Glossop North End A.F.C. - Glossop North End A.F.C. Managers, Glossop North End A.F.C. Players, Fred Spiksley, John Goodall, Edgar Chadwick (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Glossop North End A.F.C. managers, Glossop North End A.F.C. players, Fred Spiksley, John Goodall, Edgar Chadwick, Archie Goodall, John Cuffe, Arthur Phoenix, Jack Eastham, Jack Newnes, Bob Jack, Alec Campbell, Ted Killean, John McMillan, Ernest Gillibrand, James Moore, Adam Haywood, James McEwen, Peter Coyne, Andy Gorton, Frank Monk, John Robertson, Tom Bradshaw, Ivan Sharpe, Thomas Fitchie, Jack Kirton, Michael Byrne, John Boden, Jimmy Robertson, Joe Frail, Fred Hoyland, Herbert Birchenough, Mark Carter, Billy Fitchford, Ernie Millward, Gordon Hoare, Bert Maddlethwaite, Billy Law, Frank Whitehouse, Bob Donaldson, Hugh Galbraith, James Comrie, Joe Brooks, James Cairns, David Copeland, Frederick Groves, Jack Allen, Harold Stapley, James Connachan, Herbert Rothwell, James Montgomery. Excerpt: Fred Spiksley (25 January 1870, Gainsborough - 28 July 1948, Goodwood) was an English footballer and coach, who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and England. He also played for Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop North End, Leeds City, Watford and in 1907 became the only professional footballer to play for the Corinthians. After retiring as a player in 1906 he worked as a coach and won national league titles in Sweden, Mexico and Germany. During the First World War he was interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in Germany. He died on Ladies' Day at Goodwood Racecourse in 1948. Spiksley initially played as a junior for Gainsborough Jubilee Swifts. In 1887 he helped them reach the semi-finals of the Lincolnshire Junior Cup, finishing the competition as top scorer with 31 goals in 6 games. On 19 March 1887 at the age of 17 he made his senior debut for Gainsborough Trinity in a game against Notts Jardines. Although Trinity lost 3-1, Spiksley created the team's only goal, providing his captain Billy Brown with a simp...