Herbert Powell (23 November 1885 – 28 September 1957) was an English professional

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who played in

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for Chesterfield Town,

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and

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. He played as a

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Career

Herbert Powell was born in Netherfield, Nottingham,

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

. He was on the books of

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

, though never played for the league side, and played for

Gresley Rovers Gresley Rovers Football Club is an English association football, football club from Church Gresley, South Derbyshire. Gresley is a member of the and plays home games at the Moat Ground. They were known as Gresley Rovers until 2009, when they we ...

and Grantham Avenue before making his first appearance in

, for Chesterfield Town in the

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in the 1906–07 season. A few months later he appeared for

, also in the Second Division, then spent time at

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

, New Brompton and

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

, surfacing for a third time in the Second Division with

in 1910. He scored on his Birmingham debut, but soon left for a tour of senior

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either side of the First World War, finishing off his career with

Sutton Town Sutton Town A.F.C. was a football club based in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The previous club was a member of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division until 2007 when they resigned, but the new club joined the Central M ...

in 1923.

References

Footballers from Nottingham English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Treharris Athletic Western F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Gresley Rovers F.C. players Grantham Avenue F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Rotherham Town F.C. (1899) players Portsmouth F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Worksop Town F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players Retford Town F.C. players Ashfield United F.C. players English Football League players Brentford F.C. wartime guest players 1885 births 1957 deaths People from Colwick Footballers from Nottinghamshire {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub