Frank Alford
Personal information
Full name Francis John Alford
Date of birth (1901-05-14)14 May 1901
Place of birth Swindon, England
Date of death 1982 (aged 80–81)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1919 Swindon Town[2]
1919 Barrow[2]
Darwen
1919–1920 Swindon Town[3]
1920–1921 Barrow[4]
1921–1923 Everton[5] 2 (0)
1923–1925 Barrow[6] 64 (3)
1925–1926 Lincoln City[7] 20 (3)
1926–1927 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United[8]
1927–1931 Northfleet United[9]
1931–1932 Dartford[10]
1932–1934 Sheppey United[11]
1934–1936 Sittingbourne[12]
1936–1937< Ashford[13]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis John Alford (14 May 1901 – 1983) was an English professional footballer who played as an Outside left.

He played in The Football League for Everton, Barrow and Lincoln City.[14] Everton paid a fee of £450 to sign Alford from Barrow in 1921.[5]

Additionally Alford played for Southern League club Swindon Town, Darwen and Scunthorpe & Lindsey United of the Midland League[15] and from the 1927–28 season onwards he played initially in the Southern League and then latterly in the Kent League for a selection of Kentish clubs: Northfleet United, Dartford, Sheppey United, Sittingbourne, and Ashford.

Alford played for the Swindon Boys representative team in the 1915 English Schools Football Shield Competition.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Junius (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Everton". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. 1 2 "Lancashire Junior Shield". Lancashire Evening Post. Preston. 14 February 1919. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "Swindon's Staff". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. Birmingham. 24 August 1919. p. 9.
  4. ↑ "Coming of Football: Lancashire Combination Prospects: Barrow's Hopes". Lancashire Evening Post. Preston. 19 August 1920. p. 5.
  5. 1 2 "Bee's Sports Notes; Everton's Price for Barrow Winger". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool. 26 January 1921. p. 6.
  6. ↑ "Former Barrow Player Re-signs". Lancashire Evening Post. Preston. 11 June 1923. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "Lincoln City". Athletic News. Manchester. 3 August 1925. p. 14.
  8. ↑ "At Scunthorpe. Players With Experience To Assist The United". Sheffield Independent. Sheffield. 21 August 1926. p. 10.
  9. ↑ "Northfleet Football Talent". Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph. Maidstone. 23 July 1927. p. 11.
  10. ↑ "The Approach of Football". Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. Whitstable. 29 August 1931. p. 5.
  11. ↑ "Signed For Sheppey". Sheerness Times Guardian. Sheerness. 9 June 1932. p. 5.
  12. ↑ "Superior Training Tells". Kentish Express. Ashford. 31 August 1934. p. 6.
  13. ↑ "New Men in Kent Soccer". Daily News (London). London. 2 September 1936. p. 13.
  14. ↑ Michael Joyce (October 2004). The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
  15. ↑ Michael Joyce (October 2004). The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
  16. ↑ "Reading Boys Victory". Berkshire Chronicle. Reading. 1 January 1915. p. 10.


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