Mark Dickson Bell (8 February 1881 – 22 October 1961) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played for Heart of Midlothian in the early years of the 20th century, helping them to win the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Southern League championships with
Southampton
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and
Fulham
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. An
outside forward
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capable of playing on the left or right wing, he won one international cap for
Scotland
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in 1901.
Football career
Heart of Midlothian
Bell was born in
Edinburgh
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Bill Porteous
William Porteous (13 November 1878 - 9 April 1962) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.
Born in Dumfriesshire but raised in Linlithgow, he played club football for Heart of Midlothian, Portsmouth and Falkirk and was a Scottish ...
) with eight goals and was a member of the team that won the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Celtic
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4–3; he scored twice in the final, including the late winner. A month prior to that success Bell had earned what proved to be his solitary
cap
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for
Scotland
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, in a 1–1 draw with
Wales
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on 2 March 1901. Wales 1 Scotland 1 (2 March 1901) London Hearts Supporters Club
At Hearts he was regarded as a nippy forward, equally at home on either wing. In 1901–02 he helped Hearts to third place in the Scottish League table, as well as the 1901–02 World Championship.
Southampton
In 1902, he moved to the south coast of England, where
Southampton
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were attempting to reclaim the Southern League title and recruited six new players, including fellow Scots, Tom Robertson from
Liverpool
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Kettering Town
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. Injury prevented him making regular appearances, although he made six consecutive league (and three in the FA Cup) in January and February replacing the injured Dick Evans. Bell contributed six league goals, plus one in the cup, including a pair in an 11–0 victory over
Watford
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Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...
on 13 December 1902. This remains the "Saints" joint highest victory margin in League football.
In his nine Southern League appearances, he scored six goals, helping Southampton claim the Southern League title for the fifth time in seven years.
Later career
In April 1903 he returned to Hearts, helping them to take the runners-up position in the Scottish League for the 1903–04 season.
He then returned to the Southern League with
Fulham
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where he helped them take the championship title for the first time in 1905–06 (when Southampton were runners-up) and again the following season.
He left Fulham in 1907 and spent the rest of his career with various London clubs, including
Clapton Orient
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and
Leyton
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, before finishing his career with New Brompton, where he played as a half back.
After the
First World War
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he emigrated to Australia in 1919.
Honours
Heart of Midlothian
*
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1901
Southampton
* Southern League championship:
1902–03
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