Croal Catchment
Croal may refer to: *River Croal, a river in Greater Manchester, England ;Surname * Jimmy Croal, Scottish football player *N'Gai Croal N'Gai Croal is a video game critic and consultant, previously employed by Newsweek, currently involved in his own consultancy company. Croal started out as consumer technology writer at Newsweek, later writing the Newsweek-associated Level Up blo ...

River Croal
The River Croal is a river located in Greater Manchester, England. It is a tributary of the River Irwell. Rising at the confluence of Middle Brook and Deane Church Brook, it flows eastwards through Bolton, collecting ''Gilnow Brook'' and the larger ''River Tonge'' at Darcy Lever. Most of the river is culverted through Bolton town centre, running under Knowsley Street, Market Place and Bridge Street. Before 1836, the River Croal formed the boundary between the townships of Great and Little Bolton. The name of the river is derived from the Old English ''croh'' and ''wella'', the winding stream. It was possibly originally called the Middlebrook along its entire length as early references mention the ''Mikelbrok'', (''mycel'' and ''broc''), the great stream but not the Croal. It meets the Irwell at Nob End, Kearsley after a total course of around ten miles. Tributaries * Doe Hey Brook (R) ** Will Hill Brook * Blackshaw Brook (L) * River Tonge The River Tonge is a short r ...
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Jimmy Croal
James Anderson Croal (27 July 1885 – 16 September 1939) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Falkirk, Rangers, Chelsea and Scotland. He was judged to be a clever inside left who when paired with Bob McNeil was very effective. Career Croal was a lively inside left, who joined Rangers in 1905 from junior football. However, he failed to make the breakthrough to the first team and went out on loan to Ayr Parkhouse, Alloa Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic, before finally leaving Ibrox to sign for Falkirk for a £10 fee in November 1910. At Brockville, his career blossomed, and he won the Scottish Cup in 1913, as well as three international caps for Scotland and five appearances for the Scottish League XI. Croal transferred to Chelsea from Falkirk in April 1914. Chelsea paid £2,000 for him and he remained at Stamford Bridge until 1922. He was a member of the Chelsea side that reached the 1915 FA Cup Final. He made a total of 130 appearances for Chelsea, scoring a total of 2 ...
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