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Fred Wallbanks
Frederick Wallbanks (14 May 1908 – 25 April 1938) was an English footballer who made 29 appearances in the Football League playing for Chesterfield, Bradford City and Nottingham Forest in the 1930s. He played as a forward in the earlier part of his career and was later converted to left back. He was on the books of Bury but played no first-team football, and played Cup matches for West Ham United and Northampton Town but no League football. He also played non-League football for Crook Town, Scarborough, Bradford City and Consett. Life and career Wallbanks was born in 1908 in Platt Bridge, Lancashire, a son of Joseph Henry Wallbanks, a collier, and his wife Mary Alice ''née'' Glazebrook. By the time of the 1911 Census, the family had moved to Chopwell, County Durham. Four of Wallbanks' brothers, Jack, Jimmy, Horace and Harry, also played League football, as did Bill Harvey, who was raised with the Wallbanks family. Wallbanks played as a forward for Crook Town, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platt Bridge
Platt Bridge, colloquially known as Platt Wazz, is a settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south of Wigan town centre along the spine of the A573 road. Historically part of the Hindley Urban District, in Lancashire, the area is now a residential suburb of Wigan. The first mention of Platt Bridge in documents occurs in 1599. The name comes from "plat" or "platte" meaning a foot-bridge. Platt Bridge borders Abram, Bamfurlong, Hindley and Ince-in-Makerfield. Platt Bridge's border with Bamfurlong is marked by a brook which runs under the A58 and is shown by an ancient marker stone. Two railways pass through Platt Bridge; one, the West Coast Main Line, the other a disused industrial line. Platt Bridge had a railway station on the Manchester and Wigan Railway line that closed in 1969. Two schools in Platt Bridge, Low Hall County Primary School and Saint Nathaniel's C.E. Primary were closed and amalgamated into a new school Platt Bridge Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward (association Football)
Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on being able to create space for attack. Attacking positions generally favour irrational players who ask questions to the defensive side of the opponent in order to create scoring chances, where they benefit from a lack of predictability in attacking play. Team formations normally include one to three forwards. For example, the common 4–2–3–1 includes one forward. Less conventional formations may include more than three forwards, or none. Striker The normal role of a striker is to score the majority of goals on behalf of the team. If they are tall and physical players, with good heading ability, the player may also be used to get onto the end of crosses, win long balls, or receive passes and retain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First Division's winning club became English men's football champions. The First Division contained between 12 and 24 clubs, playing each other home and away in a double round robin. The competition was based on two points for a win from 1888 until the increase to three points for a win in 1981. After the creation of the Premier League, the name First Division was given to the second-tier division (from 1992). The name ceased to exist after the 2003–04 First Division season. The division was rebranded as the Football League Championship (now EFL Championship). History The Football League was founded in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. It originally consisted of a single division of 12 clubs ( Accrington, Aston Villa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Harvey (footballer, Born 1908)
William Arthur Harvey (2 May 1908 – 1978) was an English footballer who played as a forward. He scored 23 goals from 70 appearances in the Football League for Barnsley, Chesterfield and Darlington. He also played for a variety of non-league clubs, mainly in the north-east of England. These included Chopwell Institute, Annfield Plain, Eden Colliery Welfare, Boston United, and Stockton. Personal life Harvey was born in Chopwell, County Durham, to Michael Harvey, a coal miner, and his wife Esther. At the time of the 1911 Census, the family were living in Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, and the two-year-old Willie was the youngest of six surviving children. and In 1931, he married Sarah, sister of his Barnsley teammate John Wallbanks. He was one of many footballers refused unemployment benefit after football was classified as a seasonal occupation; those normally employed in seasonal work were ineligible for benefit unless they had worked during their off-season. Harvey's br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Wallbanks
Harold Wallbanks (27 July 1921 – April 1993), sometimes known as Choppy Wallbanks, was an English professional footballer who played as a right half in the Football League for Fulham, Southend United and Workington. He played as a guest for Sunderland during the Second World War. Personal life Wallbanks' brothers Fred, John, Horace and Jimmy also became footballers. He worked as a miner A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting, ... in Northumberland during the Second World War. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallbanks, Harry English Football League players English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves 1921 births 1993 deaths Footballers from Gateshead Fulham F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players English min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Wallbanks
William Horace Wallbanks (9 April 1918 – 2004) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallbanks, Horace 1918 births 2004 deaths Footballers from Tyne and Wear English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Chopwell F.C. players Ashington A.F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players English Football League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Wallbanks
James Wallbanks (12 September 1909 – 28 October 1979) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back and right back in the Football League for Millwall, Reading, Barnsley, Norwich City and Northampton Town. After retiring as a player, he served Reading as trainer and physiotherapist for 22 years and took caretaker charge of the club in 1971. Personal life Wallbanks' brothers Fred, John, Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ... and Harry also became footballers. Honours * Reading Hall of Fame References English Football League players Reading F.C. players Men's association football fullbacks {{England-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub English men's footballers Reading F.C. managers English Football League managers Men's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wallbanks
John Wallbanks (7 July 1905 – 1987) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Hindley, Wigan, Wallbanks started his professional career with Barnsley, where he was the club's top goalscorer for four consecutive seasons. He went on to play for Chester and Bradford Park Avenue Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in , at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The name derived from their former hom ... before joining Wigan Athletic in 1936. References 1905 births 1987 deaths People from Hindley, Greater Manchester Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Barnsley F.C. players English Football League players Chester City F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Footballers from Greater Manchester Portsmouth F.C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly â€About North East England. Retrieved 30 November 2007. The ceremonial county spawned from the historic County Palatine of Durham in 1853. In 1996, the county gained part of the abolished ceremonial county of Cleveland.Lieutenancies Act 1997 . Retrieved 27 October 2014. The county town is the of |
Chopwell
Chopwell is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, west of Rowlands Gill and north of Hamsterley, Consett, Hamsterley. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 9,395. In 1150, Hugh de Puiset, Bishop Pudsey granted the Manor of Chopwell to the first Abbot of Newminster. Newminster Abbey retained possession of the manor until the dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. Traditionally an area of coal mining, Chopwell was nicknamed "Little Moscow" because of the strong support for the Communist Party of Great Britain, Communist Party. Chopwell counts "Marx Terrace" (after Karl Marx) and "Lenin Terrace" (after Vladimir Lenin) among its street names, and during the 1926 United Kingdom general strike, 1926 General Strike the Union Flag at the council offices was taken down and replaced with the Flag of the Soviet Union, Soviet flag. Another notable street, site of the former Chopwell Junior School, "Fannybush Lane", was renamed "Whittonstall Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Census
The United Kingdom Census 1911 of 2 April 1911 was the 12th nationwide census conducted in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The total population of the United Kingdom was approximately 45,221,000, with 36,070,000 recorded in England and Wales,National Statistics Online Retrieved 9 November 2017. 4,761,000 in Scotland, and 4,390,000 in Ireland.Census of Ireland 1901/1911 and Census fragments and substitutes, 1821-51. The National Archives of Ireland. Retrieved 6 July 2017. Geographical scope The census covered England, Wales, |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created by the Local Government Act 1972. It is administered by Lancashire County Council, based in Preston, and twelve district councils. Although Lancaster is still considered the county town, Preston is the administrative centre of the non-metropolitan county. The ceremonial county has the same boundaries except that it also includes Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, which are unitary authorities. The historic county of Lancashire is larger and includes the cities of Manchester and Liverpool as well as the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas, but excludes Bowland area of the West Riding of Yorkshire transferred to the non-metropolitan county in 1974 History Before the county During Roman times the area was part of the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
