Murray Archibald

Murray Archibald
Personnel
Surname	John Murray Archibald
birthday	March 19, 1917
place of birth	Carron ,  Scotland
date of death	January 9, 2006
Place of death	Falkirk ,  Scotland
position	Center forward , winger (right)
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
0000-1938	St Ninians Thistle
1938-1939	FC Stenhousemuir	21 (9)
1939	Bo'ness Cadora
	Bangor City
1946	Wrexham AFC	1 (0)
1947–?	East Stirlingshire FC
1 Only league games are given.

John Murray Archibald (born March 19, 1917 in Carron , † January 9, 2006 in Falkirk ) was a Scottish football player .

Career

Archibald was active for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and came from St Ninians Thistle to FC Stenhousemuir in April 1938 after playing three games as a test player. As a right winger, he scored nine goals in 21 missions for the second division in the 1938/39 season . After a season in Scottish senior football , he was reamateurised in 1939 in order to be able to play again in junior football . Bo'ness Cadora also included his brother Douglas in the summer of 1939, both of whom had previously played together for St Ninians. When changing, the press were named as the transferring clubs, the Shawfield Juniors and East Stirlingshire FC , which may have had the transfer rights.

Archibald served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during World War II . He was transferred to the Middle East in June 1942 , fought in the Battle of El Alamein, and was lightly wounded in the face in the ensuing conquest of the Mareth Line . In early 1943 he received the Distinguished Conduct Medal , followed by a Military Medal in mid-1943 for his service in North Africa. At the end of 1943, at an evening event in Falkirk, he was honored for his military awards by his employer, the metalworking company R. & A. Main . On August 20, 1944, Archibald's description of fighting in Normandy appeared in the Sunday Post , according to which he had killed two German machine gun positions with hand grenades while standing on a tank, while shouting "To hell with the Fuehrer".

After the Second World War, Archibald continued his footballing career for some time, initially in Wales . He came in March 1946 from Bangor City originally as an amateur to AFC Wrexham and completed 7 missions (2 goals) in the substitute competitions before the resumption of regular play for the 1946/47 season . At the end of August 1946 he was offered a professional contract by coach Tom Williams and came a month later in a 1-1 draw at home Racecourse Ground against AFC Barrow as a center forward for his only competitive game, he had in the game of Third Division North with Tommy Gardner , Jesse McLarty , Norman Sharp and Tim Rogers formed the storm line. The contract was dissolved again in mid-December 1946 and Archibald returned to East Stirlingshire in August 1947. The club won the C-Division Championship of the Scottish Football League in the 1947/48 season .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Murray Archibald in the database of barryhugmansfootballers.com (English). Retrieved August 16, 2020.
2. ↑ ARGYLLS DECORATED newspaper = Falkirk Herald . May 8, 1943, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)
3. ↑ "WARRIORS" SIGN A WINGER . In: Falkirk Herald , April 16, 1938, p. 13.  (link with costs)
4. ^ "WARRIORS" IN TOWN TO-MORROW . In: Dundee Evening Telegraph , October 28, 1938, p. 12.  (paid link)
5. ↑ See John Litster: A record of pre-war Scottish League players v2 (CD Rom), PM Publications, Norwich 2012
6. ↑ FOOTBALL NOTES . In: Linlithgowshire Gazette , July 28, 1939, p. 7.  (paid link)
7. ↑ GALLANT SERVICE . In: Falkirk Herald , July 24, 1943, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)
8. ↑ GOTHIC WORKS DANCE. . In: Falkirk Herald , January 1, 1944, p. 5.  (link subject to charge)
9. ↑ Scots Cricketer's Aim Was Perfect . In: Sunday Post , August 20, 1944 page = 4.  (paid link)
10. ^ Peter Jones: Wrexham: A Complete Record, 1872-1992 . Breedon Books, Derby 1992, ISBN 978-1-873626-19-1 , pp. 292 f .
11. ^ Gareth M. Davies & Peter Jones: The Racecourse Robins from Adams to Youds . Gareth M. Davies and Peter Jones, Ynys Mon 1999, ISBN 0-9524950-1-5 , pp. 16 .
12. ↑ TWO MORE FOR 'SHIRE . In: Falkirk Herald , August 9, 1947, p. 6.  (link subject to charge)