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Rotherham County
Rotherham County F.C. was an English football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. They spent a number of years in the English Football League before merging with rivals Rotherham Town in 1925 to form Rotherham United. History The club was founded in 1877, as Thornhill Football Club (later 'Thornhill United'), before, in 1905, changing to Rotherham County. It joined the Midland League in 1903, and stayed in that competition until it was abandoned for World War I. They won the Midland League title for four consecutive seasons, from 1911–12 to 1914–15 inclusive. After the War, they were elected to the Football League when the league expanded from 40 clubs to 44 in 1919. In 1925 they merged with local rivals Rotherham Town to form Rotherham United who are still members of the Football League. Notable former players Players that played in the English Football League with Rotherham County – * John Ackroyd * Arthur Beachill * George Bertram * Jackie Bestal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millmoor
The Millmoor Ground, commonly known as Millmoor, is a football stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was the home ground of Rotherham County F.C. between 1907 and 1925 and then its successor Rotherham United F.C. until 2008. The stadium has had no professional tenant since, but has been in use again for local youth football since 2016. It has been described as 'the spiritual home' of Rotherham United. History The stadium was in use during the 1890s, with Rotherham Church Institute using the ground in the Sheffield Association League. and presently has a capacity of around 8,300. During the 1990s, relocation to a new all-seater stadium in Rotherham was considered, but the original preferred site for a new stadium had become unavailable by the time Rotherham won promotion to Division One in 2001, and so the club were faced with the need to develop a new all-seater stadium at Millmoor or elsewhere. Initially, the club chose to convert Millmoor into an all-seater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birch (footballer)
William Birch (1887–1968) was an English footballer. He played for Blackpool, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Grimsby Town, Gainsborough Trinity and Rotherham County Rotherham County F.C. was an English football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. They spent a number of years in the English Football League before merging with rivals Rotherham Town in 1925 to form Rotherham United. History The club .... References * 1887 births 1968 deaths People from Rainford English footballers Blackpool F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Reading F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Rotherham County F.C. players Eccles United F.C. players Association football outside forwards {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Hakin
John Thomas Hakin (17 October 1882 – 1950) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town between 1906 and 1908. An inside left, he joined Grimsby from Midland League club Mexborough Town. On leaving the club he spent the 1908–09 season playing in the Southern League and the Western League for Plymouth Argyle, and later played for Portsmouth and Rotherham County Rotherham County F.C. was an English football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. They spent a number of years in the English Football League before merging with rivals Rotherham Town in 1925 to form Rotherham United. History The club .... He later worked as a groundsman in Grimsby. References 1882 births 1950 deaths Footballers from Mexborough Footballers from Doncaster English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Mexborough Town F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Roth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuben Grice
Reuben Grice (1886–1967) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ... who played as a winger. References 1886 births 1967 deaths People from Ruddington Footballers from Nottinghamshire English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Notts County F.C. players Rotherham County F.C. players Burnley F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Elliott (footballer)
Charles Elliott (22 September 1896 – 22 March 1940) was an English professional footballer. Career Elliott started his career with Sheffield United and later joined Rotherham Town. He joined Rotherham County in the Second Division in 1921, where he made five appearances and scored one goal during the 1921–22 season, after which he joined York City for their first season in the Midland League The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid. History T ... in August 1922. He finished his first season with the club as their top scorer with 16 goal and finished his York career with 89 appearances and 27 goals in all competitions. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Charles 1896 births Footballers from Sheffield 1940 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Easton
William Easton (10 March 1904 – c.1982) was an English footballer who played at inside-forward for Blyth Spartans, Rotherham County, Montreal Maroons (Canada), Everton, Swansea Town, Port Vale, Aldershot, and Workington. Career Easton played for Eston, Blyth Spartans (in two spells), West Stanley (on trial), Rotherham County, Canadian side Montreal Maroons, Everton and Swansea Town, before joining Port Vale in May 1931. He scored on his debut on 29 August, in a 3–1 win over Plymouth Argyle at Home Park. He went on to score seven goals in 22 Second Division appearances in the 1931–32 season, but hardly featured at The Old Recreation Ground in the following season. He was given a free transfer in May 1933 and moved on to Aldershot and then Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Draper
Harry Draper (1887 – after 1910) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham. Draper was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He played local football in Rotherham and spent a season in the Midland League with Rotherham County before joining Birmingham of the Football League Second Division in April 1910. Draper, a playmaker, made three first-team appearances in a struggling side; his debut came on 8 October 1910 in a 3–1 home defeat to Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport Co ....Matthews, p. 157. He failed to settle, and returned nearer home in September 1911, joining Midland League club Denaby United. References 1887 births Footballers from Chesterfield English men's footballers Men's association foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cook (footballer Born 1895)
George William Cook (27 February 1895 – 31 December 1980), sometimes known as Billy Cook, was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his spells as an inside left in the Football League with Huddersfield Town and Aston Villa. Career Early years Cook began his career with spells as a youth at Evenwood Juniors and Trindle Juniors and played for the Royal Artillery during the First World War. He joined Northern League club Bishop Auckland in 1919 and won the FA Amateur Cup in 1920–21 and 1921–22. A move to Second Division club Rotherham County followed in 1922. Huddersfield Town Cook joined First Division club Huddersfield Town in 1923. He was a part of the most successful period in the club's history, winning the First Division championship in the 1923–24, 1924–25 and 1925–26 seasons. He scored 35 goals in 91 appearances before departing the Terriers in February 1927. Aston Villa Cook signed for First Division club Aston Villa in Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Clarkson
William Clarkson (22 September 1891 – 11 December 1954) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside forward in the Football League for Rotherham County, Luton Town, Southport and Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C .... Personal life After retiring from football, Clarkson worked as a commission agent. Career statistics References People from Wombwell Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Footballers from South Yorkshire English men's footballers Nelson F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Rotherham County F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Southport F.C. players English Football League players 1891 births 1954 deaths Padiham F.C. players Men's association football outside forwards Brentford F.C. wart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert George Brown
Robert George Brown was a footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington Stanley, Rotherham County and Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. .... References English footballers Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Bradford City A.F.C. players Rotherham County F.C. players Stoke City F.C. wartime guest players English Football League players Year of birth missing Year of death missing Association football outside forwards {{England-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brown (footballer, Born 1890)
Frank Brown (born 1890) was an English football player and manager. Brown began his football career with Barnsley in 1910, moving to Rotherham County in 1914 and then to Huddersfield Town in 1915. In August 1919 he joined Blackpool, but struggled to break into the first team and left to join Exeter City in May 1921. He stayed only one season at St. James' Park, moving to Pontypridd in June 1922 before returning to Devon and joining Torquay United in 1923. He retired prior to Torquay achieving league status, but became the club's trainer and with Percy Mackrill in charge saw United elected to the Football League. In May 1932 he was appointed manager of Torquay United, and during his six seasons at the helm at Plainmoor, Torquay finished 10th 3 times, and 20th (out of 22 teams) 3 times. In May 1938, Brown moved to the manager's chair at Chester, leading them to 6th place in Division Three (North) and a second replay against Sheffield Wednesday in the 4th round of the FA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Broadhead
James Edward Broadhead (25 August 1894 – 4 May 1955) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in Rotherham, he started his career with Rotherham County in 1913, and then joined Norwich City in 1919. He later had spells with South Shields and Scunthorpe & Lindsey United before moving to Nelson, where he made 67 Football League appearances in two spells with the club. He played in non-League football towards the end of his career, before retiring to become a coach in the early 1930s. Biography James Broadhead was born in Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 25 August. After his football career ended, he settled in Whiston, Merseyside, and worked for retail and gambling company Littlewoods of Liverpool. He died in Whiston on 4 May 1955, at the age of 60. Football career Broadhead started his senior career with his hometown club Rotherham County in 1913, having previously played junior football with Kimberworth Old Boys. His early career was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
