Percy Fairclough (1 February 1858 – 22 June 1947) was an English

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who made one appearance for

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in 1878.

Football career

Fairclough was born in

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, east London and was educated at

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, where he played for the school football team. After leaving school, he joined the Old Foresters. In 1878, shortly after his twentieth birthday, he was selected by

for the match at

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, Glasgow against

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on 2 March. Although England "fielded a side they thought capable of defeating the Scots, ...(they) returned home with a humiliating 7-2 defeat", with three of the Scottish goals coming from John McDougall. Fairclough was described as a "powerful if somewhat ungainly forward". He subsequently joined the Corinthian club, although he does not appear to have actually played for them.

Life outside football

He was killed on 22 June 1947 in a road accident at the age of 89.Brief note on www.iffhs.de
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References

External links

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England profile on www.englandfc.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairclough, Percy 1858 births Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets People from Mile End 1947 deaths People educated at Forest School, Walthamstow English men's footballers England men's international footballers Corinthian F.C. players Road incident deaths in England Old Foresters F.C. players Men's association football forwards