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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

Timeline

  Stephen Bloomer
Birth Tuesday, 20 January 1874 in Bridge Street, Cradley, Worcestershire
  registered in Stourbridge January-March 1874.
Death Saturday, 16 April 1938 in Derby, Derbyshire. Two years and a day after his wife, Sarah.
aged 64 years 86 days registered in Derby April-June 1938.
 

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

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
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);
Individual honours Football League (fifteen appearances);
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.
Height/Weight 5' 7", 10st. 12lbs [1902]
Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Captain Career

Captain number The thirtieth player to captain England.
Player number One of four who became 218th players (220) to appear for England.
Position(s) Inside-right
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.
Major tournaments British Championship 1901-02;
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.


P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2 2 50 =0
His only match was played in the British Championship, at a home venue and against Scotland.

Captain Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
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
BC All 1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2.00 2.00 50.0 =0

All Competition
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
1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2 2 50 =0

Captain History

 Club: Derby County F.C. - 1ᶜ (90 min) F.A. International Select Committee - 1ᶜ (90 min)x

capts match match details comp res. appearance pos

Age 28
void 5 April 1902 - Scotland 1 England 1
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
BC AD void ir
1 76 3 May 1902 - England 2 Scotland 2
Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham
BC HD seventeenth app ir
 

 
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