David Reid (2 May 1896 – March 1963) was a Scottish

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player who played for Everton, captained

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to Irish Cup success in 1929 and also managed both sides of the Irish border with Drumcondra and

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Early life

The Reid family originally came from the

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area near

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

in Scotland, but moved to

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in 1900. David (who had a twin sister Mary) and siblings including Jimmy, Max and

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were born in Scotland while

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and Bob were born in

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; all the boys became footballers to some extent. Reid began his football career alongside his brothers at

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in the late 1910s, winning two caps for the Irish League representative side in 1919 and two consecutive

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winners' medals.

Everton

In late May 1920, Everton announced the signing of 23-year-old Reid for a fee of £1,500, having impressed during a representative game between the Irish and English leagues, in which Reid scored. Reid made his debut against

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in August 1920, going on to make 101 appearances for the Toffees, scoring 10 goals during eight seasons at

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. In February 1928, Reid returned to Northern Ireland to finish the 1927–28 season with

. Everton went onto win the English First Division that season.

Ballymena

Despite having been highly expected to complete a permanent move back to Distillery in the summer of 1928, Reid was convinced to join the new

team who had been recently formed to compete in the Irish League for the 1928–29 season. He signed for the Light Blues as club captain in June 1928 alongside his older brother John, who had also returned home from fellow Merseyside club, New Brighton. The ''Braidmen'' experienced immediate success with a shock win in the 1929

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final against Belfast Celtic. The Ballymena side led by Reid proved their debut season success was no fluke with back-to-back Irish Cup final appearances in 1930 and 1931. His performances for the new side led to a return to the Irish League representative team during the 1929–30 season. During three seasons, Reid made 128 appearances and scored 12 goals at the

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.'Coleman, N. (2015). ''The Official History of Ballymena United FC''. Ballyhay Books.

Post Ballymena career

In August 1931, Reid took up the position of player-manager at struggling Drumcondra in the

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. He returned North back to the Irish League for the 1934–35 season, having retired from playing to become manager of

, but only lasted until September 1934 before resigning his post at

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Club honours

Distillery *

winner: 1918–19, 1919–20 Ballymena *

winner: 1928–29 *

runner-up: 1929–30, 1930–31 *

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runner-up: 1928–29

Statistics

References

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