Joe Frail
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Joseph Frail[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1869[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Burslem, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 4 September 1939 (age 69-70)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1891–1894 | Port Vale | 29 | (0) |
| Gorton Villa | |||
| Glossop North End | |||
| 1897 | Derby County | 10 | (0) |
| Chatham | |||
| 1900–1901 | Middlesbrough | 62 | (0) |
| Luton Town | |||
| Brentford | |||
| Stalybridge Rovers | |||
| 1904–1905 | Middlesbrough | 1 | (0) |
| 1905 | Stockport County | 7 | (0) |
| 1905–1906 | Glossop | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 125+ | (0) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Martin Joseph "Joe" Frail (1869 – 4 September 1939) was an English footballer who lived a traditional Romani lifestyle.[2] A goalkeeper, he played for Port Vale, Glossop North End, Derby County, Chatham, Middlesbrough, Luton Town, Brentford, and Stockport County.[3]
Playing career
Frail probably joined Port Vale in the autumn of 1891.[1] His debut came in a friendly against Lincoln City on 14 November 1891, which Vale lost 2–0.[1] Favoured ahead of Levi Higginson, he was the keeper of choice from September 1892, and kept goal in 19 of the club's 20 Second Division games in the 1892–93 season – Vale's first season in the Football League.[1] However after 11 games into the 1893–94 season, he missed the train to a match at Rotherham Town on 28 October 1893 and was duly suspended as he failed to explain the reason why.[1] He didn't play another game at the Athletic Ground and was instead transferred to Gorton Villa in October 1894.[1] Later he played for Glossop North End, Derby County, Chatham, Middlesbrough (in two spells), Luton Town, Brentford and Stockport County before returning to Glossop.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 106. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ↑ Sherwin, Phil (2010). The Port Vale Miscellany. Brimscombe Port: The History Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7524-5777-2.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 103. ISBN 190589161X.