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Jack Angus (footballer, Born 1868)
John William Angus (1 December 1868 –1933) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside left for Everton during the inaugural English Football League season, 1888/89. He later appeared as a forward in Southampton's inaugural season in the Southern League, 1894/95. Football career Born in Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, he started his career at Third Lanark, before joining English side Everton in 1888. Angus's Everton debut came on 22 December 1888, in a 3–0 reverse at Preston after an injury ruled out first choice Tom Costley. Angus would start in the following four Everton fixtures, only appearing on the winning side once, in a 2–1 home win over Stoke at Anfield. After failing to establish himself at Everton, Angus travelled up the East Lancs Road to sign for Ardwick (later Manchester City) in March 1892. The 1892–93 season was Ardwick's first in the Football League, and Angus scored in the club's first ever League match, a 7–0 win against Bootle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blythswood Hill
Blythswood Hill, crowned by the elegance of Blythswood Square, is the wealthiest part of central Glasgow, Scotland. It extends from the west edge of Buchanan Street to Gordon Street and Bothwell Street, Charing Cross, Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill. Developed as the city's wealthiest and healthiest residential area from 1800 onwards, its Georgian and Victorian architecture continues as a Conservation Area of international note. It started as the "Magnificent New Town of Blythswood" becoming an integral part of the city-centre's business and social life. After the Reformation the vast Lands of Blythswood were owned by the distinguished Glasgow merchant family Elphinstone; one descendant George Elphinstone became an MP of the Scots Parliament. Through his daughter it changed to the Douglas-Campbell family during the 17th century. Archibald Campbell, whose son became Lord Blythswood, setting about feuing the lands to developers.''Glasgow Past and Present'', by Senex and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardwick A
Ardwick is a district of Manchester in North West England, one mile south east of the city centre. The population of the Ardwick Ward at the 2011 census was 19,250. Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a pleasant and wealthy suburb of Manchester, but by the end of that century it had become heavily industrialised. When its industries later fell into decline then so did Ardwick itself, becoming one of the city's most deprived areas. Substantial development has taken place more recently in Ardwick and other areas of Manchester to reverse the decline, notably the construction of many facilities for the 2002 Commonwealth Games held nearby at the City of Manchester Stadium. In the late nineteenth century Ardwick had many places of entertainment, but the only remnant of that history today is the Art Deco-style Manchester Apollo, a venue for pop and rock music concerts. History Prior to the Industrial Revolution, Ardwick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Angus (footballer, Born 1868)
John Alexander Angus (1867 – August 1891) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Northern League for Sunderland Albion and the Football League for Everton. Everton career Everton's signing of 23-year-old Scottish goalkeeper John Angus from Sunderland Albion was announced in the Liverpool Mercury of 7 April 1890, as Angus joined his new teammates for a pre-season friendly versus Bootle. He lodged with the Williams family and fellow Everton player and Scot, Alex Lochhead, at 6 Skerries Road, adjacent to the Anfield ground where Everton were tenants, shortly before the fallout which forced their move to what would become Goodison Park in 1892. Angus made his full debut for Everton alongside established stars including Johnny Holt, Fred Geary and Edgar Chadwick in the opening game of the 1890/91 season at Stoney Lane, as the Toffeemen overcame W.B.A. by four goals to one. In the coming weeks, Everton, with Angus between the sticks, stormed to the top of the Division 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Ward (footballer)
Herbert Foster Ward (24 March 1873 – 6 June 1897) was an English footballer, who played as a forward for two seasons with Southampton, and a cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman for Hampshire. Football career Born in Hammersmith, he attended Bruce Castle School in Tottenham, before training as a schoolteacher. His teaching career took him to Handel College in Southampton. He joined Southampton St. Mary's initially as a left winger and played in the Saints' two FA Cup qualifying matches in November as well as friendlies and local cup matches. In 1894 Southampton were founder members of the Southern League. In the inaugural season Ward was asked to take over the role of centre forward. According to Holley & Chalk's "Alphabet of the Saints" he was "''a tireless worker at all times''"; he was joint top-scorer (with Charles Baker and Jack Angus) for the team for the 1894–95 season with six league goals from only nine appearances, and his goalscoring abilities earne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Offer
Henry Thomas Offer (15 July 1869 – 12 January 1947) was an English footballer who scored Arsenal's first-ever goal in the FA Cup "proper" rounds in 1891, and Southampton's first-ever league goal in 1894. Football career Swindon Town Offer was born ar Rowde, near Devizes, Wiltshire and played for Swindon Town as a teenager, playing in defence in each of Swindon's FA Cup matches in 1887–88 and 1888–89, both of which ended in defeat, to Old Brightonians and Great Marlow respectively. Royal Arsenal In September 1889, Offer moved to London to join Royal Arsenal. At this time, the club were not fully professional and played mainly friendlies and Cup matches. They entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1889–90, but failed to get past the qualifying rounds. The following season, they entered the cup at the First Round proper, losing 2–1 to Derby County on 17 January 1891 with Offer scoring Arsenal's goal. In total, Offer played four times in the FA Cup for Arsenal, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Hollands
Frederick George Hollands (3 October 1870 – 1948) as an English professional footballer who played as an outside-forward for Millwall Athletic and Southampton St Mary's in the 1890s. Football career Hollands was born in Poplar in the East End of London and started his football career with local club, Millwall Rovers, when the club were restricted to friendlies and appearances in the early rounds of the FA Cup. During Hollands' time with the club, Millwall reached the third qualifying round in 1892 where they were defeated 3–4 by local rivals, Woolwich Arsenal. The following year, (now known as Millwall Athletic) they again reached the third qualifying round against Woolwich Arsenal, with the "Gunners" running out 2–0 winners. In the 1894 close-season, Hollands moved to Hampshire to join Southampton St Mary's. In 1894, Southampton St Mary's, together with Millwall Athletic, were one of the nine founder members of the Southern League, which had been created to enab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Baker (footballer)
Charles Henry Baker (1867 – 10 July 1924) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He also played in the Southern League with Southampton. Playing career Born in Stafford, he first played for Stafford Rangers before joining Stoke in April 1889. He made one appearance at the end of the 1888–89 season; the following season he appeared fairly regularly making twelve league appearances, scoring twice as Stoke finished at the foot of the Football League table and failed to be re-elected for the following season. As a consequence, Stoke played 1890–91 in the Football Alliance, finishing the season as champions. In August 1891, he moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers where he played alongside Will Devey and England international forwards Harry Wood and Robert Topham. In 1891–92 he was a virtual ever-present, making 24 appearances in the league scoring five goals, as well as four FA Cup appearances (four goals). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Forward
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] |
1894–95 In English Football
The 1894–95 season was the 24th season of competitive football in England. League competitions Football League Following the collapse of Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C., Middlesbrough Ironopolis and the resignation of Northwich Victoria F.C., Northwich Victoria, three new teams were admitted to the Second Division, bringing it to 16 teams. These new teams were Bury F.C., Bury, Leicester City F.C., Leicester Fosse and Burton Wanderers F.C., Burton Wanderers. Southern League The Southern Football League, Southern League, a competition for both professional and amateur clubs, was founded in 1894 under the initiative of Millwall F.C., Millwall Athletic (now simply Millwall), to cater for teams in southern England, who were unable to join the Football League. The nine founder members were: *Chatham F.C., Chatham *Clapton F.C., Clapton *Ilford F.C., Ilford *Luton Town F.C., Luton Town *Millwall F.C., Millwall Athletic *Reading F.C., Reading *Royal Ordnance Factories F.C., Royal Ordn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freemantle F
Freemantle is a suburb and electoral ward in Southampton, England. There are similarly named places in Hampshire: notably Henry II's hunting lodge in Kingsclere; a suburb of Hannington, Hampshire, Hannington; and Freemantle Common in Bitterne. These were formerly thought to be French names meaning "cold cloak", but are now known to derive from the word ''fromental'', meaning a wheat-field. History Freemantle was originally a large house and estate within the parish of Millbrook, Hampshire, Millbrook and before that was a farm house and land within that same parish. In 1851 it was deemed a separate parish, although some sources still refer to Freemantle as being part of Millbrook. The Freemantle House and Estate was sold by its last owner, Sir George Henry Hewett in 1852, and was bought by Sampson Payne, a local property developer. Sampson Payne was not only a merchant and local property developer, he was a town councillor of many years standing, and also was Mayor of Southampto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Card
Penalty cards are used in many sports as a means of warning, reprimanding or penalising a player, coach or team official. Penalty cards are most commonly used by referees or umpires to indicate that a player has committed an offence. The official will hold the card above their head while looking or pointing towards the player that has committed the offence. This action makes the decision clear to all players, as well as spectators and other officials in a manner that is language-neutral. The colour or shape of the card used by the official indicates the type or seriousness of the offence and the level of punishment that is to be applied. Yellow and red cards are the most common, typically indicating, respectively, cautions and dismissals. History and origin The idea of using language-neutral coloured cards to communicate a referee's intentions originated in association football, with English referee Ken Aston. Aston had been appointed to the FIFA Referees' Committee and was resp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA). Since 2015, it has been known as The Emirates FA Cup after its headline sponsor. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the Women's FA Cup. The competition is open to all eligible clubs down to Level 9 of the English football league system with Level 10 clubs acting as stand-ins in the event of non-entries from above. Included in the competition are 20 professional clubs in the Premier League (level 1), 72 professional clubs in the English Football League (levels 2 to 4), and all clubs in steps 1–5 of the National League System (levels 5 to 9) as well as a tiny number of step 6 clubs acting as stand-ins for non-entries above. A record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
