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Steve
Bloomer |
Derby County
FC
one captaincy,
0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F
2:
A
2
50% successful
1902
full appearances: 23
minutes as captain: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Stephen Bloomer |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 20 January 1874
in Bridge Street, Cradley, Worcestershire |
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registered in Stourbridge January-March 1874. |
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Death |
Saturday, 16 April 1938
in Derby, Derbyshire. Two years and a day after his wife, Sarah. |
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aged 64 years 86 days |
registered in Derby April-June 1938. |
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 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Started playing
football with St. James' School FC in the Derbyshire Minor
League,
then in
1888 Bloomer joined Derby Swifts
FC.
He also briefly played for Tutbury Hawthorn
FC,
before
joining Derby County FC after
being discovered by
John Goodall. He had been registered with
Burton Wanderers FC at Christmas 1892 while still a Derby player, for
which he was
suspended by the FA on 20 February 1893.
Bloomer did cause a sensation when he joined Middlesbrough
FC on 16 March 1906 for a £750 transfer fee, alongside
Billy Brawn from Aston
Villa FC. He returned to County on 21
September 1910, ending rumours he was about to join Raith Rovers FC. Bloomer reluctantly retired at the
end of the 1913-14 season, at the age of 40 following County's relegation, having accepted a coaching
position in Germany. However, when he returned to the Baseball Ground
after coaching in Netherlands, Bloomer did play a few games for the County
reserves, the team he was now coaching. |
Club honours
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Football League
Division One third place 1893-94 (25ᵃ 19ᵍ), 1896-97 (29ᵃ 24ᵍ),
runners-up 1895-96 (25ᵃ 22ᵍ);
FA
Cup semi-finalists 1895-96 (5ᵃ 5ᵍ), 1896-97 (4ᵃ 7ᵍ), 1901-02 (7ᵃ 3ᵍ),
1903-04 (6ᵃ 5ᵍ),
runners-up 1897-98 (3ᵃ 5ᵍ), 1898-99 (5ᵃ 6ᵍ), 1902-03 (1ᵃ 1ᵍ);
Football League Division Two
winners 1911-12 (36ᵃ 18ᵍ); |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (fifteen appearances); |
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Goalscoring honours |
Football
League Division One Top Goalscorer
1895-96 (20,
shared with John Campbell),
1896-97 (24), 1898-99 (23), 1900-01 (23), 1903-04 (2); |
Distinctions |
As well
as playing for the football side, Bloomer also starred with the Baseball
Club, Derby County Baseball Club won the Championship in 1895, 1897 and
1898.
His memorial (above
right) was erected in October 1996 in Cradley.
His English League goals records of 351 was
finally beaten by Billy Dean in 1936.
His brother, Philip, played one
league match for Derby County FC in 1895—He died 5 June 1896. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7", 10st.
12lbs [1902] |
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Source
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Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Captain Career |
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Captain number |
The thirtieth player to captain England. |
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Player number |
One of four who became 218th players (220)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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Only captaincy |
No. 76,
3 May 1902, England 2
Scotland
2, a replayed British Championship
match at Aston Lower Grounds, Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham, aged 27 years 308 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1901-02; |
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Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
England's Top
Goalscorer (three 1895, six 1896
(record-equalling), four 1897, five 1901), Joint Top Goalscorer
(one 1900, one 1907). |
Records |
Record England appearances
from 1905 until 1909, overtaken by Bob Crompton.
Record England goalscorer between 1898 until 1956 (shared with
Vivian Woodward from 1911), overtaken by Nat Lofthouse;
The oldest
goalscorer
until March 1914.
The longest career between goals until Stan
Matthews broke it.
Scored in his
first ten internationals, the record still stands.
Longest England career, until Bob Crompton broke it. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
50 |
=0 |
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His only match was played in the British Championship, at a home
venue and against Scotland. |
Captain Tournament Record
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1901-02 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
50 |
=0 |
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