Charlie Rattray

Charlie Rattray
Personal information
Full name	Charles Robert Rattray
Date of birth	11 May 1911
Place of birth	Fleetwood, England
Date of death	1 October 1995 (aged 84)
Place of death	Fleetwood, England
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
1928–1929	Fleetwood Windsor Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1929–1933	Blackpool
1934–1935	Watford
1936–1937	Mansfield Town
1937–1938	Port Vale
1938–1939	Accrington Stanley
	Fleetwood
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Robert Rattray (11 May 1911 – 1 October 1995) was an English footballer who scored 16 goals in 150 league games in a nine-year career in the Football League with Blackpool, Watford, Mansfield Town, Port Vale, and Accrington Stanley.

Career[edit]

Rattray played for Fleetwood Windsor Villa, before joining Blackpool for a fee of £10.^[3] He scored one goal in nine Second Division appearances in the 1929–30 season, as the "Tangerines" won promotion as champions; his goal came in a 6–0 win over Charlton Athletic at Bloomfield Road on 22 March. After avoiding relegation by slender margins in 1930–31 and 1931–32, Blackpool dropped out of the First Division in 1932–33. He then played 19 Third Division South games in an injury-hit spell at Watford, before scoring five goals in 36 Third Division North games for Mansfield Town. He joined Port Vale in May 1937.^[1] He scored one goal in 22 Third Division North appearances in the 1937–38 season, but was given a free transfer from The Old Recreation Ground in May 1938.^[1] He moved on to Accrington Stanley, scoring one goal in 19 Third Division North games. He played for Mossley as a wartime guest player in the 1939–40 season, scoring two goals in seven appearances^[4] before ending his career with hometown club Fleetwood.

Rattray was a skilful dribbling winger who was known by the nickname "Jazz" due to his tendency to "jazz around with the ball".^[5]

Source:^[6]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Blackpool	1929–30	Second Division	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
	1930–31	First Division	19	1	2	0	0	0	21	1
	1931–32	First Division	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
	1932–33	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	1933–34	First Division	12	6	1	0	0	0	13	6
	Total		54	9	3	0	0	0	57	9
Watford	1934–35	Third Division South	19	0	3	1	4	0	26	1
Mansfield Town	1936–37	Third Division North	36	5	2	0	1	0	39	5
Port Vale	1937–38	Third Division North	22	1	1	0	2	1	25	2
Accrington Stanley	1938–39	Third Division North	19	1	1	0	2	0	22	1
Career total			150	16	10	1	9	1	169	18

Blackpool

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 245. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ "Mansfield Town. Outlook much more hopeful". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xvi – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Profile" (PDF). watfordfcarchive.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Complete A-Z of Mossley Players". Mossley Web. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ Fielding, Rob (22 June 2021). "Five of the best: Port Vale player nicknames". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ Charlie Rattray at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.