Arthur Howes (9 October 1876 – 1950) was an English professional

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who played as a goalkeeper in the

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for Leicester Fosse and in the Scottish League for

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. He also played Southern League football for Reading, Brighton United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Queens Park Rangers.

Life and career

Arthur Howes was born on 9 October 1876 in

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, where he played football for the Waverley club before signing for Leicester Fosse of the Football League Second Division in September 1896. He played 12 league matches before moving on to Reading of the Southern League, and after a trial with Football League club Lincoln City, rejoined Leicester Fosse for another three appearances. He returned to the Southern League in 1899 with Brighton United, under the management of former Leicester Fosse trainer

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. Although Tommy Spicer was first-choice goalkeeper, Howes made 11 appearances in all competitions before the club folded in March 1900. He then went to Scotland where he signed for

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. In his first season, he kept goal for Dundee 'A', helping them win the 1900–01

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title. Dundee 'A' finished level on points with Orion and the title was decided in a play-off; Dundee 'A' won 3–0, although Stewart was brought in to keep goal in place of Howes. In his second, he made his first-team debut on the opening day of the 1901–02 Division One season, in a 1–1 draw away against

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, and missed only one match thereafter. He was reported to have suffered with nerves while with Dundee, and a 1921 retrospective of a match in which he played described him as having "had his very bad days and his really brilliant outings." Howes returned to England and spent two seasons with Brighton & Hove Albion. In the first, he shared goalkeeping duties with Squire Whitehurst as Albion gained promotion to the Southern League First Division, but Howes' experience was preferred at the higher level, and he missed only one match in

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. Despite having gained a reputation as "one of the best custodians in the South", he was released at the end of that season, and in November 1904 joined another Southern League club, Queens Park Rangers. He and

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shared the goalkeeper position for the rest of the 1904–05 season, and after Collins left for Everton, Howes shared the role with former

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. He was undisputed first choice in the 1906–07 campaign until Rangers signed

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from

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in March 1907. Webb played out the season, and Howes retired from professional football in the 1907 close season because of injury. Howes died in 1950.

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