Birmingham Evening Gazette - These Are Soccer Stars, New Series (4)

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img height="640" src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/ss.jpg" width="156" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1946-47</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>These Are Soccer Stars, New Series</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Birmingham Evening Gazette</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>65?</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark Hughesdon has been in touch... </span><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Have you seen this, it extends the list beyond the 58 you have previously listed as complete... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=231097834988&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:3160</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was told, may years ago, that this collection stopped after no. 58, but this proves the set comprises of at least 65 items.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.  David Walsh (West Bromwich Albion)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.  Jesse Pye (Wolverhampton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.  Joe Mercer (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.  Leon Leuty (Derby County)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.  Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.  George Eastham (Blackpool)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7.  Tommy Walker (Chelsea)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8.  Kevin O'Flanagan (Arsenal)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9.  Fred Ramscar (Wolverhampton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10.  Albert Stubbins (Newcastle United) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11.  Gerald McAloon (Brentford)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.  Leslie Compton (Arsenal)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13.  Jim Pemberton (West Bromwich Albion) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14.  Bryn Jones (Arsenal)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15.  Arthur Turner (Colchester United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16.  Frank Swift (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17.  R. Langton (Blackburn Rovers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18.  Ray Devey (Birmingham City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19.  Fred Betts (Coventry City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20.  G. Wharton (Portsmouth)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21.  William Gorman (Brentford)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.  Frank O'Donnell (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23.  Neil Franklin (Stoke City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">24.  Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25.  George Marks (Blackburn Rovers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.  Albert Brown (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27.  A.W. Fielding (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28.  Len Shackleton (Newcastle United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">29.  Fred Steele (Stoke City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">30.  Jack Sankey (Northampton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">31.  Herbert Barlow (Portsmouth)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">32.  Jackie Robinson (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">33.  Jimmy McAlinden (Portsmouth)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">34.  James Blair (Blackpool) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">35.  Frank Soo (Luton Town)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">36.  Sep Smith (Leicester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">37.  Jack Oakes (Charlton Athletic)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">38.  Dai Jones (Leicester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">39.  William Kidd (Chesterfield) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">40.  Stanley Matthews (Stoke City) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">41.  James Todd (Port Vale)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">42.  George Mountford (Stoke City) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">43.  Thomas G. Jones (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">44.  M. Fenton (Middlesbrough)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">45.  George Antonio (Stoke City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">46.  William Shankley (Preston North End) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">47.  Douglas Duncan (Luton Town)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">48.  George Drury (West Bromwich Albion)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">49.  A.H. Gibbons (Bradford Park Avenue)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">50.  George Hardwick (Middlesbrough)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">51.  Tom Brolly (Millwall)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">52.  Bert Sproston (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">53.  Tom Finney (Preston North End)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">54.  Ephraim Dodds (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">55.  Sam Bartram (Charlton Athletic)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">56.  Alex Herd (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">57.  C. Bicknell (West Ham United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">58.  M. Dunkley (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">newly listed:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">59.  Albert Geldard (Bolton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">60.  George Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">61.  George Dewis (Leicester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">62.  John Atkinson (Bolton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">63.  Arthur Smith (Leicester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">64.  Leonard Goulden (Chelsea)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">65.  Tom Grimley (West Bromwich Albion)</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>

Birmingham Evening Gazette - These Are Soccer Stars, New Series (4)

1946-47 These Are Soccer Stars, New Series Birmingham Evening Gazette 65? Mark Hughesdon has been in touch...  Have you seen this, it extend...

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Birmingham Evening Gazette - These Are Soccer Stars, New Series (3)

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1946-47</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>These Are Soccer Stars, New Series</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Birmingham Evening Gazette</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>58</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final two players have been discovered, which <b>completes </b>this <b>checklist</b>. Here's the final list:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.  David Walsh (West Bromwich Albion)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.  Jesse Pye (Wolverhampton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.  Joe Mercer (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.  Leon Leuty (Derby County)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.  Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.  George Eastham (Blackpool)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7.  Tommy Walker (Chelsea)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8.  Kevin O'Flanagan (Arsenal)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9.  Fred Ramscar (Wolverhampton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10.  Albert Stubbins (Newcastle United) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11.  Gerald McAloon (Brentford)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.  Leslie Compton (Arsenal)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13.  Jim Pemberton (West Bromwich Albion) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14.  Bryn Jones (Arsenal)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15.  Arthur Turner (Colchester United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16.  Frank Swift (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17.  R. Langton (Blackburn Rovers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18.  Ray Devey (Birmingham City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19.  Fred Betts (Coventry City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20.  G. Wharton (Portsmouth)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21.  William Gorman (Brentford)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.  Frank O'Donnell (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23.  Neil Franklin (Stoke City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">24.  Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25.  George Marks (Blackburn Rovers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.  Albert Brown (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27.  A.W. Fielding (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28.  Len Shackleton (Newcastle United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">29.  Fred Steele (Stoke City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">30.  Jack Sankey (Northampton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">31.  Herbert Barlow (Portsmouth)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">32.  Jackie Robinson (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">33.  Jimmy McAlinden (Portsmouth)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">34.  James Blair (Blackpool) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">35.  Frank Soo (Luton Town)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">36.  Sep Smith (Leicester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">37.  Jack Oakes (Charlton Athletic)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">38.  Dai Jones (Leicester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">39.  William Kidd (Chesterfield) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">40.  Stanley Matthews (Stoke City) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">41.  James Todd (Port Vale)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">42.  George Mountford (Stoke City) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">43.  Thomas G. Jones (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">44.  M. Fenton (Middlesbrough)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">45.  George Antonio (Stoke City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">46.  William Shankley (Preston North End) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">47.  Douglas Duncan (Luton Town)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">48.  George Drury (West Bromwich Albion)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">49.  A.H. Gibbons (Bradford Park Avenue)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">50.  George Hardwick (Middlesbrough)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">51.  Tom Brolly (Millwall)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">52.  Bert Sproston (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">53.  Tom Finney (Preston North End)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">54.  Ephraim Dodds (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">55.  Sam Bartram (Charlton Athletic)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">56.  Alex Herd (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">57.  C. Bicknell (West Ham United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">58.  M. Dunkley (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

Birmingham Evening Gazette - These Are Soccer Stars, New Series (3)

1946-47 These Are Soccer Stars, New Series Birmingham Evening Gazette 58 The final two players have been discovered, which completes this ch...

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Birmingham Evening Gazette - These Are Soccer Stars, New Series (2)

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1946-47</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>These Are Soccer Stars, New Series</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Birmingham Evening Gazette</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>58</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trevor Cotterell has provided plenty of information recently, including some of the missing players from this collection, which leaves just No. 1 and No. 54 missing from the checklist. Once the checklist is complete I'll post the full list. Until then, the previous post can be found here:</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Birmingham%20Evening%20Gazette" target="_blank">http://cartophilic-info-exch....Birm..Even..Gazette</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.  Frank O'Donnell (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.  Albert Brown (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">31.  Herbert Barlow (Portsmouth)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">43.  Thomas G. Jones (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">51.  Tom Brolly (Millwall)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">52.  Bert Sproston (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">54.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">55.  Sam Bartram (Charlton Athletic)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Birmingham Evening Gazette - These Are Soccer Stars, New Series (2)

1946-47 These Are Soccer Stars, New Series Birmingham Evening Gazette 58 Trevor Cotterell has provided plenty of information recently, inclu...

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/ss.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">1946-47</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">These Are Soccer Stars, New Series</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">Birmingham Evening Gazette</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">58</span></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">Another of the very collectable newspaper issued from just after the Second World War. Supposedly a set of 58, there are 9 players missing from the checklist below. I'm always interested to hear from anyone who can fill in any gaps.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">2. Jesse Pye (Wolverhampton Wanderers)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">3. Joe Mercer (Everton)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">4. Leon Leuty (Derby County)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">5. Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">6. George Eastham (Blackpool)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">7. Tommy Walker (Chelsea)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">8. Kevin O'Flanagan (Arsenal)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">9. Fred Ramscar (Wolverhampton Wanderers)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">10. Albert Stubbins (Newcastle United) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">11. Gerald McAloon (Brentford)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">12. Leslie Compton (Arsenal)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">13. Jim Pemberton (West Bromwich Albion) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">14. Bryn Jones (Arsenal)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">15. Arthur Turner (Colchester United)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">16. Frank Swift (Manchester City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">17. R. Langton (Blackburn Rovers)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">18. Ray Devey (Birmingham City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">19. Fred Betts (Coventry City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">20. G. Wharton (Portsmouth)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">21. William Gorman (Brentford)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">23. Neil Franklin (Stoke City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">24. Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">25. George Marks (Blackburn Rovers)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">27. A.W. Fielding (Everton)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">28. Len Shackleton (Newcastle United)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">29. Fred Steele (Stoke City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">30. Jack Sankey (Northampton)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">31.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">32. Jackie Robinson (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">33. Jimmy McAlinden (Portsmouth)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">34. James Blair (Blackpool) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">35. Frank Soo (Luton Town)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">36. Sep Smith (Leicester City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">37. Jack Oakes (Charlton Athletic)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">38. Dai Jones (Leicester City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">39. William Kidd (Chesterfield) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">40. Stanley Matthews (Stoke City) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">41. James Todd (Port Vale)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">42. George Mountford (Stoke City) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">43.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">44. M. Fenton (Middlesbrough)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">45. George Antonio (Stoke City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">46. William Shankley (Preston North End) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">47. Douglas Duncan (Luton Town)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">48. George Drury (West Bromwich Albion)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">49. A.H. Gibbons (Bradford Park Avenue)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">50. George Hardwick (Middlesbrough)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">51.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">52.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">53. Tom Finney (Preston North End)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">54.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">55.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">56. Alex Herd (Manchester City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">57. C. Bicknell (West Ham United)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">58. M. Dunkley (Manchester City)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></span>

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