Frank Atkinson (soccer player)

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Frank Atkinson
Personnel
birthday April 12, 1903
place of birth Willington Quay ,  England
date of death 1977
position defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Rosehill mansion
1924-1928 South Shields FC 3 (0)
1928 Dundee FC 0 (0)
1928–? Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
Accrington Stanley
1931 Barnsley FC 0 (0)
1932 Macclesfield FC 7 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Frank Atkinson (born April 12, 1903 in Willington Quay , † 1977 ) was an English football player .

Career

Atkinson played for Rosehill Villa , a club from Willington Quay , with whom he won the Northern Amateur League and in May 1924 the Tynemouth Infirmary Minor Cup . Because of his achievements, he was committed to South Shields in July 1924 at the age of 21 . Atkinson played his first two league games for the South Shields first team in the Football League Second Division in March 1926 as a defender alongside Mick Ridley . After another use, a 2: 7 defeat against Nottingham Forest in September 1927, he was on the transfer list in December 1927 and moved north to the Scottish club FC Dundee in February 1928, but for which he did not play in the first team came.

Later Atkinson was still active with Scunthorpe & Lindsey United in the Midland League . As a result he was active at Accrington Stanley , in June 1931 he was looking for a new club in the Athletic News by means of an advertisement. At the beginning of the 1931/32 season he was under contract with Barnsley FC , but competitive games for the first team are not documented. From the beginning of 1932 Atkinson was active with FC Macclesfield in the Cheshire County League and played ten competitive games until the end of the season.

literature

  • George Thompson: South Shields FC - The Football League Years . Yore Publications, Harefield 2000, ISBN 1-874427-43-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to the English National Football Archive (ENFA) , accessed on May 3, 2020
  2. ↑ silkmenarchives.org.uk: Player Profiles - A , accessed on May 3, 2020
  3. ↑ TO-MORROW'S GAMES. . In: Shields Daily News , May 6, 1924, p. 5.  (paid link)
  4. ^ Signed for South Shields . In: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail , July 19, 1924, p. 5.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ SPORTING ITEMS. . In: Hull Daily Mail , December 20, 1927, p. 2.  (paid link)
  6. ↑ Dundee's New Players (with picture) . In: Dundee Evening Telegraph , February 13, 1928, p. 7.  (paid link)
  7. ^ Bradford Cup Draws . In: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer , September 21, 1928, p. 17.  (paid link)
  8. ↑ SITUATIONS WANTED. . In: Athletic News , June 29, 1931, p. 16.  (link with costs)
  9. ↑ BARNSLEY HOPE FOR HINES AND BROOKS. . In: Sheffield Independent , August 20, 1931, p. 10.  (paid link)
  10. ↑ MACCLESFIELD v. STALYBRDIGE C. . In: Staffordshire Sentinel , January 1, 1932, p. 10.  (paid link)
  11. ↑ silkmenarchives.org.uk: SEASON STATISTICS Cheshire League - 1931-32 , accessed on May 3, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Atkinson, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Willington Quay
DATE OF DEATH 1977