David Mathers

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David Mathers
Personnel
Surname David Cochrane Mathers
birthday October 23, 1931
place of birth Glasgow ,  Scotland
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1947-1949 Partick Thistle
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1949-1959 Partick Thistle 178 (6)
1959-1960 Headington / Oxford United
1960-1961 Partick Thistle 0 (0)
1961-19 ?? East Stirlingshire FC
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1954 Scotland 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

David Mathers (born October 23, 1931 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish football player who played in midfield .

Life

After graduating from school in 1947, Mathes completed an apprenticeship in Partick Thistle's junior division , where he received a professional contract two years later at the age of 17 . Three times he reached the final of the Scottish League Cup with the Firhill Club , which was lost in all cases: 1954 , against FC East Fife (2: 3), 1957 , against Celtic Glasgow (0: 3) and 1959 , against Heart of Midlothian (1: 5).

In September 1959 Mathers moved to Headington United, which was renamed Oxford United in the summer of 1960 . In December 1960 he returned to Partick Thistle, but did not complete a game there and moved at the end of the 1960/61 season to FC East Stirlingshire , in whose ranks he let his active career end.

His only international match for the Scottish national team he completed on May 25, 1954 in a 2-1 win over Finland. Mathers was also part of Scotland's 22-man World Cup squad in 1954 , but was one of nine "eliminated" players who ultimately did not make the trip because only 13 players were taken to the 1954 World Cup finals .

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personal data
SURNAME Mathers, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mathers, David Cochrane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland