Hugh Flack

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Hugh Flack
Personnel
Surname Hugh David Flack
birthday April 26, 1903
place of birth Belfast ,  Ireland
date of death June 18, 1986
position defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Whiteabbey
1922 Linfield Rangers
1922 Glentoran FC
1922-1927 Crusaders FC
1927-1929 Burnley FC 3 (0)
1929-1930 Swansea Town 0 (0)
1930-1932 Distillery FC
1932-1934 Halifax Town 74 (0)
1934 Portadown FC
1934 Crewe Alexandra 0 (0)
1934 Chester FC 0 (0)
1934-1935 Glenavon FC
1935 Crusaders FC
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1925-1927 Ireland Junior (IFA) 4 (0)
1929 Ireland (IFA) 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Hugh David Flack (born April 26, 1903 in Belfast , † June 18, 1986 ) was a Northern Irish football player . Flack was one of the best defensive players in Northern Irish Intermediate Football in the 1920s , before he played as a professional in England for several years, came to some first division appearances for Burnley FC and to an international match for the (Northern) Irish national team.

Career

Established in Northern Ireland (until 1927)

Flack was one of three players from Whiteabbey , a village on Belfast Bay in April 1922 , who played for the Linfield Rangers . Early on he was mentioned in match reports, so in April 1922 he was described as an "intelligent and skilled young player", a few weeks later it was noted: "Defense did its job well, especially Flack, left defender". In July 1922 he received a medal as a player in the Linfield Rangers, who won the Alliance First Division and the Irish Intermediate Cup (without Flack's participation). In May 1922, the Northern Irish junior football player was a test player for Glentoran FC in the Gold Cup against Linfield FC . Despite a 5-1 defeat, the press reported benevolently: “Flack, a new defender from Whiteabbey, played and gave a good performance ”.

From November 1922, Flack's name can be found in match reports from Crusaders FC , a team from Intermediate Football , the second highest level of performance in Northern Irish football after senior football. There he also stood out early on, on the occasion of a semi-final success in the Steel & Sons Cup in November 1922, the correspondent stated: “For a quarter of an hour, 21 of the 22 players seemed overwhelmed by the importance of the game. Flack (Crusaders) was the only man who stood out with calm, clear actions. ”In early 1923 he also won the final of the competition with the Crusaders against Bangor FC , the decision was made in the 20-minute extension of the second replay, in the the Crusaders won 3-1. In addition, the first championship win in the Intermediate League succeeded in the 1922/23 season , even if Flack was no longer able to participate in the final phase of the season: in April 1923, he was relegated to a cup game from the field, he was then suspended until September.

The Crusaders established themselves in the following years as one of the strongest teams outside of senior football, even if the team remained without a title in the 1923/24 season. So they missed defending their title as second in the Intermediate League and lost in two cup finals: in the McElroy Cup, the League Cup of the Intermediate League (0: 1 against St Mary's) and in the Intermediate Cup (2: 3 against Willowfield). Flack was meanwhile dubbed "one of the most constant players in the league" in March 1924. As a result, titles appeared again: in December 1924 they won the Clements Lyttle Cup with a 2-1 win over Dunmurry, a few days later they lost again in the final of the Irish Intermediate Cup - 1-0 defeat against Linfield Rangers. In the 1925/26 season they were again champions of the Intermediate League, followed by several cup victories in December 1926: at Christmas 1926, in front of 20,000 spectators, they won the Steel & Sons' Cup for the second time with a 5-3 win after extra time Dunmurry; a few days they were victorious in the Intermediate Cup with a 2-1 final victory over the Linfield Rangers.

The capabilities of the Crusaders were also evident in their appearances in the national cup competition, the Irish Cup , in which they could regularly compete with the supposedly stronger senior clubs. Within four years, Flack reached the semi-finals three times with the team and repeatedly beat higher-class teams, but each failed to reach the finals. In the 1923/24 season, after victories over the senior clubs Glentoran (3-1 in the replay) and Distillery (final score 5: 4), the semi-finals were reached for the first time. There they failed against another senior club and later cup winners, Queen's Island , only in the replay with 0: 1. One year they were again in the semi-finals, but Glentoran proved too strong in the 2-0 defeat. Previously, Larne FC and Belfast Celtic had again eliminated two senior clubs. In February 1927 they played the semi-finals of the Irish Cup again, due to a 2: 4 defeat against Cliftonville FC , the final was missed in the third attempt.

After Flacks had been speculating about an imminent move to an English or Scottish club in the press since March 1927, he was signed by the English first division club Burnley FC in May 1927 . Before signing, he was personally watched by Burnley coach Albert Pickles during a game at Windsor Park , his team lost 5-1 in the semi-final game for the County Antrim Shield and Flack was expelled from the field after an argument with the referee. Because of the transfer, Burnley had to negotiate with both the Crusaders and Glentoran. Presumably in order to eliminate this obstructive circumstance for a change, Flack had already tried in 1926 to be removed from the "retained list" Glentorans, a kind of registration list that regulated the ownership of players, but was unsuccessful for formal reasons. Flack finished the season with the Crusaders, who played a successful season. In addition to an overall record of 40 wins in 55 competitive games with a goal difference of 170:70, the team reached at least the semi-finals in every cup competition except the McElroy Cup. In terms of titles, the Intermediate Cup and the Steel & Sons Cup were won in addition to the Intermediate League.

Flack was already one of three Crusaders players, along with Eddie Falloon and Tommy Watson , who were registered as professionals with the Irish Football Association in the summer of 1924 , but that only meant that they received payments. Until he moved to England, Flack earned his living as a shipyard worker in Belfast. In November 1925 he represented the Workman, Clark and Company shipyard in the final of the George French Charity Shield against the Harland & Wolff shipyard , the game being lost 5-1 with five goals from the national player Johnny Dalrymple .

Time in the English league system (1927-1934)

Flack received favorable reviews in August 1927 on the occasion of a club-internal test match played in front of 5,000 spectators in the pre-season between the reserve and Burnley's third team. The Burnley Express stated: “[Flack] impressed the most of all the players. Quickly back on his feet and a confident, two-footed volleyball player, he showed good judgment in his positional play and solved unpleasant situations intelligently. If he can maintain his form from Saturday, it is safe to predict that he has a promising career ahead of him. ”Nonetheless, in his first season he stayed on the reserve team (19 appearances / no goal) and two appearances in cup games for the third team limited, long-time regular left-back George Waterfield was unavoidable for Flack. It should not have helped him that he was injured for 14 weeks during the season, while Waterfield was the only Burnley player to appear in all 42 league games.

Flack was part of a Northern Irish contingent at Burnley, in the summer of 1928 he was one of four Northern Irish footballers at Burnley alongside McCluggage, Tommy Willighan and Tom Conway . In the second half of 1928 he often formed with Willighan the defenders pair in Burnley's third team, whose team captain he was, and distinguished himself as a penalty taker. Towards the end of the year he was increasingly singled out in press reports, at the end of November 1928 he was attested a "splendid game" against Breightmet United , a short time later "excellent defense game" in a win against the Blackburn Rovers' reserves .

For a home game on February 18, 1929 against Bury Flack moved because of a knee injury Waterfields in the first team and so came to his first division debut for Burnley. Both clubs were in a relegation battle in the 1928/29 season and the level of the game was criticized by the press as a “downright insult to top division football”. However, the debutant received good reviews in Burnley News : “Flack made a meritorious debut with the first team and fully justified its listing. It took him some time to get used to, but as soon as he got a foothold he played an excellent part on the defensive and towards the end aroused great admiration for his courageous performance. ”His subsequent nomination for the national team meant that he missed the following home game and in mid-March In 1929, the club officials declared all six defenders (Flack, McCluggage, Waterfield, Willighan, William Knox and Clifford Heap ) for sale in a radical step , but ultimately Flack was the only defender to leave the club at the end of the season. Previously, in April 1929 two more league appearances followed (4-0 against Birmingham FC and 3-1 against Portsmouth FC ), all three premier league appearances he played in defense alongside Andy McCluggage and in front of goalkeeper Billy Down , Burnley held at the end of the season just about the class. Overall, in his second season, in addition to the three first division appearances, he made 12 appearances in the reserve team, 20 in the "A" team (third team) and 15 games in the Midweek League.

Together with his teammate Paddy Freeman , he moved to Swansea Town in the Second Division in May 1929 , the transfer fee, according to press reports, was £ 500 per player. At Swansea, Flack remained limited to appearances for the reserve team during the season , but it is not known whether he was included in their final victory in the South Wales and Monmouthshire Senior Cup (1-0 against the Cardiff City reserves ). At the beginning of December 1929 he was one of eight Swansea players on the transfer list, at the end of the season he was not offered a new contract by the club. The two defensive positions in the team of coach Jimmy Thomson were occupied by Ben Williams , Len Williams , Bill Sampy , Wilf Milne and Tommy Caldwell during the season .

In the summer break of 1930 Flack therefore returned to Belfast and joined the first division club Distillery FC , his commitment was dubbed by the press as Distillery's "outstanding newcomer". With the senior club Distillery, Flack won the Belfast Charity Cup in May 1931 , the team prevailing from the quarter-finals to the final against the three top-ranked teams of the Irish League , namely Glentoran , Linfield and in the final Belfast Celtic , which with 4: 2 was defeated. In the following season 1931/32 he is said to have played all league games for Distillery.

In the summer of 1932, his registration with the Swansea Football League was no longer renewed, which made a free return to English football possible. Flack made use of this shortly afterwards, at the beginning of October he joined Halifax Town for a one-month trial training session . Flack was quick to convince as a player who "plays decent football, good positional play, refreshing tackle and hits the balls with good length." After an interim extension of the trial period, he was permanently signed by the club playing in the Third Division North at the beginning of December .

In coach Alex Raisbeck's team , he was a regular for two seasons in the right defender position in front of goalkeeper Wattie Shirlaw . In the FA Cup 1932/33 he reached the fifth round with the team (off against Luton Town ), which only succeeded once (1952/53) in the club's history. He experienced a negative climax in early January 1934, when a league game at Stockport County ended in a 13-0 defeat, a record result in the history of the Football League to this day. Flack was in the course of the 1933/34 season next to center runner Ted Craig as one of two Halifax players in all 42 league games to use. The defense pair he formed mostly with John Johnman , in the preseason James Barrie had been his neighbor. In May 1934 he was one of ten Halifax players who were allowed a free transfer at the end of the season, Halifax had finished the season in ninth place in the table and thus achieved the best league placement since 1927.

Short-term engagements at the end of a career (1934/35)

In early September 1934 he was introduced as a new addition to the Northern Irish first division club Portadown FC , but his stay there lasted less than a month. At the beginning of October he was back in England as a test player, when he played in the reserve team for third division Crewe Alexandra in a game in the Cheshire County League Challenge Cup in a 4-1 win against the reserves of Chester FC . Flack was then signed by Crewe, but a long-term engagement did not seem to materialize. At the end of the month he approached the friendly opponent from Chester and played there several times for the reserve team. Flack was no stranger to Chester, with Halifax he had faced the club twice in the fourth round of the FA Cup in 1933 and also played four league games against the club. He also got a brief contract with Chester, but was back in Northern Ireland before the end of the year.

Shortly before Christmas 1934, he joined Glenavon FC and took part in the Mid-Ulster Derby against Portadown ; however, its registration was canceled again in early January 1935. A little later Flack rejoined his former club Crusaders, for which he initially ran up "strangely" in the storm. His name was last found in a list in February 1935, but there again as a defense attorney.

Assignments in selection teams

Flack belonged to Irish league and national selections in a large number of games from the mid-1920s. In January 1924 he was the first selection player of the Intermediate League against the Irish Alliance League, the game also served as selection for the upcoming Junior International against Scotland. From March 1924 further appearances for the Intermediate League followed, first against the Yorkshire League (final score 0: 1) in Leeds , in April 1924 missions against the Glasgow Junior League joined, - in the 0: 1 defeat Flack became the best Players of his team - and against the Irish League (final score 2: 2). Also in the spring of 1925 he was a selection player in the Intermediate League, first in March against the Yorkshire League (final score 1: 2) then in April 1925 against the Glasgow Junior League in Edinburgh (final score 2: 2). In March 1926 was in a 3-2 win for the third time in a row part of the Intermediate League selection against the Glasgow Junior League.

He was also involved in the historically first meeting between two selections from the Irish Football Association (IFA, Northern Ireland) and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI, Republic of Ireland). In November 1925 at the Dalymount Park from Dublin discharged match took place between the Intermediate League and the Leinster Senior League place, Flack's team won it safely with 4: 0th

In his first of four Junior Internationals Flack came in April 1925, the game against a Welsh junior selection was the first comparison between these two selections. The Irish team lost 4-1, Ernest Turner scored a hat trick within the first ten minutes of the game. In March 1926, his second use followed in a 5-3 win against the Scottish Juniors. Flack shot the ball so hard in the face of an opposing player that it had to be carried off the pitch, was taken to the local hospital with a slight concussion and could not drive back to Scotland with his teammates after the game.

In February 1927 he was appointed as a selection player both for the upcoming March games of the Irish Intermediate League against the Glasgow Junior League and a little later for the Junior International against Scotland (final score 3: 3). His appearance in the game against Glasgow received rave reviews in the press: “The general opinion was that it was Hugh Flack's game on Saturday. His judgment was excellent, his tackling and tees a pleasure. Never worried, the essence of cold-bloodedness, Flack was vastly superior to everyone else on the pitch […] “At the end of March, he made his fourth and last international appearance for the junior team in their first win (3: 2) against Wales. On April 30, 1927 he was again in action for the Intermediate League against the Yorkshire League (final score 3: 1), later on the same day he had to play for the Crusaders, just like his teammate Boyce. The club commented succinctly: Anyone who cannot play two games in one day is useless for the Crusaders.

Just a few days after his first division debut for Burnley, Flack came on February 23, 1929 in Belfast's Windsor Park for his only appearance in the (Northern) Irish national team . Flack benefited from the injury-related loss of the originally nominated left defender Robert Hamilton and, together with his teammate and national team captain McCluggage, formed the defenders in front of goalkeeper Elisha Scott in the match against Scotland . In front of 35,000 spectators, Scottish center forward Hughie Gallacher completed a flawless hat trick after just 14 minutes, ultimately defeating the Irish team 3: 7. Even if it was noted about Flack's appearance that "in the second half his club mate McCluggage had to come regularly to his support", the press was mainly responsible for the clear defeat of the runner row.

Individual evidence

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  103. ↑ TEN GOALS AT BELFAST. SEVEN FOR SCOTS. . In: The Scotsman , February 25, 1929, p. 6.  (link subject to charge)
personal data
SURNAME Flack, Hugh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flack, Hugh David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1986