James Brogan was a Scottish footballer who played for the majority of his career at
Bolton Wanderers
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. He played mostly as an
inside-left
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outside-left
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Having started his career in the amateur game with his local club Beith, he signed for Hibernian in 1883. He scored six goals on his senior debut for the club, in a 10–1
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, He was then signed by Hibernian's
Edinburgh derby
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Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
from Hearts, after the Scottish club had toured
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
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1888-1889
When signing for Bolton in December 1884, James Brogan became one of the first professional footballer's to play for Bolton Wanderers. James Brogan made his League debut, playing as a winger, on 8 September 1888 at Pike's Lane, then home of Bolton Wanderers, and their opponents were Derby County. Bolton Wanderers lost the match 6–3. James Brogan scored his debut League goal, scoring Bolton Wanderers third goal of the match. When James Brogan made his League debut he was approximately 23 years 70 days old; that made him, on that first day of League football, Bolton Wanderers' youngest player. Brogan played in all 22 League matches in season 1888-89 scoring 13 goals (Bolton Wanderers top scorer for the season), scoring two-League-goals-in-a-match twice. Brogan played as a winger in a midfield that achieved big (three-League-goals-or-more) wins on five separate occasions. James Brogan was one of five Bolton Wanderers players, who, in season 1888–89 played in every (22) League game. The other four, apart from Brogan, were,
Kenny Davenport
James Kenyon "Kenny" Davenport (23 March 1862 – 27 September 1908) was an English international footballer who played as an inside right.
Career
Born in the Deane area of Bolton, Davenport played for Bolton Wanderers, after joining them ...
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John Milne
John Milne (30 December 1850 – 31 July 1913) was a British geologist and mining engineer who worked on a horizontal seismograph.
Biography
Milne was born in Liverpool, England, the only child of John Milne of Milnrow, and at first raised in ...
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Bob Roberts
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