Alexander Binnie (born 1905; date of death unknown) was a

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who played for

Kilsyth Rangers Kilsyth Rangers Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. Nicknamed ''The Wee Gers'', they were formed in 1913 and play at Duncansfield Park, which used to be one of the bigger ''non-league'' f ...

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

, and

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish association football, football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championshi ...

in the 1920s.

Career

Binnie played for

and

, before joining

on trial in September 1926. He kept a

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in his debut in a draw with

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on 25 September, but failed to impress in his three other

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games. With goalkeepers

George Holdcroft George Henry Holdcroft (23 January 1909 – 17 April 1983), also known as Harry Holdcroft, was an England international football goalkeeper. He played for Port Vale, Darlington, Everton, Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, Burnley, Bury, Oldham At ...

and

Tom Fern Thomas Edward Fern (1 April 1886 – 21 March 1966) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Worksop Town, Lincoln City, Everton, and Port Vale. He won the Football League with Everton in 1914–15. Career Fern started his ca ...

already at

The Old Recreation Ground The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and home to Port Vale F.C. from 1913 to 1950. It was the sixth ground the club used. Structure and facilities The stadium was in rather bad conditio ...

there was no room for Binnie, and he moved back to Scotland to play for

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Binnie, Alex People from Kilsyth Footballers from North Lanarkshire Scottish footballers Association football goalkeepers Kilsyth Rangers F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players English Football League players 1905 births Year of death missing 20th-century deaths