George Roche (1889–1973) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played for

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

and

Stoke Stoke is a common place name in the United Kingdom. Stoke may refer to: Places United Kingdom The largest city called Stoke is Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. See below. Berkshire * Stoke Row, Berkshire Bristol * Stoke Bishop * Stok ...

Career

Rocahe was born in Birkenhead and played for Northern Nomads before joining

in 1909. He only played three matches for Preston before quitting to join the University of Liverpool and whilst studying played for the university football team. He joined

in 1912 and made three appearances for the club in 1912–13. He returned to amateur football with

Lancaster City Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently compete in and play at Giant Axe. They are full members of the Lancashire County Footb ...

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roche, George 1889 births 1973 deaths Footballers from Birkenhead English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Northern Nomads F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Lancaster City F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players