Peter Fairclough
Personal information
Full name Peter Fairclough[1]
Date of birth 1893
Place of birth St Helens, England
Date of death 1963 (aged 6970)[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Left half, centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cammell Laird Institute
St Helens Town
0000–1913 Eccles Borough
1913–1920 Manchester City 5 (0)
1921–1922 Tranmere Rovers 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Fairclough (1893–1963) was an English professional footballer who played as a left half in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers and Manchester City.[1]

Personal life

Fairclough was the younger brother of footballer Albert Fairclough.[2] He served in the First World War.[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 1914–15[5] First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1919–20[5] First Division 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total 5 0 0 0 5 0
Tranmere Rovers 1921–22[6] Third Division North 8 0 0 0 8 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 13 0

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 95. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (21 November 2013). Manchester City: Player by Player. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445617374.
  3. "Third Division. Northern Section. Tranmere Rovers". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
  4. "Remembering City's fallen heroes". MCFC. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Peter Fairclough – Manchester City Player Statistics". StatCity. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  6. Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (1 November 1997). Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997 – A Complete Record. Southport. ISBN 0-9518648-2-3. OCLC 43092463.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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