Charles Leatherbarrow (born Letherbarrow) (16 January 1870 – 26 December 1940) was an English professional footballer born in Banbury who played in the Football League for Rotherham Town, Walsall Town Swifts and Small Heath.[1] He played at inside right or centre forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 January 1870 | ||
| Place of birth | Banbury, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 December 1940 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Birmingham, England | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right / Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Northwich Victoria | ||
| 18??–1893 | Rotherham Town | 12 | (4) |
| 1893–1894 | Walsall Town Swifts | 24 | (12) |
| 1894–1895 | Small Heath | 5 | (3) |
| 1895–1896 | Millwall Athletic | ||
| 1896–1897 | Chatham | ||
| 1897–1898 | Cowes | ||
| 1898–1??? | Wellington Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editLeatherbarrow was playing for Midland League champions Rotherham Town by September 1892. He is reported as scoring their late consolation goal in Liverpool's first ever match at Anfield, a 7–1 victory in a friendly on 1 September 1892.[2][3] Leatherbarrow assisted Rotherham to retain their Midland League title, and remained with the club for the start of the 1893–94 season – their first season in the Football League – but in December 1893 he moved to fellow Second Division club Walsall Town Swifts.[4][5] His scoring rate for Walsall of a goal every other game attracted the attention of Small Heath, who signed him prior to their first season in the First Division.[5]
Described as "stocky and very quick off the mark", Leatherbarrow had scored freely at each of his previous clubs;[5] he had a run of four games in the absence of Billy Walton, and scored a hat-trick in the second of those, but was unable to force his way into Small Heath's first-choice eleven.[6] In April 1895 he moved to Southern League champions Millwall Athletic,[5] and his 17 league goals made a major contribution to the club retaining their title in the 1895–96 season.[7] In December 1896 he joined fellow Southern League club Chatham.[5]
Honours
editRotherham Town
- Midland League champions: 1892–93
Millwall Athletic
- Southern League champions: 1895–96
References
edit- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Raport Liverpool Daily Post z pierwszego spotkania Liverpoolu, które miało miejsce 1 września 1892 roku (The Liverpool Daily Post report of Liverpool's first match, which took place on 1 September 1892)". AnfieldZin (in Polish) (7). liverpoolfc.pl: 34. Archived from the original on 14 January 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ^ "Past manager profile: John McKenna". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Rotherham Town". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Matthews, p. 142.
- ^ Tarrant, Eddie. "A Season by Season Diary of Millwall Football Club" (PDF). Millwall FC Museum. pp. 4–5.[permanent dead link]