Percival Francis Wallace Midgley (1890 – 17 November 1949) was an English

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who played as a

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for Spanish club

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. His older brother,

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, also played for Barcelona.

Club career

Born in

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, his family moved to

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when he was still a child. In 1910 he joined

, where his brother Charles also played, and despite playing for the club for just over a year (1910–11), Percival managed to win the three main titles at stake: Catalan championship (1910–11), Copa del Rey (1910) and the

Pyrenees Cup The Pyrenees Cup (), officially Challenge International du Sud de la France, was an international football competition contested by Spanish and French clubs based in the territories of Pyrénées (Catalonia, the Basque Country, Languedoc, Midi-Py ...

(1911). He played alongside his brother in the 1910 Copa del Rey Final (FEF), an 3–2 comeback win over Español de Madrid, and again in the 1911 Pyrenees Cup Final, in which they proved decisive with three goals ("Percy" netted two) in a 4–2 win over

Stade Bordelais Stade Bordelais are a French rugby union club, based in Bordeaux. The club was established in 1889. Bordelais were a major force in the French championship during the 1900s. Until 2005–06, the senior team competed in the second level of dom ...

. In 1911 some Barcelona players left the club due to financial differences, and "Percy" was one of them, signing for

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

together with his brother. Shortly before the end of the year, both joined Casual SC, together with other Barcelona dissidents such as José Quirante and the Comamala brothers ( Carles and Arsenio). In 1913 Casual folded due to financial reasons and the Wallace brothers returned to FC Barcelona, for whom Charles played until 1915, when he decided to join

again before retiring in 1916.

Honours

Club

;

* Catalan championship: **Champions (1): 1910–11 *

: **Champions (1): 1911 *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: **Champions (1):

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;

* Catalan championship: **Champions (1): 1911–12

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Percy 1890 births 1947 deaths Footballers from London Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Barcelona players English expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain English expatriate men's footballers 20th-century English sportsmen