Norrie Haywood was a

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professional

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er who played as a forward. He played for Watford F.C., Queen of the South,

Peebles Rovers Peebles Rovers Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Peebles, Scottish Borders. Originally founded in 1888 as Greenside Rovers, the club changed their name to Peebles Rovers in the May of 1890. This is at odds with the official ...

, Raith Rovers and

St Bernard's F.C. St Bernard's Football Club were a football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club was established in 1878 and joined the Scottish Football League. Their biggest success came in winning the 1894–95 Scottish Cup. They played at several diff ...

Watford

Norrie Haywood made one first team appearance for Watford in 1933. The center forward after leaving Watford in May 1934,went on trial in August 1934 with both Clapton Orient in London and Berwick Rangers before joining Peebles Rovers the following month. He was born in Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland on 7 September 1910 and died in Edinburgh on 30 July 1979, aged sixty-eight. Source: Neilson N. Kaufman, Honorary historian Leyton Orient FC.

Queen of the South

In 1935,

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became Queen of the South manager and in May 1936 he took Queens on an eleven-game tour to France,

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and

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. In France they played against such teams as Montpellier HSC (losing 4–2) and

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(winning 5–4)."George McLachlan" career profile on www.qosfc.com
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. With

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then under French colonial rule the official programme listed the venue as "Stade-Velodrome Municipal d'Alger" and the participants as: Le Queen of the South- La Belle Equipe Ecossaise de Première Division Racing-Club de Santander- Favori des Championnats d'Espagne Floriana F. C. de Malte- Champion Officiel et Vainqueur de la Coupe R.U.A.- Champion de l'Afrique du Nord 1935 The match days were 21 May and 24 May. Home side Racing Universitaire d'Alger (R.U.A. for whom

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winning author-philosopher

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had played in goals for its junior team) had already won both the North African Champions Cup and the North African Cup in the 1930s (R.U.A. would win each twice by the decade's end). Goals by Willie Thomson and

Joe Tulip Joe Tulip (died 1979) was an English footballer best known for his time at Dumfries club Queen of the South. Career Tulip was one of the first Englishmen to play in the Scottish League. His discovery was quite unique as he was spied by a Dumfri ...

(the Northumbrian was one of the first Englishmen to play in the Scottish League) saw Queens book a place in the invitational tournament final with a 2–1 victory against them. In the final Queens faced a Racing de Santander side who had just finished 4th in Spain's

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notching home and away double victories against both

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and

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. Norrie Haywood's goal and a 1–0 scoreline saw victory for La Belle Equipe Ecossaise. The trophy can still be seen in QoS' club museum today.

Raith Rovers

Norrie Haywood was at Raith Rovers in the season they scored the UK record number of league goals in a season, 142. Haywood top scored for Rovers with 47 strikes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haywood, Norrie People from Portobello, Edinburgh Footballers from Edinburgh Queen of the South F.C. players Watford F.C. players St Bernard's F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Peebles Rovers F.C. players Association football forwards Year of birth missing Scottish footballers