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Andrew Jackson (footballer)
Andrew Jackson (26 April 1856 – 3 December 1930) was a Scottish association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), full back or Midfielder#Wing half, half back. Career Born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Airdrie, Jackson lived in Cambuslang for most of his life and played club football for Cambuslang F.C., Cambuslang, leading them to the 1888 Scottish Cup Final as Captain (association football), captain, winning the Lanarkshire Cup and Glasgow Cup, and taking part in the inaugural season of the Scottish Football League in 1890. He retired the following year and was granted a Testimonial match, benefit match with Cambuslang taking on a Scottish League XI. He made two appearances for Scotland national football team, Scotland. London Hearts Supporters Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Airdrie (; sco, Airdrie; gd, An t-Àrd Ruigh) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on a plateau roughly 400 ft (130 m) above sea level, and is approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Glasgow city centre. , the town had a population of around 37,130. Historically part of Lanarkshire, Airdrie forms part of a conurbation with its neighbour Coatbridge, in what is commonly known as the Monklands, formerly a district. (population approximately 90,000 including outlying settlements). Name Airdrie's name first appeared in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (Registrum Magni Sigilii Regum Scotorum) in 1373 as Ardre. By 1546 it had become Ardry and by 1587 it was known as Ardrie. In 1630 it finally appeared in the Register as Airdrie. Given the topography of the area, the most likely interpretation is that the name derives from the Gaelic ''An Àrd Ruigh'' meaning a level height or high pasture land. Another possibility is that it is from the Gaelic ''An Àrd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish League XI
The Scottish League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the (English) Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. For a long period the annual fixture between the English and Scottish leagues was only second in importance to the matches between the two national teams. The fixture declined in importance after regular European club competition was instituted in the 1950s; matches in the 1960s and 1970s were played irregularly and poorly attended. A match involving a Scottish League XI was last played in 1990, to mark the centenary of the League. History Soon after the creation of the Scottish Football League (SFL) in 1890, there was a desire on the part of its officials to test its strength against the more senior (English) Football League. An Anglo-Scottish league match was first played in April 1892 at Pike's Lane,Pike's Lane was the home ground of Bolton Wanderers until 1895, when the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland Men's International Footballers
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Scottish Men's Footballers
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1930 Deaths
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1856 Births
Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyage on which she will be lost with all 186 on board. * January 24 – U.S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in "Bleeding Kansas" to be in rebellion. * January 26 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the suppress an indigenous uprising, in response to Governor Stevens' declaration of a "war of extermination" on Native communities. * January 29 ** The 223-mile North Carolina Railroad is completed from Goldsboro through Raleigh and Salisbury to Charlotte. ** Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross as a British military decoration. * February ** The Tintic War breaks out in Utah. ** The National Dress Reform Association is founded in the United States to promote "rational" dress for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Jackson (footballer)
Archibald Jackson (25 January 1901 – 11 November 1985) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-half for Sunderland. Born in England but raised in Scotland, his father Jimmy, elder brother James, uncle Andrew and cousin Andy were all footballers; another cousin was Australian cricketer Archie Jackson Archibald Jackson (5 September 1909 – 16 February 1933), occasionally known as Archibald Alexander Jackson, was an Australian international cricketer who played eight Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1929 and 1931. A teenage prod .... Scots Football Worldwide References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Archie 1901 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Jackson (footballer, Born 1900)
James Jackson (4 December 1900 – c. 1976) was a footballer who played for Liverpool. Between 1925 and 1933, he made 224 appearances, scoring twice. Early life and playing career Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England to Scottish parents (although his father had grown up in Australia),The Coodnaes Scots Football Worldwide Jackson played in the for Queen's Park (one year in the first team), (four years) and |
Andy Jackson (footballer, Born 1890)
Thomas Andrew Jackson (4 February 1890 – 30 September 1918) was a Scottish professional Association football, footballer who played as a centre half in the The Football League, Football League for Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough. He also played in the Scottish Football League, Scottish League for Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen and St Mirren F.C., St Mirren. Personal life Jackson was a member of a sporting family: his father Andrew Jackson (footballer), Andrew was capped for Scotland national football team, Scotland in the 1880s and his uncle Jimmy Jackson (footballer, born 1875), Jimmy and cousins James Jackson (footballer, born 1900), James and Archie Jackson (footballer), Archie all played in the Football League. A younger cousin Archie Jackson was a prominent Australian cricketer. Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Jackson worked as an apprentice Moulder (occupation), moulder for Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley. In November 1915, 18 mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Jackson (footballer, Born 1875)
James “Jimmy” Jackson (15 September 1875 – after 1914) was a footballer who played as a full back or at wing half. Jackson's family emigrated from Scotland to Australia where he was raised and where he began his senior football career while still in his early teens. Australian football was still forming and Jackson played for teams from mining areas such as South New Lambton, before being recorded as playing for both Hamilton and Adamstown Rosebud. He returned to Scotland in 1893, appearing in Junior football and briefly for Rangers before moving to England to join Newcastle United. Two years later he signed for Woolwich Arsenal where he spent six seasons, captaining the club in its inaugural season in the Football League First Division. After a short spell as player-manager of Leyton and five months with West Ham United of the Southern League, he rejoined Rangers for two seasons. He ended his career with spells at four more Scottish League clubs: Port Glasgow Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
