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Peter Meehan (writer)
Peter Meehan (often misspelled "Meechan") (28 February 1872 – 26 June 1915) was a Scottish professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), full-back. He won the list of English football champions, English league championship in 1894–95 Football League, 1894–95 with Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland and the Scottish Football League championship with Celtic F.C., Celtic in 1895–96 Scottish Football League, 1895–96. He also played in the 1897 FA Cup Final for Everton F.C., Everton and the 1900 FA Cup Final for Southampton F.C., Southampton, and made one appearance for Scotland national football team, Scotland in 1896. Football career Meehan was born in Broxburn, West Lothian, the son of a Oil shale industry, shale miner who had migrated from County Donegal in Ireland. In his youth, he played amateur football for three local football clubs Broxburn Emmett F.C., Broxburn Emmett (Scottish Junior Football Association, juniors), Broxb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broxburn, West Lothian
Broxburn ( gd, Srath Bhroc, IPA:[ˈs̪ɾaˈvɾɔʰk]) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, on the A89 road (Great Britain), A89 road, from the West End of Edinburgh, from Edinburgh Airport and to the north of Livingston, West Lothian, Livingston. Etymology The name Broxburn is a corruption of "brock's burn", brock being an old Scots name for a badger whether from the Gaelic ''broc'' or the Pictish/Welsh/Brythonic ''Broch'' and burn (landform), burn being a Scots word for a large stream or small river. The village was earlier known as Easter Strathbrock (Uphall was Wester Strathbrock) with Strath coming either from the Gaelic ''srath'' or the Pictish/Welsh/Brythonic ''ystrad'' meaning a river valley. History The village that later became Broxburn probably originated around 1350 when Margery le Cheyne inherited the eastern half of the Barony of Strathbrock (Easter Strathbrock) on the death of her father, Sir Reginald le Cheyne III. The hamlet that grew up around her reside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
