It was Roberts and Meredith who effectively set up the Players' Union in 1907. They had been working on it for some time, the catalyst being the...
The FA refused to pick Roberts due to his union activities. Roberts and Billy Meredith led the player rebellion against the maximum wage. Buchan...
You are right that Bloomer was an exception. Nowadays specialist goalscorers are admired. In Bloomer's day sections of the press called him...
Crabtree was best known for being part of the famous Aston Villa half-back line of the 1890s: Reynolds, Cowan, Crabtree.
Arnott played 10 times for Scotland at right-back and 4 times at left-back. Ross could also play either but was usually at right-back. Yes...
Arnott and Ross usually played at right-back. Crabtree was noted for versatility. His best position was left-half. Hapgood is probably the...
Scotland first appeared in the World Cup finals in 1954. Arsenal toured northern Europe during the 1930s. Opponents as follows: Danish teams:...
Personally I have no problem with rating old players without footage. Old footage represents a tiny sample size and is inconclusive. The written...
Leading FA Cup and Scottish Cup scorers where information exists: 1872: 2 - Kenrick (Clapham Rovers), Renny-Taylour (Royal Engineers), Young...
Because there was more to football than official competitions. Some friendlies were more evenly matched. Several teams didn't bother turning up at...
We cannot be certain. He is reported to have scored 10 goals for Wanderers, some of which will have been against very weak opponents...
There is insufficient information on goalscorers in both the FA Cup and Scottish Cup at this time. In many matches the scorers are not known. In...
Probably 5th Tier. No promotion or relegation. Belfast Celtic league champions four years in a row. League average of over four goals per match.
For information, leading British scorers during seasons when Hungarians had most goals. 1911: Willie Reid (Rangers) 38 1912: Willie Reid...
There were no leagues then. First is 1888-89.
There shouldn't be a need for coefficients before 1920. Unless you replace Schlosser's Hungarian titles. I would keep them. British football was...
Correction. Nick Ross (1890) was playing for Preston.
Another amendment to the RSSSF list. Jonny Campbell (Sunderland) 1892, 1893, 1895 was a different player from John Campbell (Aston Villa) 1896.
https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/worldtops.html RSSSF list from first league season 1888-89. Amendments 1889-1919: 1890: Should be Nick Ross...
1910s is a tricky one. Of British players appearing during the entire decade, Jimmy McMenemy of Celtic may have the strongest claim. From...
All these players were highly rated, but not by everybody. Schlosser suffers from playing in Hungarian sides that were heavily beaten on several...
There are 3 different players here, all Scottish. 1. Jonny Campbell of Sunderland. Early specialist goalscorer. Considered here the leading...
There are a few threads. This is a recent one with some links to the others....
Given the Newcastle connection, this would be the Scot Jimmy Gordon. Later served as long-term coach under Clough and Taylor at Derby and Forest.
Do you have numbers for Platini, Ronald Koeman, Legrotaglie and Nelinho?