Albert Fairclough

Albert Fairclough
Personal information
Date of birth (1891-10-04)4 October 1891
Place of birth St Helens, Merseyside, England
Date of death 5 November 1958(1958-11-05)
Place of death Stockport, Cheshire, England
Playing position Centre forward
Youth career
19??-19?? Windle Villa
St Helens Town
St Helens Recreation
Eccles Borough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913-1919 Manchester City 5 (1)
1920–1921 Southend United 24 (15)
1921–1924 Bristol City 91 (44)
1924–1927 Derby County 37 (26)
1927–19?? Gillingham 11 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Albert Fairclough (born 4 October 1891 in St Helens and died 5 November 1958 in Stockport) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.

Career

Albert "Fairy" Fairclough. Fairclough signed for Manchester City in April 1913 along with his brother Peter Fairclough. He moved to Southend United in May 1920. Joe Palmer signed Fairclough for £2,300 in March 1921 for Bristol City.[1][2][3] Fairclough moved to Derby County in July 1924. Fairclough moved on to Gillingham in February 1928.

Honours

with Bristol City

References

  1. Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.


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