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Falkirk Players Pre-War Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39 Notes The debut given here is for the first match they were noted, regardless of level, ie mostly friendlies. In the early days it was always easier to list the exact position of players who played in 'big' matches, often the friendlies only gave the score, or just a 'potted' review, not giving the complete line-up, where I have been able I have put the regular position of players who never played in the Scottish Cup or the Scottish League This same fact means that any debut given is completely unreliable before 1905 [and it is still quite dicey after 1905], even when I know the score, it doesn't mean I know who played [or who scored] For the club honours I have only included those players who played in the relevant finals, as those were the only players given medals [and some of the line-ups for the early rounds are unknown]. For League Honours, different leagues have different rules about who are eligible for a medal, when I don't know better I have added anybody who has played in 50% or more of the matches [however I have found this difficult as it ranges between 3 games in the first Falkirk & District League and 19 in the Scottish League] Birth places are often given not by city, town or village, but by parish as that was how it was sometimes recorded. In the career clubs part, I have tried to keep them in some sort of chronological order, but this was not always possible, so is not completely reliable. Clubs in italics were Junior Clubs [I have not even tried to track career as a Junior]. Up until 1905 and the building of Falkirk Royal Infirmary, the Falkirk Infirmary Shield was called the Falkirk Cottage Hospitals Shield, but I have always used the later name here. Often a player was listed under several different spellings, where this has happened I have noted all the variants I came across, unless the name stated comes from any official records found. The sources which allowed this to happen were manifold, but in all truth most of it came from the Falkirk Mail & the Falkirk Herald [mostly th Faalkirk Mail] Few photographs of the team and the players exist from the 25 years before joining the league, and some that do exist do not indicate who the players are. I have tended toward the best available pictures of the playes whilst they were Falkirk players [eg I used a grainy picture of a 16 year old John Drummond, when there are much better photographs of him with Rangers & Scotland]. If I could not find a picture of a player with Falkirk I have gone for the closest [chronologically] picture with another club, or left it blank. I apologise for the quality of some of the photos, but I had little to work with...... I am a firm believer that I will eventually find it ALL out, but god knows from where!!!! All I cn do otherwise is apologise, I must have put many mistakes [all unintentiaonal, but they happen] John E Meffen Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39 Players - A James Adam Debut – Wednesday August 10th 1912 v Denny Select XI (H) Benefit Position – Goalkeeper Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1904/05-1905/06], Queen's Park [1905/06-1911/12], Falkirk [1912/13] John Adam Debut – Saturday December 7th 1878 v Petershill (H) Friendly Positions – Half-Back Known Career – Falkirk [1878/79] George Adam Debut – Monday May 5th 1902 v Dundee (H) Friendly Positions – Back Known Career – Falkirk Amateurs, Falkirk [1901/02] William Adams Debut – Saturday April 3rd 1915 v King's Park (A) Stirlingshire Cup Final Positions – Right-Half Club Honours – Stirlingshire Cup RU 1914/15 Known Career – Grange Rovers, Falkirk [1914/15], East Stirlingshire [1921/22-1922/23] ???? Adams Debut – Tuesday August 19th v Camelon (H) Friendly Positions – Goalkeeper Known Career – Falkirk [1902/03] William Agnew b 16th December 1880, New Cumnock, Ayrshire d c1936 Debut – Saturday October 1st 1910 v Dundee (H) Scottish League Division 1 Positions – Left-Back Club Honours – North-Eastern Cup RU 1910/11 Scottish League Division 1 Matches/Goals [38/5] Scottish Cup Matches /Goals [3/1] Known Career – Afton Lads, Kilmarnock [1900/01-1901/02], Newcastle United [1902/03-1903/04], Middlesbrough [1904/05-1905/06], Kilmarnock [1906/07-1907/08], Sunderland [1908/09-1909/10], Third Lanark, Falkirk [1910/11- 1911/12], East Stirlingshire [1913/14] William Agnew b 9th January 1898, Pollockshaws, Lanarkshire Debut – Saturday January 31st 1920 v Rangers (H) Scottish League Positions – Centre-Forward, Inside-Right Club Honours – Stirlingshire Cup W 1919/20 Scottish League Division 1 Matches /Goals [21/7] Scottish Cup Matches/Goals [2/-] Known Career – Pollok, Ayr United [1918/19-1919/20], Falkirk [1919/20-1920/21], Bo'ness [1920/21], Port Vale [1921/22-1922/23], Arthurlie [1923/24-1925/26], Luton Town [1925/26-1926/27], Providence Clamdiggers (USA) [1927/28] ???? Agnew Debut – Saturday November 26th 1892 v Carrington (H) Friendly Positions – Forward Known Career – Falkirk [1892/93] Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39 Hill Aitken Debut – Saturday February 17th 1900 v Stenhousemuir (A) Central Combination Positions – Left-Half Scottish Qualifying Cup Matches /Goals [1/-] Known Career – Falkirk Amateurs, Falkirk [1899/00-1901/02] ???? Alexander Debut – Tuesday August 19th v Camelon (H) Friendly Positions – Right-Back Known Career – Falkirk [1902/03] 'Alexander' Debut – Tuesday January 2nd 1906 v St Bernard's (H) East of Scotland League Positions – Right-Back Known Career – Falkirk [1905/06] Adam Allan b 12th September 1904. Newarthill, Lanarkshire Debut – Wednesday August 26th 1925 v East Stirlingshire (A) Stirlingshire Cup 1st Rd League Debut – Saturday October 31st 1925 v Hibernian (A) Scottish League Division 1 Positions – Centre-Half Club Honours – Stirlingshire Cup W 1925/26 Scottish League Division 1 Matches/Goals [25/2] Scottish Cup Matches/Goals [2/1] Known Career – Regent Hill, Falkirk [1925/26-1926/27], Sunderland, [1927/28-1929/30], Reading [1930/31-1932/33], Queen of the South [1933/34-1937/38] Alexander Allan Debut – Saturday November 27th 1937 v Celtic (A) Scottish League Division 1 Positions – Inside-Right Club Honours – Stirlingshire Cup W 1937/38, 1938/39 Scottish League Division 1 Matches/Goals [3/-] Known Career – Whitburn Juniors, Falkirk [1937/38] George Allan Debut – Monday May 3rd 1897 v Rangers 'A' (A) Scottish Combination Positions – Left-Back Club Honours – Stirlingshire Cup RU 1897/98, Falkirk Infirmary Shield RU 1897/98 Scottish Qualifying Cup Matches /Goals [5/-] Known Career – Falkirk Hawthorn, Falkirk [1896/97-1899/00], Stenhousemuir James Allan b c1888 d 12th November 1980, Falkirk, Stirlingshire Debut – Tuesday September 13th 1910 v Airdrieonians (H) Benefit Positions – Left-Half, Left-Back Known Career – Petershill, Leith Athletic [1902/03-1906/07, 1909/10], East Stirlingshire [1909/10-1912/13], Falkirk [1910/11-1913/14] William Allan Debut – Saturday May 18th 1901 v Vale of Leven (H) Benefit Match League Debut – Saturday August 16th 1902 v Clyde (A) Scottish League Division 2 Positions – Goalkeeper Club Honours – Scottish League Division 1 RU 1907/08, Dewar Shield RU 1903/04, Dunedin Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39 Cup W 1917/18, Stirlingshire Cup W 1919/20, RU 1920/21, Stirlingshire Consolation Cup W 1901/02, 1902/03, 1906/07, Falkirk Infirmary Shield W 1901/02, 1906/07, 1907/08, 1915/16 Scottish League Division 1 Matches/Goals [105/-] Scottish League Division 2 Matches/Goals [38/-] Scottish Cup Matches /Goals [5/-] Scottish Qualifying Cup Matches /Goals [4/-] Known Career – Woodbine Rovers, Vale of Carron, East Stirlingshire [1900/01-1900/01], Falkirk [1900/01-1903/04 ], Rangers [1903/04-1904/05], Albion Rovers [1904/05-1905/06], Falkirk [1906/07-1907/08 ], Hibernian [1907/08- 1916/17], Falkirk [1915/16-1917/18], Clackmannan [1918/19], Falkirk [1919/20-1920/21], Stenhousemuir [1921/22] Played for Town v County, Benefit at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford, 15th April 1902. The first player Falkirk bought, £10 from East Stirlingshire. ???? Allan Debut – Wednesday August 17th 1897 v Falkirk Amateurs (A) Falkirk & District League Positions – Half-Back Known Career – Sauchie, Alloa Seafield, Falkirk [1898/99] Andrew Anderson Debut – Wednesday 22nd August 1923 v Stenhousemuir (H) Stirlingshire Cup 1st Rd Positions – Goalkeeper Club Honours – Stirlingshire Consolation Cup RU 1923/24, Stirlingshire Redding Pit Disaster Benefit Cup W 1923/24 Known Career – Falkirk [1923/24-1924/25], King's Park [1925/26] John Anderson b c1882, Wester Fowlis, Perthshire d 11th May 1942, Falkirk, Stirlingshire Debut – Wednesday August 16th 1905 v Cowdenbeath (A) Friendly League Debut – Saturday August 19th 1905 v Port Glasgow Athletic (A) Scottish League Division 1 Positions – Centre-Half Representative Honours – Scottish League v Irish League 1911/12 Club Honours – Scottish League Division 1 RU 1907/08, 1909/10, North-Eastern Cup W 1911/12, RU 1910/11, Dunedin Cup RU 1910/11, Dewar Shield W 1905/06, Stirlingshire Cup W 1905/06, Stirlingshire Consolation Cup W 1906/07, Falkirk Infirmary Shield W 1905/06, 1906/07, 1907/08, 1908/09 Scottish League Division 1 Matches/Goals [211/7] Scottish Cup Matches/Goals [13/1] Known Career – Dunfermline Athletic [1900/01], Heart of Midlothian [1901/02-1904/05], Falkirk [1905/06-1912/13] Played for Team 'B' v Team 'A', League International Trial at Glasgow, 16th February 1910 Played for White v Blue, Stirlingshire FA Benefit at Falkirk, 27th April 1910 J??? Anderson Debut – Saturday December 17th 1898 v Stenhousemuir (H) Falkirk & District League Positions – Forward Known Career – Falkirk Excelsior, Falkirk [1898/99]
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