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Born in Stepney, Swepstone played club football for Clapton, Pilgrims, Ramblers, Corinthian and Swifts. [1]He earned six caps for England between 1880 and 1883. [2] Nicknamed the 'Little Pilgrim' by the press, [3] Swepstone has the dubious distinction of conceding 18 goals in just six international matches as England goalkeeper, despite keeping two clean sheets, after making his debut in a 5 ...
Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (31 July 1849 – 22 June 1926) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Wanderers and England.He won the FA Cup five times with Wanderers, becoming the first player to do so.
Peter McKenna (born 27 August 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Collingwood and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. He also represented Devonport in the North West Football Union (NWFU), and Northcote , Port Melbourne and Geelong West in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
In 1891, an article in Fores's Sporting Notes reviewed a copy of the 1874 Football Annual, which commented on the fact that clubs could come and go over time.The 1874 annual listed less than 200 football clubs in all of England, and the author asked "what has become of such old giants as the Gitanos, Harrow Chequers, Pilgrims, and Woodford Wells."
Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, KT (16 February 1847 – 30 January 1923) was a British principal of The Football Association and a leading footballer, considered by some journalists as the first football star. [2]
Whilst at Oxford, King was a member of the Football XI, [1] achieving a 'Blue' against Cambridge in 1881 and 1882. [3] He represented the team in the 1880 FA Cup Final, [4] [5] where a weak mis-kick from King let in Clopton Lloyd-Jones to score the only goal of the match for Clapham Rovers.
William Leslie "Mick" Dunn (28 February 1897 – 24 June 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [ 1 ] Notes
Official football tournaments were suspended soon after the outbreak of World War II in Autumn 1939. International matches took place occasionally during the duration of the war itself, with Scotland playing against England 15 times, a team representing the Republic of Ireland once, and various branches of the British armed forces who could ...