Elijah Cresswell
Elijah J. Cresswell (18 July 1889 – 4 November 1931) was a Scottish amateur association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward in the Scottish Football League, Scottish League for Queen's Park F.C., Queen's Park. Personal life Cresswell worked as a claims inspector and as of 1915 was married with two children. In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, he enlisted as a guardsman in the Coldstream Guards. Career statistics References

1889 births Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players British Army personnel of World War I Footballers from Glasgow Men's association football outside forwards Queen's Park F.C. players 1931 deaths Coldstream Guards soldiers Men's association football inside forwards Parkhead {{Scotland-footy-forward-1880s-stub ...
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Parkhead
Parkhead ( sco, Pairkheid) is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road (now the Gallowgate and Tollcross Road) and Westmuir Street. Glasgow's Eastern Necropolis cemetery was laid out in the area in 1847 beside the Gallowgate. History The area flourished with the discovery of coal in 1837 and grew into an industrial centre. In 1897 William Beardmore and Company became famous with the production of high grade steel and castings at the local ''Parkhead Forge'', founded about 1837 and extended between 1884 and 1914. After years of decline, the massive plant was closed in 1976, and in 1986 the construction of the first phase of The Forge Shopping Centre began on the site. The shopping centre opened in the autumn of 1988, and in 1994 an indoor market was added adjacent to it. The final element, a retail park, was completed in three stages between 1996 and 2002. Parkhead Cross is a major road jun ...
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