John Fleming (football player, 1890)

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John Fleming
Personnel
birthday 1890
place of birth Slamannan ,  Scotland
date of death March 21, 1916
Place of death near Richmond ,  England
position Center forward , half forward , outside runner
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Musselburgh Union
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
1909-1911 FC St. Bernard's 30 (13)
1911-1913 Newcastle United 4 0(0)
1913-1915 Tottenham Hotspur 19 0(3)
1915 Armadale FC
1915-1916 Glasgow Rangers 4 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

John Fleming (* 1890 in Slamannan , † March 21, 1916 in Richmond ) was a Scottish football player .

Career

Fleming joined Edinburgh's club FC St. Bernard’s in the Scottish Football League Division Two in November 1909 , having previously played for Musselburgh Union and Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic . For St. Bernard's he scored 13 goals in 30 league appearances by April 1911. In April 1911 he moved to the English first division club Newcastle United for a transfer fee of £ 250 . In his first appearance in a Newcastle jersey during a tour of Germany, he scored four goals in a 5-0 win against VfL Köln in 1899 in May 1911 .

Although the press confirmed after the tournament that his “shots were special”, he initially had to be content with assignments in the reserve team, which also featured as a left runner . In the league he finally came in November 1912 against his later club Tottenham Hotspur (final score 0: 1) for the first time. Three more league games followed in the spring of 1913, and they all ended in defeats with one goal difference, Newcastle only succeeded in scoring one goal. After a third place in the preseason, the team slipped into the vicinity of the relegation ranks in the 1912/13 season and had problems in particular in the center-forward position , which Fleming did not solve: Albert Shepherd was no longer at the level of the game after his injury break, Billy Hibbert and Jack Peart could not build on their previous year's performance and the attempts to establish Jimmy Stewart , Sandy Higgings or Jock Rutherford as center forward were not crowned with success.

At the end of the season, at the end of April 1913, Scottish coach Peter McWilliam brought Fleming to first division competitor Tottenham Hotspur in the British capital, the transfer is said to have been between £ 350 and £ 550. Fleming also appeared for the first time in a touring game for Tottenham, scoring three goals against the French capital club Red Star Amical . At Tottenham he played mostly in the reserve team, his debut in October 1913 on the right winger as a replacement for the injured Fanny Walden , followed by seven games in the right half- forward position from November to December , with his last appearance against Chelsea a hit. Also in the following season 1914/15 , in which his brother William was under contract with Tottenham, he did not get beyond the role as a supplementary player. After three missions at the beginning of the season as a right runner instead of Finlay Weir , he came in the rest of the season to eight missions in the three inner storm positions and scored two more goals. Tottenham was at the end of the season on the last place in the table and thus on a relegation place.

While gaming in England was suspended in the summer of 1915 due to the First World War , gaming continued in Scotland. On his return to Scotland, Fleming lived with his parents near Harthill and worked in the local coal mines. Meanwhile, he played football at FC Armadale , for which he played a number of games in the Eastern League as a center forward from August 1915 . About that time is recorded in an obituary: "His judgment under distress was as calm as it was brilliant and he was recognized as one of Scotland's most outstanding center-forwards." His achievements also drew the Scottish top club Glasgow Rangers attention to Fleming at and after negotiations with Armadale and He was committed to Tottenham in November 1915. In his first league appearance in the Scottish Football League Division One for the Rangers, he scored against FC Queen's Park in the first minute of the game (final score 6: 0). It was Fleming's only hit in four league appearances.

In view of the competition from Willie Reid on the center forward position of the Rangers with no real prospect of further missions, Fleming joined the British Army at the turn of the year 1915/1916 . He served in the rank of Lance Corporal with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and was posted to a military camp near Richmond . He died in March 1916 regarding the cause of death contradict several newspaper reports: the Northern Daily Mail called suicide , the Star Green 'un a pneumonia .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Bob Goodwin: The Spurs Alphabet - A Complete Who's Who of Tottenham Hotspur FC . Robwin Publishing House, West Cheshunt 2017, ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1 , pp. 155 f .
  2. ↑ SPORTS AND PASTIMES. FOOTBALL. . In: Dalkeith Advertiser , December 2, 1909, p. 3.  (link with costs)
  3. ^ Paul Joannou: Newcastle United: The Ultimate Who's Who 1881 - 2014 . N Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne 2014, ISBN 978-0-9568156-1-3 , pp. 105 .
  4. ↑ See John Litster: A record of pre-war Scottish League players v2 (CD Rom), PM Publications, Norwich 2012
  5. ↑ Rangers' Run-Away Win. . In: Scottish Referee , May 12, 1911, p. 2.  (link with costs)
  6. ↑ ENGLISH NOTES. . In: Scottish Referee , May 12, 1911, p. 4.  (link subject to charge)
  7. ↑ a b CLEVER SCOTTISH CENTER FORWARD . In: Dundee Evening Telegraph , April 28, 1913, p. 4.  (paid link)
  8. ^ Paul Joannou: Newcastle United: The Ultimate Record 1881-2011 . N Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne 2011, ISBN 978-0-9568156-0-6 , pp. 76 f .
  9. ↑ SPORTING PARAGRAPHS. . In: Nottingham Evening Post , April 30, 1913, p. 8.  (paid link)
  10. ↑ BURNELY v. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR. . In: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer , October 20, 1913, p. 4.  (paid link)
  11. ↑ a b c SAD END OF A PROMINENT FOOTBALLER. . In: Linlithgowshire Gazette , March 31, 1916, p. 3.  (paid link)
  12. ↑ IN WEST LOTHIAN. . In: Edinburgh Evening News , August 20, 1915, p. 2.  (paid link)
  13. ↑ RANGERS 'NEW FORWARD. . In: Daily Record , November 5, 1915, p. 6.  (link with costs)
  14. ↑ Rangers' Run-Away Win. . In: Dundee Evening Telegraph , November 8, 1915, p. 5.  (paid link)
  15. ^ Enlistments. . In: Dundee Evening Telegraph , January 1, 1916, p. 2.  (paid link)
  16. ^ News in letter. . In: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail , March 25, 1916, p. 3.  (paid link)
  17. ^ The Great Sacrifice. . In: Star Green 'un , April 1, 1916, p. 2.  (link with costs)
personal data
SURNAME Fleming, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Slamannan
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1916
Place of death at Richmond