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Fred Staniforth
Frederick Walter Staniforth (23 November 1884 – 23 May 1955) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. He made over 200 appearances in Football League in the years prior to the First World War. Career Fred Staniforth was born in Kilnhurst near Rotherham to Elijah Farewell Staniforth, a miner, and Elizabeth (née Wilson). He played locally for Kilnhurst Town, Rotherham Main and Mexborough Town in Yorkshire. Harry Thickett signed Fred Staniforth in July 1906 from Mexborough Town for Bristol City Bristol City had just been promoted to the First Division as Second Division champions. Staniforth replaced Walter Bennett to make his First Division debut on the right wing in a 0–2 defeat at Everton on 6 October 1906. He scored his first goal in his fourth league appearance in a 3–2 win at Notts County. Staniforth made 24 appearances scoring 3 goals in 1906-07 as Bristol City achieved their highest ever League position finishing as First Division runners up to N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outside Right
Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on being able to create space for attack. Attacking positions generally favour irrational players who ask questions to the defensive side of the opponent in order to create scoring chances, where they benefit from a lack of predictability in attacking play. Team formations normally include one to three forwards. For example, the common 4–2–3–1 includes one forward. Less conventional formations may include more than three forwards, or none. Striker The normal role of a striker is to score the majority of goals on behalf of the team. If they are tall and physical players, with good heading ability, the player may also be used to get onto the end of crosses, win long balls, or receive passes and retai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Gilligan
Samuel Anderson Gilligan (18 January 1882 – 17 June 1965) was a Scottish professional association football player in the years prior to the First World War who played as a forward. He made over 200 appearances in The Football League for Bristol City and Liverpool, and a smaller number of appearances in the Scottish Football League with Dundee and Celtic. Career Born in Dundee, Gilligan was initially an apprentice shipyard riveter, switching skills to become a professional footballer. He began his career at Belmont Athletic and then Dundee Violet before moving up to Dundee FC in 1902. He played in only nine matches, scoring three times and played in three Scottish FA Cup matches. He signed for Celtic for the 1903-04 season and again his appearances were sporadic. Gilligan losing out to the preferred forward and future star Jimmy Quinn, despite his 15 goals in 14 league appearances including a hat-trick against Port Glasgow Athletic. He also played in the Glasgow Cup Final an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilnhurst Colliery F
Kilnhurst is a village in South Yorkshire, England, on the banks of the River Don and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. It grew up around the coal mining, ceramics, glass, brick-making and locomotive industries; none of these industries remain in the village. Residents The sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger was born in the village in 1885, followed by his painter brother David in 1891. They were the sons of a colliery manager. Charles was famous for a number of war memorials commemorating the First World War, such as the Royal Artillery Memorial (1925) which stands at Hyde Park Corner in London, while David was famous for his portrait of Robert Baden-Powell. Railways Until the 1960s the village had two railway stations, Kilnhurst Central built by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway on the line from Sheffield Victoria to Doncaster, and Kilnhurst West built by the Midland Railway, on the line from Sheffield Midland to Cudworth and Leeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first Nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18–January 20, 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Taiwan, Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotherham Main F
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. Rotherham is also the third largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield and Doncaster, which it is located between. Traditional industries included glass making and flour milling. Most around the time of the industrial revolution, it was also known as a coal mining town as well as a contributor to the steel industry. The town's historic county is Yorkshire. From 1889 until 1974, the County of York's ridings became counties in their own right, the West Riding of Yorkshire was the town's county while South Yorkshire is its current county. Rotherham had a population of 109,691 in the 2011 census. The borough, governed from the town, had a population of , the most populous district in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Footballers
Association football is the most popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association football clubs, England has more clubs involved in the code than any other country. England hosts the world's first club, Sheffield F.C.; the world's oldest professional association football club, Notts County F.C., Notts County; the oldest national governing body, the Football Association; the joint-oldest English national football team, national team; the oldest national knockout competition, the FA Cup; and the oldest national league, the English Football League. Today England's top domestic league, the Premier League, is one of the most popular and richest sports leagues in the world, with five of the ten Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs, richest football clubs in the world as of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's '' Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Cup Final
The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup. It has regularly been one of the most attended domestic football events in the world, with an official attendance of 89,472 at the 2017 final. The 2020 event has been the exception, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Final is the culmination of a knockout competition among clubs belonging to The Football Association in England, although Scottish and Irish teams competed in the early years and Welsh teams regularly compete, with Cardiff City winning the Cup in 1927 and reaching the final in 1925 and 2008. Since 1923 it has been played mostly at Wembley Stadium. , 141 FA Cup Finals have been played. The latest final was held on 14 May 2022 and was contested between Liverpool and Chelsea, with Liverpool winning 6–5 on penalties following a 0–0 draw. History The first FA Cup Final was held at Kennington Oval on 16 March 1872 and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA). Since 2015, it has been known as The Emirates FA Cup after its headline sponsor. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the Women's FA Cup. The competition is open to all eligible clubs down to Level 9 of the English football league system with Level 10 clubs acting as stand-ins in the event of non-entries from above. Included in the competition are 20 professional clubs in the Premier League (level 1), 72 professional clubs in the English Football League (levels 2 to 4), and all clubs in steps 1–5 of the National League System (levels 5 to 9) as well as a tiny number of step 6 clubs acting as stand-ins for non-entries above. A record 763 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hardy (footballer)
Robert Hardy (16 June 1885 – 13 July 1960) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City. He played in the 1909 FA Cup Final where Bristol were beaten 1–0 by Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to .... The shirt Hardy wore in the final was sold at auction for £13,000 in 2017. References 1885 births English men's footballers English Football League players Men's association football forwards South Bank F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Year of death missing People from South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Rippon
Willis Rippon (15 May 1886 – 16 March 1956) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Bristol City, Grimsby Town and Woolwich Arsenal. He also had a notable spell in Scotland with Hamilton Academical, with whom he scored 22 goals in 39 league appearances. Personal life Rippon's brother Pip was also a footballer and both played together at Woolwich Arsenal and Grimsby Town. He served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... Career statistics References 1886 births 1956 deaths Footballers from Sheffield English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Rawmarsh Welfare F.C. players Kilnhurst Colliery F.C. players Bristol City F. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hilton
Frank Hilton (28 March 1882 - 28 July 1956) was an English professional association football player in the years prior to the First World War. He made over 110 appearances in The Football League and one appearance for the The Football League XI, Football League representative team in 1907. Career Born at Worsbrough, two miles south of Barnsley, Yorkshire, Hilton's family moved to the Balby area of Doncaster when he was a child. He featured prominently in Bristol City's successes in the first decade of the 20th century under Manager Harry Thickett. He played for local club Doncaster St Johns in Yorkshire before Harry Thickett signed him in July 1905 for Bristol City F.C., Bristol City in the Second Division. He made his league debut in 3–0 win at Lincoln City on 28 October 1905 when Bristol City were in the midst of a record run of 14 successive league wins. Hilton made 26 appearances scoring five goals at outside left replacing Freddie Fenton in 1905–06 when Bristol City fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
