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Turin21041999 · Joined: 15 Jun 2018 Posts: 48

Does anyone have any details on these games and know if there were programmes issued?

23.10.1912 Belfast Irish F.L. Football League 0-0 The Oval
01.10.1913 Belfast Irish F.L. Football League 0-2 Solitude

Thanks for any help in advance that anyone can give.

seandel1 · Joined: 09 Nov 2022 Posts: 89

Some details here, including Irish League line-ups.

https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2014/11/irish-league-representative-match-line.html

As for programmes, unlikely I'd say but I don't know for sure

Turin21041999 · Joined: 15 Jun 2018 Posts: 48

Some great information there. Thank you for that. That's brilliant.

If anyone can help with any further details it would be greatly appreciated.

English Line Ups, any programme news etc.

Bluebird54 · Joined: 31 Dec 2021 Posts: 38

Hi, English team was;Williamson (Middlesbrough),Crompton(Blackburn), Pennington(WBA),Brittleton (Sheffield Weds),Roberts Man U),McNeal (WBA),Simpson (Blackburn),Buchan (Sunderland),Freeman (Burnley),Bradshaw (Everton),Wall (Man Utd)
Referee T Dougray (Glasgow) Belfast Telegraph report 24/10/1912

For the 1913 game the team was;
Hardy (Aston Villa),Crompton(Blackburn), Pennington (WBA),,Cuggy (Sunderland), Whaley (Man U),Watson (Burnley),Wallace (Aston Villa), Shea (Blackburn),Freeman (Burnley),Holley (Sunderland),Martin (Sunderland)
Referee A A Jackson (Glasgow)
Scorers Watson (35mins),Freeman (8 Cool

Northern Whig report 2/10/1913.
Hope that this helps.

Bluebird54 · Joined: 31 Dec 2021 Posts: 38

Sorry Freeman goal was 88 mins.

Turin21041999 · Joined: 15 Jun 2018 Posts: 48

Bluebird - Thanks a lot for that. Is there a direct link to where that information is stored?

Bluebird54 · Joined: 31 Dec 2021 Posts: 38

I accessed it via The British Newspaper Archive. It costs around £89 for an annual subscription. There are currently more than 75 million newspaper pages available. I find it an invaluable source of information on football and other historical matters.

Turin21041999 · Joined: 15 Jun 2018 Posts: 48

Further investigation has revealed that the 1913 Irish League v Football League game was not played at Solitude Cliftonville but at Grosvenor Park Distillery.

Another example of a stat being on the internet and copied incorrectly down the years multiple times to different sites.

01.10.1913 Belfast Irish F.L. Football League 0-2 Grosvenor Park