George Tidy

George Tidy

Personal information
Full name	George Thomas Tidy
Date of birth	28 June 1930
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1946–1949	Royston Rosebery	unknown
1949–1952	Edinburgh City	unknown
1952	Dunfermline Athletic	11
1952–1955	Brechin City	124
1956	Arniston Rangers	unknown
1956-1957	Berwick Rangers	15
1957	Peebles Rovers	unknown
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 September 2011. † Appearances (goals)

George Tidy (born 28 July 1930, in Edinburgh) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper during the 1950s.

Although he initially started as a centre-half with Royston Rosebery in 1946, he played in goal shortly before being transferred to Edinburgh City FC during the 1949-50 season and it was as a goalkeeper that he played there and in the senior ranks (Edinburgh City at that time had just turned Junior.

He joined Dunfermline Athletic FC at the start of the 1951-52 season who at the time were in the Scottish Football League "B" Division and he made eleven first-team appearances; 9 in the league and 2 in the Supplementary Cup before moving on to Brechin City FC at the start of the 1952-53 season.

George was part of the Brechin City team which won the Scottish Football League "C" Division Championship title in the 1953-54 season and was the youngest member of the team. He was the only member of the Brechin City team to play in all 42 games during the 1952-53 season and all 40 games during the Championship winning season of 1953-54. He was freed at the end of the 1954-55 season and joined junior side Arniston Rangers FC in June 1956. But he returned to Senior football with Berwick Rangers FC in October 1956 making 13 league appearances and 2 in the Scottish Cup before leaving Senior football in August 1957. He then returned to the Junior ranks to complete his playing career with Peebles Rovers FC.

Honours

Brechin City FC

• Scottish Football League Third Division: 1

1953–54

References

• "Dunfermline". Retrieved 2011-10-11.
• "Berwick". Retrieved 2011-10-11.
• "Brechin". Retrieved 2011-10-11.
• "www.scottishleague.net • View topic — George Tidy". Scottishleague.net. 2005-10-28. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
• "George Tidy". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 2011-10-11.