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Percy Prince
Percy Prince (15 August 1887 – December 1973) was an English amateur footballer who played as a centre-forward for Southampton and Boscombe in the early 20th century. Football career Prince was born in Liverpool but was raised in Southampton and played his club football on Southampton Common, while working in the Merchant Navy. He was signed by Southern League Southampton as an amateur in 1907 and made his first team debut away to New Brompton on 17 October 1908. In the next match, against Millwall he scored in a 4–1 victory at The Dell, but made only one further appearance that season, followed by two further appearances at the end of the 1909–10 season, scoring in both matches. He was the first-choice centre-forward at the start of the next season, scoring in a 3–0 victory over Portsmouth on 10 September 1910, before losing his place to Sid Kimpton. Described as a ''"sharp-shooting centre-forward, keen and enthusiastic "'' but with a genial nature, ''"there wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre 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] |
1910–11 In English Football
The 1910–11 season was the 40th season of competitive football in England. Overview Events Huddersfield Town entered the Football League for the first time. Grimsby Town were the team who made way for them. Brighton & Hove Albion won the Charity Shield as Southern League winners, defeating Football League winners Aston Villa. Honours Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition League tables First Division Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:1910-11 in English football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Fenwick
Herbert Fenwick (1900 – 1961) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back for Southampton in their final season in the Southern League in 1919–20. Football career Fenwick was born in Wallsend and trained as a boilermaker. During World War I, he moved to the south coast to work in the Southampton shipyard of Harland and Wolff, where he played in their works team which won the South Hants War League in 1919. In May 1919, he joined Southampton as a professional footballer and made his Southern League in the first match of the 1919–20 season, a 1–1 draw with Exeter City. Fenwick retained his place at right half for the first six matches, after which he was in and out of the side, with Percy Prince Percy Prince (15 August 1887 – December 1973) was an English amateur footballer who played as a centre-forward for Southampton and Boscombe in the early 20th century. Football career Prince was born in Liverpool but was raised in Southampton ... u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampshire League
The Hampshire League was a football league in Hampshire, England. During its heyday its constitution consisted of four divisions with over 60 clubs taking part - this included a vast number of semi-professional teams and Reserve/’A’ sides of the areas professional clubs with many famous players playing in its matches over the years, often in front of large crowds. The league ran for 108 years, from 1896 until 2004 - after which two competitions have since spawned from it; the Hampshire League 2004 (an unofficial continuation) and the Hampshire Premier Football League. The former dissolved in 2013 and was absorbed by the latter, which now operates with two divisions, with the top flight gaining place on the revised FA Pyramid system. History It all goes way back to Victorian times; an era that saw football established as a popular recreational activity with a number of clubs (some of which still exist today) being formed. In these days fixture lists consisted of just cup g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hollins (footballer)
Arthur Hollins was an English professional footballer who played at centre-forward for Southampton between 1914 and 1915. Football career Hollins was born in Wolverhampton and started his professional career at Walsall, without breaking into the first-team. He then joined Wellington Town of the Birmingham & District League; by 1914 he was attracting the attention of bigger clubs, including Wolverhampton Wanderers of the Football League Second Division but instead chose to move to the south coast to join Southampton of the Southern League. He joined the "Saints" in February 1914 and went straight into the first-team, taking the place of Bill Smith against Queens Park Rangers on 28 February. He retained the No. 9 shirt for the remaining eleven matches of the season, scoring seven times including both goals in a 2–0 victory over Norwich City on 4 April, followed by a hat-trick at Millwall six days later on Good Friday. He continued at centre-forward for the first three mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Smith (Edwardian Footballer)
William Smith (23 June 1887 – 21 March 1929) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward for various clubs in the years immediately prior to the First World War. Football career Smith was born in Denaby Main, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and played his early football for the nearby Hickleton Main Colliery before joining Brentford of the Southern League in October 1912. At Griffin Park, he soon gained a reputation as a prolific goal-scorer with 12 goals from 27 appearances. In the 1913 close-season, he moved to the south coast to join Southampton and made his debut for the "Saints" in the opening match of the 1913–14 season. Despite "showing persistence and industry", he struggled to reproduce the form he had at Brentford. After scoring only four goals in his first fourteen appearances, he was replaced by Percy Prince. Smith was recalled for a further five matches in December/January without managing to score and lost his place again, this tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Dominy
Arthur Albert Dominy (11 February 1893 – 23 September 1974) was an English professional footballer, who played as an inside-forward, and football manager, spending most of his career with Southampton. Playing career Southampton He played his early football for Peartree Green, then for Bitterne Guild for whom he scored over 50 goals during the 1911–12 season. This form soon attracted the attention of Southern League Southampton who signed him in March 1913, and he made his first appearance away to Stoke City on 5 April 1913. He made two further appearances that month, including scoring two goals in the final match, a 3–3 draw at home to Gillingham on 26 April, thus giving Saints fans some indication of what was to come. He made an immediate impact in the following season by becoming Saints' top scorer (with 13 goals) playing alongside Len Andrews, Percy Prince and Sid Kimpton. He followed this up with a spectacular 30 goals the following season, including a hat-trick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Andrews
Leonard Thomas Alford Andrews (9 December 1888 – 21 January 1969) was an English professional Association Football, footballer who played as an Striker (association football), inside forward. During his career he had two spells with both Southampton F.C., Southampton and Reading F.C., Reading, as well as playing for Watford F.C., Watford. Playing career Andrews was born in Reading, Berkshire, Reading and attended the University of Reading where he trained as a teacher. He joined Reading F.C. in October 1909 and was relegated from the Southern Football League, Southern League First Division at the end his first season. However they were promoted as champions Second Division in 1911. In the summer of 1912 he moved to the south coast to join Southampton F.C., Southampton, who had just appointed a new trainer in Jimmy McIntyre. Due to the lack of funds following George Harold Swift, George Swift's spending spree in the previous season, McIntyre was only able to sign three new pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912–13 In English Football
The 1912–13 season was the 42nd season of competitive football in England. Overview Sunderland won the First Division for the fifth time, with a record of 25–4–9; Aston Villa, finishing second, had fewer defeats, but a lot more draws: 19–12–7. Blackburn Rovers won the Charity Shield for the first time in a close final (2–1) with Queens Park Rangers. Aston Villa won the FA Cup Final against Sunderland (1–0) and obtained their fifth cup. Notts County and Woolwich Arsenal were relegated to the Second Division; Preston North End and Burnley were promoted to the First Division. Events Lincoln City returned to the Football League once again, at the expense of Gainsborough Trinity. Honours Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition League tables First Division Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hamilton (footballer)
Henry Gilhespy Hamilton (1887–1938) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward for various clubs in the 1900s and 1910s. Playing career He was born in South Shields and started his professional career in December 1908 with Sheffield Wednesday before moving to Huddersfield Town in April 1910. At Huddersfield he scored ten goals in sixteen league games, plus three in four FA Cup matches; this prolific form attracted the attention of Southern League Southampton's new manager George Swift. Swift was Southampton's first appointment as manager and promptly embarked on a spending spree, signing eleven players in six weeks. Hamilton was immediately drafted into the first team as centre-forward, making his debut on 2 September 1911 at home to Millwall. He found the net fairly regularly during his one season at The Dell, scoring nine goals in 23 league appearances, thus becoming top-scorer for the 1911–12 season. He had problems settling in the south, how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Gibson (footballer)
Andrew Gibson (1 July 1890 – 20 June 1962) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1910s. Playing career Born in Glasgow he was playing for Strathclyde and was attracting the attention of both Celtic and Rangers when he was signed in May 1911 by Southern League Southampton, along with teammate Jim McAlpine. Southampton's new manager George Swift claimed that Gibson was "the best forward he had seen and would be a thousand pounds man". Swift was Southampton's first appointment as manager and promptly embarked on a spending spree, signing eleven players in six weeks. He made his debut on 2 September 1911 at home to Millwall. Despite scoring twice in a 3–2 victory over Leyton on 28 October he failed to live up to Swift's high expectations. In March 1912 Gibson was suspended (along with Henry Hamilton) for a serious breach of club discipline, as a result of which he was placed on the transfer list. He never appeared for the first team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
