milligan returned to Chesterfield, before moving to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in August 1947. By October 1948 Milligan had moved to Walsall, and in 1949 he returned to Ireland to play with Ballymena United. International career Milligan played international football for both South Africa and Ireland Ireland ( ; ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Boulter (footballer)
Leslie Mervyn Boulter (31 August 1913 – 30 November 1974) was a Welsh professional footballer, best remembered for his time as an inside left in the Football League with Charlton Athletic, with whom he ascended from the Third Division South to the First Division in successive seasons in the mid-1930s. He scored on his only appearance for Wales at international level. Club career Charlton Athletic An inside left, Boulter began his career at Second Division club Charlton Athletic. After suffering relegation to the Third Division South in 1933, Boulter was part of the team which completed a meteoric rise to First Division, in two seasons, securing the Third Division South title in 1934–35 and a runners-up finish in the Second Division in 1935–36. The Addicks challenged for the league championship in their first three seasons in the top-flight. Boulter departed The Valley in February 1939, after making 176 appearances and scoring 29 goals during his time with the club. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Glover
Ernest Matthew "Pat" Glover (9 September 1910 – 9 September 1971) was a Welsh international association football, footballer who played as a centre forward. He played in the Football League for Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town and Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, and was Cap (sport), capped seven times by the Wales national football team, Wales national team. Life and career Born in Swansea, Glover began playing football for The Forward Movement, a church group set up to support poor and working-class people. He joined Football League club Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea Town in 1928, but failed to make a league appearance before moving to Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town the following year. Over the next decade, Glover scored 180 league goals in 227 games for Grimsby, and won seven international Cap (sport), caps for Wales national football team, Wales, scoring seven goals. He was the leading goalscorer in the Football League Second Division, Second Division for the 1933–34 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Cumner
Reginald Horace Cumner (31 March 1918 – 18 January 1999) was a Wales international footballer. A forward, he played for Arsenal, Margate, Hull City, Notts County, Watford, Scunthorpe United, Bradford City, Poole Town, and Bridport. He won three international caps in the 1939 British Home Championship, scoring one goal. Club career Cumner moved from Aberaman Athletic to Arsenal. He was loaned out to Margate and Hull City. He played for Arsenal in the 1938 FA Charity Shield at Highbury, which ended in a 2–1 victory over Preston North End. During World War II he guested for Cardiff City, Fulham, Greenock Morton, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Swansea Town, Aberaman Athletic, Port Vale, Clapton Orient and Plymouth Argyle. He suffered severe burns during the war whilst on service for the Royal Marines. In August 1946, he signed for Notts County in part-exchange for Ian McPherson. He helped the ''Magpies'' to 12th and sixth place in the Third Division South in 1946–47 and 1947– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland. The city's Holyrood Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchy in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, Scottish law, literature, philosophy, the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tynecastle Stadium
Tynecastle Park is a football stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian (Hearts). It has also hosted Scotland international matches, and been used as a neutral venue for Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup semi-finals. Tynecastle has a seating capacity of , which makes it the sixth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Hearts have played at the present site of Tynecastle since 1886. History After Hearts was formed in 1874, the club played at sites in the Meadows, Powburn and Powderhall. Hearts first moved to the Gorgie area, in the west of Edinburgh, in 1881. This pitch, known as "Tynecastle Park" or "Old Tynecastle", stood on the site of the present-day Wardlaw Street and Wardlaw Terrace. As this site was then regarded as being 'out of town', Hearts would sometimes stage two matches for the price of one, or set an admission price much lower than Edinburgh derby rivals Hibs. In 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Jones (footballer)
Leslie Jenkin Jones (1 July 1911 – January 1981) was a Welsh professional footballer. Career Born in Aberdare, as a youngster Jones began his career at his local side Aberdare Athletic, while also working at his father's butchers shop, before signing for Cardiff City in 1929. He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat during a South Wales derby against Swansea Town. Despite Cardiff struggling and falling down the league during his time there he scored 31 goals in 142 league games. He earned the first of his eleven caps for Wales in the 1932–33 season. He eventually moved to Coventry City in January 1934 and went on to score 27 goals in his first full season for the club. His impressive scoring record at Highfield Road – seventy goals in 138 games – meant Jones attracted interest from various clubs and Coventry managed to resist a £7,000 offer from Tottenham Hotspur but couldn't resist an even higher offer from Arsenal in 1937, with Bobby Davidson going the other way. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrance Gillick
Torrance Gillick (19 May 1915 – 16 December 1971) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for Rangers, Everton and Partick Thistle, and for the Scotland national team. Club career Born in Airdrie, Gillick was signed for Rangers in 1933, aged 18, by manager Bill Struth, after playing for prominent Glasgow junior club Petershill. In his first spell with the club, he won the Scottish League and Scottish Cup in 1934–35, and that summer was sold to Everton for a then record fee for the club, £8,000. He stayed on Merseyside until the Second World War and during that time won a Football League championship medal in 1939. During World War II, Gillick "guested" for home-town Airdrieonians and Rangers.Rangers player Gillick, Torry FitbaStats At the end of the war in 1945, Struth brought hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
