David Lloyd (footballer, born 1872)

For the American footballer, see Dave Lloyd (American football).
David Lloyd
Personal information
Date of birth June 1872
Place of birth Hackney, London
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1896–97 Third Grenadier Guards
1897–98 Brentford
1898–99 Thames Ironworks 11 (12)
1899–1901 Fulham
1902–1904 Fulham
1904–? Willesden

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

† Appearances (goals)

David Lloyd (born June 1872) was an English footballer who played for Brentford, Thames Ironworks, the club that went on to become West Ham United, Fulham and Willesden.

Lloyd was a career soldier in Third Grenadier Guards and played for the Third Grenadier Guards football team winning the first of his four footballing medals in the 1896–97 season when the Guards won the London League championship.[1] Described as "dominant in the air in any position", he scored frequently with his head. In his second season as a player, he joined Brentford winning the London Senior Cup.

He played for Thames Ironworks during the 1898–99 season, the club's only season in the Southern League Division Two. This season the management committee for the club agreed to accept professionalism within the club believing professional players would attract a larger crowd and greater revenue. Lloyd was such a player joining 18 new players for the season, the majority of whom were professionals, signed against the anti-professionalism stance of the club's benefactor, Arnold Hills who was preoccupied in dealing with the aftermath of the HMS Albion launching disaster.[2] Lloyd began in defence but soon moved forward to play in attack. A prolific goal-scorer, he scored 14 goals in 13 appearances in the Southern Football League and league deciding matches and six goals in 11 appearances in the Thames and Medway Combination league.[1] Thames Ironworks won the Southern League Division Two giving Lloyd his third medal. He ended the 1898–99 season as top scorer for Thames Ironworks, but moved on before they played in the enlarged division. He joined Fulham in 1899 and in two seasons scored 24 goals in 43 matches.[1] He was their top scorer for the 1899–1900 season.[3]

Following the outbreak of the Boer War, Lloyd returned to the army in 1900 and saw active service in South Africa.[1] He returned to Fulham for the 1902–03 season moving back into defence. From this position he managed 12 goals in 31 appearances and he again won the Southern League Division Two, his fourth medal.[1] The following season Fulham filled their side with fully professional players. Lloyd continued to play but made just three appearances, all in the FA Cup, scoring two goals.[1] In August 1904 he signed for amateur club, Willesden Town.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Powles, John (2005). Iron in the Blood. Nottingham: Soccerdata. p. 67. ISBN 1 899468 22 6.
  2. ↑ Powles, John (2005). Iron in the Blood. Nottingham: Soccerdata. p. 57. ISBN 1 899468 22 6.
  3. ↑ Alex White (31 August 2012). The Fulham FC Miscellany. History Press Limited. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-0-7524-9057-1.

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