Percy Fairclough

Percy Fairclough
Personal information
Date of birth	1 February 1858
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death	22 June 1947 (aged 89)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Old Foresters
	Corinthian
International career
1878	England MNT
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percy Fairclough (1 February 1858 – 22 June 1947) was an English amateur footballer who made one appearance for England in 1878.

Football career[edit]

Fairclough was born in Mile End, east London and was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow, where he played for the school football team.^[1]

After leaving school, he joined the Old Foresters. In 1878, shortly after his twentieth birthday, he was selected by England for the match at Hampden Park, Glasgow against Scotland on 2 March. Although England "fielded a side they thought capable of defeating the Scots, ...(they) returned home with a humiliating 7-2 defeat",^[2] with three of the Scottish goals coming from John McDougall.^[3] Fairclough was described as a "powerful if somewhat ungainly forward".^[1]

He subsequently joined the Corinthian club, although he does not appear to have actually played for them.^[4]

Life outside football[edit]

He was killed on 22 June 1947 in a road accident at the age of 89.^[1]^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
^ Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
^ "Scotland 7 - England 2; 2 March 1878 (Match summary)". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
^ Rob Cavallini (2007). Play Up Corinth: A History of the Corinthian Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 275 & p.279. ISBN 978-0-7524-4479-6.
^ Brief note on www.iffhs.de

External links[edit]

Percy Fairclough at Englandstats.com
England profile on www.englandfc.com
Percy Fairclough at England Football Online

[Betts-1] Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.

[2] Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.

[3] "Scotland 7 - England 2; 2 March 1878 (Match summary)". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2008.

[4] Rob Cavallini (2007). Play Up Corinth: A History of the Corinthian Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 275 & p.279. ISBN 978-0-7524-4479-6.

[5] Brief note on www.iffhs.de

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