Robert Firth
| Robert Firth | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Robert Edwin Firth | |
| birthday | February 20, 1887 | |
| place of birth | Birmingham , England | |
| date of death | 1966 | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1909-1911 | Birmingham City | 25 (2) |
| Wellington Town | ||
| Nottingham Forest | ||
| 1921-1922 | Port Vale | 39 (5) |
| Southend United | ||
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1930-1932 | Racing Santander | |
| 1932-1934 | Madrid FC | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Robert Edwin Firth (born February 20, 1887 in Birmingham , † 1966 ) was an English football player and coach .
Career
As a player
Firth played for Birmingham City at the beginning of his career from 1909 . In the 1909/10 season he played nine games in the Football League Second Division and in the FA Cup . He shot his first league goal on December 10, 1910 against Lincoln City . Firth left St. Andrew’s in 1911 and joined Wellington Town , then Nottingham Forest , before being signed to Port Vale in 1921 . In the 1921/22 season he scored five goals in 39 matches for the second division team and won the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup with his team . At the end of the season he left the club and played for Southend United .
As a trainer
In 1930 Firth was coach of the Spanish first division team Racing Santander and missed winning the championship with the club from Cantabria at the end of the 1930/31 season as second only because of the worse goal difference. His team finished fourth in the 1931/32 season . Firth then moved to the capital club Madrid FC and led them straight away to the Spanish championship title and the cup final in the 1932/33 season , which however was lost 2-1 to Athletic Bilbao , trained by Englishman Fred Pentland . The following game year 1933/34 ended Madrid in second place. Then Firth left the club with which he had also won the Campeonato Centro in 1933 and 1934 .
titles and achievements
As a player:
- North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup: 1922
As a trainer:
- Spanish champion : 1933
- Campeonato Centro : 1933, 1934
Web links
- Robert Firth in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jeff Kent: Port Vale Personalities . Witan Books, 1996, ISBN 0-9529152-0-0 , p. 101.
- ↑ rsssf.com: Real Madrid - Coaches 1920-2012
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Firth, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Firth, Robert Edwin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1966 |