John Caubro Christie ( born John Coubrough Christie ; February 8, 1881 - November 21, 1934 ) is a Scottish footballer . He played at the positions of a right back and a left midfielder for a number of clubs of the English Football League and Southern League, including two Manchester clubs , Manchester United and Manchester City [1] .
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| Full name | John Kaubro Christie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 8, 1881 Glasgow , Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 21, 1934 (53 years old) Manchester England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | right back left midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Football career
Glasgow native, according to the 1901 census, John worked as a porter on the railroad [2] . He played for the Salem Holmfield football club, from which in September 1902 he moved to Manchester United [3] as a possible successor to Harry Stafford [2] . In the main squad, United debuted on February 28, 1903, taking the position of right-back in the match against Doncaster Rovers [4] . However, this was his only official match for the club. On May 14, 1904, he left United, moving to another Manchester club, Manchester City .
For the "City" debuted on January 7, 1905 in a match against the " Stock " [5] . Spent 3 seasons at Manchester City, playing in 10 championship matches.
Later he played for the Southern League clubs “ Bradford Park Avenue ”, “ Croydon Common ” and “ Brentford ”, “ Altringham ” [2] .
In December 1910 he played for the football team of London (London XI) against the team of Paris (Paris XI) [2] .
During the war he served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force [2] .
Achievements
- Croydon Common
- Southern League Second Division Champion : 1908/09 [2]
- Brentford (reservists)
- Winner of the Great Western Suburban League: 1910/11 [2] [6]
Performance Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
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| Division | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Manchester United | 1902/03 [7] | Second division | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 |
| Manchester city | 1904/05 [8] | First division | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 |
| 1905/06 [9] | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | five | 0 | ||
| 1906/07 [10] | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | four | 0 | ||
| Total | ten | 0 | 0 | 0 | ten | 0 | ||
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1907/08 [2] | Southern League (1 div.) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Croydon Common | 1908/09 [2] | Southern League (2 div.) | 12 | 0 | ten | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1909/10 [2] | Southern League (1 div.) | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Brentford | 1910/11 [11] | Southern League (1 div.) | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | five | 0 |
| Total for career | 66 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 79 | 0 | ||
Notes
- ↑ Michael Joyce. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. - Nottingham: Tony Brown, 2012 .-- P. 58. - ISBN 190589161X .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 John Christie . Croydon Common FC.
- ↑ John Christie . MUFCInfo.com.
- ↑ Doncaster Rovers 2 v 2 Manchester United, League Division Two Matchday 22, 28th February 1903 . MUFCInfo.com.
- ↑ John Christie . Bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk.
- ↑ Great Western Suburban League 1904–1931 . NonLeagueMatters.co.uk.
- ↑ John Christie . MUFCinfo.com.
- ↑ MCFC Matches By Season. 1904/05 (English) . Bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk.
- ↑ MCFC Matches By Season. 1905/06 (English) . Bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk.
- ↑ MCFC Matches By Season. 1906/07 (English) . Bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk.
- ↑ Eric White. 100 Years Of Brentford. - Brentford FC, 1989 .-- P. 361. - ISBN 0951526200 .
Links
- Profile at MUFCInfo.com