Robert Petrie (25 October 1874 – 1947) was a professional

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who won the FA Cup with

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and was on the losing side in the 1900 FA Cup final with

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Playing career

Born in

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, Petrie started his career in his native Scotland, before moving south to join

in April 1894. In round 1 of the 1896 FA Cup, Petrie was part of the Wednesday team that narrowly defeated his future employers,

, before going on to win the

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in April. After three seasons with Wednesday, Petrie moved to the south coast to join Southern League champions Southampton in May 1897, displacing John Hodgkinson. In his first season with the Saints, playing alongside

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and

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in the half-back line, he only missed two league games as Southampton claimed the Southern League title yet again. In 1897–98, Saints also reached the semi-final of the FA Cup before going out to

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in a replay (played in a blizzard). Described in Holley & Chalk's ''The Alphabet of the Saints'' as "very much a team player, Bob was never showy but always reliable and at his best when the chips were down.". He did, however, have a drink problem and shortly after joining Southampton was reprimanded by the board over his drinking. In the 1889–99 season, as a result of injury he lost his regular place to Scottish international

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and only made nine appearances as Southampton, (now in their new home at The Dell), took the league title for the third consecutive season. In the following season, Robertson having moved back to Scotland to join Rangers, Petrie resumed his place in the centre of the half-back line as Southampton took third place in the league, but reached the final of the

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against

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. Southampton were the first Southern League club to reach the FA Cup final, and had already beaten three top flight clubs on the way to the finalGiant Killers 1900
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, after which he was replaced by fellow-Scot Don Greenlees. In his three seasons with Southampton, he made a total of 68 appearances, scoring six goals. In 1900 he moved to

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for their final season before the club was disbanded. He then returned to his native Scotland playing out his career for a variety of clubs, including three years with

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and a spell with

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just short of his 40th birthday.

Honours

Gainsborough Trinity * Gainsborough News Charity Cup Winner: 1890 * Lincolnshire Football Association Challenge Cup Winner: 1890 Sheffield Wednesday *

winner:

Southampton *

finalist:

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

* Southern League championships: 1897–98 and 1898–99

References

External links

Dundee season 1893–94Article in Dundee Evening Telegraph
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