Billy Andrews (Soccer Player, Scotland)

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Billy Andrews
Personnel
Surname William Andrews
place of birth Scotland
date of death November 1921
Place of death Dumbarton ,  Scotland
position Half-striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1893-1894 Dumbarton FC 10 0(0)
1894-1895 Bolton Wanderers 12 0(3)
1895-1897 Loughborough FC 46 (12)
1897-1898 Gravesend United 17 0(1)
1898-1899 Warmley FC 11 0(2)
1899– Dumbarton FC
1 Only league games are given.

William "Billy" Andrews (* in Scotland ; † November 1921 in Dumbarton ) was a Scottish football player .

Career

Andrews played in local football from Vale of Leven before he came to Scottish first division club FC Dumbarton in December 1893 , for which he played ten league and two cup games in the 1893/94 season .

In August 1894 he was hired by the English first division side Bolton Wanderers and was one of four Scottish newcomers to the 1894/95 season alongside J. Millar , John Stevenson and Archie Freebairn . After three goals in twelve missions, he was no longer considered in the following season and was transferred to the second division FC Loughborough in December 1895 . Loughborough strengthened itself several times in December, in addition to Andrews, David Brown ( Blackburn Rovers ) and John Smith ( Newcastle United ) were brought into the team. Presented by the press as a "smart and capable center-forward [sic!]", Andrews played as a half- forward in 46 league games in the following year and a half and scored twelve goals, including a hat trick in April 1897 against the Burton Wanderers .

From the summer of 1897 he continued his career in the south of England in the Southern Football League , first for one season at Gravesend United (17 games / 1 goal), then in Bristol at Warmley FC (11/2). With his departure from the game in January 1899, Andrews' professional career seems to have come to an end, from October 1899 his participation with FC Dumbarton in a game of the Scottish Qualifying Cup is passed down. In 1905 he is said to have been involved in the revival of Dumbarton FC after the club was dissolved in 1901.

Andrews died suddenly in November 1921 while working at the William Denny and Brothers shipyard, leaving behind his wife and child.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See John Litster: A record of pre-war Scottish League players v2 (CD Rom), PM Publications, Norwich 2012
  2. ↑ BOLTON WANDERERS. . In: Lancashire Evening Post , August 25, 1894, p. 2.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ FOOTBALL. . In: Bolton Evening News , December 6, 1895, p. 3.  (paid link)
  4. ↑ THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE. . In: Lancashire Evening Post , December 11, 1895, p. 4.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ LOUGHBOROUGH. . In: Nottingham Evening Post , December 21, 1895, p. 2.  (paid link)
  6. ^ A b Paul Taylor: The Luffs Who's Who - The Players of Loughborough Athletic and Football Club 1889 to 1900 . SoccerData, Nottingham 2014, ISBN 978-1-905891-85-6 , pp. 7 .
  7. ↑ sonsarchive.com: Vale of Leven 4 - 1 Dumbarton - Qualifying Cup Match - Saturday, October 14th, 1899, 3:00 PM , accessed August 8, 2017
  8. ↑ a b DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN FOOTBALL PLAYER. . In: Sunday Post , November 27, 1921, p. 14.  (link subject to charge) (Note: There is no further evidence for the claim made there that Andrews also played for Lincoln City )
personal data
SURNAME Andrews, Billy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andrews, William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Scotland
DATE OF DEATH November 1921
Place of death Dumbarton