England Team

Ireland Team

Meeting England at Liverpool on Saturday, in the first Association international of the present season, Ireland suffered defeat by one goal to none.

Inasmuch as victory had never rewarded their efforts in the course of 25 former games between the two countries, the Irish team were probably well satisfied with the result of the encounter. They showed remarkably good powers of defence, half-backs, backs, and goalkeeper alike acquitting themselves with skill and judgment ; but unfortunately the excellence in this respect was to some extent discounted by lack of combination among the forwards. Individually the majority of the Irish front rank possessed pace and ability in dribbling. The want of mutual understanding, however, robbed their attack of real effectiveness, and until some advance is made in this direction, Ireland are not likely to gain the long-delayed victory over England. Still, the form of the visitors on Saturday was a notable improvement upon that displayed at Belfast 12 months ago, when the Englishmen, without especially distinguishing themselves, won by five goals to none. As a matter of fact, although it cannot be said that they ever looked like winning, Ireland were rather unfortunate in not effecting a draw ; for the one goal obtained by England possessed some element of luck and, during the last five minutes, the Englishmen experienced the greatest difficulty in keeping their goal intact...

...Indeed it was not until the second half had been in progress for some minutes that they secured the one goal of the match.

The match, which attracted about 23,000 people, took place in favourable conditions, for the state of the turf, although rather soft, did not handicap the players, and the breeze, though fairly fresh, blew across the ground. Of the 26 matches now played between the two countries, England have won 24 and two have been drawn. - The Times - Monday 18th February, 1907

Football League Division One 16 February 1907
Team	P	Pts
Newcastle United	27	39
Everton	27	35
Aston Villa	28	34
Bristol City	26	33
Sheffield United	27	33
Bolton Wanderers	27	31
Woolwich Arsenal	26	30
Manchester United	28	28
Birmingham	27	27
The Wednesday	26	27
Liverpool	26	26
Preston North End	29	26
Middlesbrough	27	25
Sunderland	24	24
Blackburn Rovers	27	23
Manchester City	27	23
Derby County	27	21
Bury	28	20
Notts County	25	16
Stoke	27	15

 

Division One matches played on 16 February 1907:

BIRMINGHAM 0-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED
13,000 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2-4 MANCHESTER UNITED
Whittaker, Wilson (Meredith 2, Wall, Sagar)
5,000 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Blackburn were without Bob Crompton, who was England's captain against Ireland at Liverpool.

BURY 0-3 ASTON VILLA
(Cantrell, Hampton 2)
13,442 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

Villa were without Joe Bache, who was playing against Ireland at Liverpool.

DERBY COUNTY 2-1 STOKE
G.Davis 2 (Gallimore)
10,000 (Baseball Ground, Derby)

Derby were without Ben Warren, who was playing against Ireland at Liverpool.

MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Jones (Brown)
40,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)

City were without Irvine Thornley, who was a reserve against Ireland at Liverpool, whilst Newcastle were without Carr and Rutherford, who were playing for England, with Veitch as reserve, and Bill McCracken, who was playing for Ireland.

MIDDLESBROUGH 2-1 PRESTON NORTH END
Common 2 (Danson)
15,000 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

SUNDERLAND 1-2 BOLTON WANDERERS
Hogg (Shepherd, Weaver)
19,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

Sunderland were without English McConnell, who was playing for Ireland at Liverpool.

THE WEDNESDAY 2-3 LIVERPOOL
Davis pen., Simpson (McPherson, Raybould, Cox)
12,000 (Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield)

Liverpool were without Sam Hardy, who was keeping a clean sheet on his international debut against Ireland at Liverpool.

WOOLWICH ARSENAL 1-2 BRISTOL CITY
Satterthwaite (Marr, Hilton)
18,000 (Manor Ground, London)

Arsenal were without Tim Coleman, who was making his only international appearance, against Ireland at Liverpool, whilst Bristol City were without Billy Wedlock, who was also making his England debut.

A large crowd saw a weakened Newcastle still have enough in the tank to maintain their push for a second title in three years.

Football League Division Two 16 February 1907
Team	P	Pts
Chelsea	25	38
Nottingham Forest	25	36
Leicester Fosse	27	35
West Bromwich Albion	25	34
Bradford City	26	31
Burnley	27	30
Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	30
Gainsborough Trinity	28	29
Hull City	26	28
Stockport County	27	28
Barnsley	25	26
Grimsby Town	26	24
Burslem Port Vale	26	22
Leeds City	27	21
Glossop	26	21
Clapton Orient	26	20
Chesterfield Town	27	19
Lincoln City	25	19
Blackpool	27	19
Burton United	26	14

 

Division Two matches played on 16 February 1907:

BLACKPOOL 1-1 HULL CITY
Francis (J.E.Smith)
1,500 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

BRADFORD CITY 1-0 STOCKPORT COUNTY
Smith
8,000 (Valley Parade, Bradford)

BURSLEM PORT VALE 4-4 BURNLEY
Coxon, Carter, Dodds, Beats (Bell, Ogden, R.Smith 2)
3,000 (Athletic Ground, Stoke)

BURTON UNITED 1-1 BARNSLEY
Bradshaw (Hellewell)
3,000 (Peel Croft, Burton)

CHESTERFIELD TOWN 1-3 GLOSSOP
Marples pen. (McMillan, Callaghan 2)
2,000 (Recreation Ground, Chesterfield)

GRIMSBY TOWN 4-0 LEEDS CITY
R.Morris, Rodger, Hopper, Burnett
4,000 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)

LEICESTER FOSSE 2-1 CLAPTON ORIENT
Wilcox, Shanks (Oliver)
8,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

LINCOLN CITY 0-5 CHELSEA
(Bridgeman, Robertson 3, Windridge)
3,000 (Sincil Bank, Lincoln)

Chelsea were without George Hilsdon, who was making his international debut against Ireland at Liverpool.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
West
5,000 (City Ground, Nottingham)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 5-0 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY
Buck 2, Jordan 3
8,112 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

Their biggest away win of the season, allied to a strong home record with only one dropped point, meant that Chelsea were still in pole position in their quest to win promotion in only their second season in the Football League and to become only the second southern club in the First Division (after Woolwich Arsenal).

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 16 February 1907 that a new electric train in New York was derailed as it rounded a curve in the Bronx. Four carriages were turned onto their sides and dragged along for nearly two hundred yards, with dead and injured spilling out onto the tracks. The horrific scene was left with 24 dead, the bodies of many of whom were too mangled up in the wreckage to be identifiable.

Source Notes

Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Original Newspaper Reports
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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