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Steve
Bloomer |
Derby County
FC, Middlesbrough FC
23 appearances, 28 goals
P 23 W 15 D 6 L 2 F
76:
A
19
78% successful
1895-1907
disciplined: none
captaincies: one
minutes played: 2070 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Stephen Bloomer |
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Born |
20 January 1874
in Bridge Street, Cradley, Worcestershire
[registered in
Stourbridge, March 1874].
The Bloomer family moved to Derby after 1879,
but before the 1881 census.
Attended St. James' Church of
England Boarding School, Derby. |
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Birth notes |
Born in Cradley, not Cradley Heath. |
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Baptised |
5 October 1874 at St Peter's Parish Church,
Cradley |
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Census Notes |
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According to the 1881 census,
Stephen is the eldest of three children to Caleb and Mareb (née
Dunn) living at 44 Yates Street in Litchurch. His father is a puddler. |
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According to the 1891
census, Stephen now has three more younger siblings. They live at 87 Yates
Street with just their widowed father. Stephen is a striker in the
blacksmith industry. |
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According to the 1901 census,
a professional footballer and married to Sarah, with two daughters, Violet
and Hetty, living at 81 Cummings Street in Derby. |
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According to the 1911
census, Stephen is still a professional footballer, still married and now
a third daughter, Doris. They live at 35 Portland Street in Derby.
Passenger Lists in 1922 has Steve still living at 35 Portland Street.
The 48 year-old is stated as a footballer. He was on the CPL Minnedosa
travelling from Montréal to Southampton, on 11 August. |
,%20Steve.jpg) |
Married:
to Sarah Walker,
18 August 1896 in Derby
[registered in Derby, Derbyshire, September 1896].
Four
children, Hetty Winifred, Violet Pretoria, Doris Alexandra and Patricia K.
(died five weeks old). |
Died: 16 April 1938
in Derby,
aged 64 years 86 days
[registered in Derby, June 1938].
Funeral service held at Derby
Cathedral, Wednesday, 20 April. Buried in Nottingham Road Cemetery, Derby
(left) |
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Height/Weight:
5'
8½", 11st. 9lbs [1899],
5'
7", 10st.
12lbs [1901],
5'
7½", 11st.
0lbs
[1904]. |
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Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
Steve Bloomer:
The Story of Football's First Superstar - Peter J. Seddon (Breedon,
1999)
Destroying Angel: Steve Bloomer ~ England's First
Football Hero - Peter J. Seddon (JMD Media, November 2010 [update
of his 1999 publication) |
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Club Career |
,%20Steve.jpg) |
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 being discovered by
John Goodall. He scored
206 goals in 355 league appearances before he joined Middlesbrough
FC in March 1906 for a £750 transfer fee. He had been registered
with Burton Wanderers FC at Christmas 1892 while still a Derby player. He
was suspended by the FA on 20 February 1893. After
he made 125 league appearances, with a return of 61 goals, he
returned to County in 1911. His second stint saw him
score 53 goals in 98 league outings,
bringing his total upto 291 goals in 473 County
league appearances. His English League goals records of 352 was
finally beaten by Billy Dean in 1936. Bloomer reluctantly retired at the
end of the 1913-14 season, at the age of 40, 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 coaching. |
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Club honours:
Football League
runners-up 1895-96;
FA Cup runners-up
1897-98, 1898-99, 1902-03 (injured); Football League Division Two
winners 1911-12; |
Individual honours:
Football
League (fifteen appearances);
Top goalscorer Football League Division One (=20,
1895-96), (22, 1896-97), (23, 1898-99), (23, 1900-01), (20, 1903-04); |
Distinctions: England's
Alf
Quantrill married Bloomer's eldest daughter, Hetty in 1921.
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 (left) was erected in October 1996 in Cradley. |
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Source:
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four who became 218th players (220)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward, Inside-right |
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First match |
No. 53,
9 March 1895, England
9
Ireland 0,
a British Championship match
at Derbyshire County Cricket
Ground, Nottingham Road, Derby, aged 21 years
48 days. |
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Last match |
No. 91, 6 April 1907,
England 1
Scotland
1, a British Championship match at St. James' Park, Gallowgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged 33 years 76 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1894-95, 1895-96, 1896-97,
1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1906-07; |
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Team honours |
British Championships winners
1894-95, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1900-01, 1903-04, 1904-05; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Scored in his
first ten internationals, a record that still stands.
He was the first
of only two players, the other being Bobby Charlton, to hold the England
record for most goals and most appearances. His international career was
the longest until Bob Crompton broke it. His goalscoring span was the
longest until Stan Matthews broke it. |
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England Disgrace |
"A
DRUNK
AND DISORDERLY INTERNATIONALIST.
At Derby Police Court yesterday,
Stephen Bloomer, thewell-known footballer, was summoned for having been
drunk and disorderly on Sunday last. Hehad only just returned from
Glasgow, where the previous day he kicked two of England's goals against
Scotland. Defendant did not appear but was represented by a solicitor,
whose only statement was an expression of regret. A fine of 10s. and costs
was imposed." - Dundee Advertiser,
Thursday, 7 April 1898 & Dundee Courier, Friday, 8 April 1898. |
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Beyond England |
,%20Steve.jpg) Bloomer accepted the job of coach with the Britannia Berlin 92
Sports Club, in Berlin, arriving in the German capital just three weeks
before the First World War broke out and, as an alien, spent almost all of
the next four war years as an internee at the Civilian Detention Camp, on
the racecourse at Ruhleben, six miles from Berlin. Following peacetime,
Bloomer coached FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, before he returned to Derby County
FC as reserve team coach. He then coached Real Unión Club de Irún, based in Bilbao, Spain. Winning the 1924 Cope del Rey and the
Campeonato de Guipuzcoa. He returned to Derby, becoming the club's
groundsman until his death. A bust (right) was finally unveilled in
January 2009 at Pride Park Stadium. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.37./Darlington Northern Echo
- 18 August 2007/CradleyLinks |
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Steve Bloomer - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 26 |
23 |
23 |
2070 |
28 |
74
min |
28 |
one |
none |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Steve Bloomer - Goal Record - When The
28
Goals Were Scored |
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0-5 |
6-10 |
11-15 |
16-20 |
21-25 |
26-30 |
31-35 |
36-40 |
41-ht |
ht-50 |
51-55 |
56-60 |
61-65 |
66-70 |
71-75 |
76-80 |
81-85 |
86-90 |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
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14 |
15 |
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Steve Bloomer
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home |
16 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
59 |
13 |
+46 |
0 |
7 |
3.688 |
0.813 |
78.1 |
+9 |
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Away |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
6 |
+11 |
1 |
4 |
2.429 |
0.857 |
78.6 |
+4 |
| All
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British Championship |
23 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
76 |
19 |
+57 |
1 |
11 |
3.304 |
0.826 |
78.3 |
+13 |
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Steve Bloomer
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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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 1894-95 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
+12 |
0 |
2 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| BC 1895-96 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| BC 1896-97 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| BC 1897-98 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| BC 1898-99 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.333 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
| BC 1899-1900 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| BC 1900-01 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| BC 1901-02 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| BC 1903-04 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| BC 1904-05 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| BC 1906-07 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
23 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
76 |
19 |
+57 |
1 |
11 |
3.304 |
0.826 |
78.3 |
+13 |
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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 |
23 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
76 |
19 |
+57 |
1 |
11 |
3.304 |
0.826 |
78.3 |
+13 |
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All |
23 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
76 |
19 |
+57 |
1 |
11 |
3.304 |
0.826 |
78.3 |
+13 |
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Steve Bloomer
- Match History |
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Club:
Derby County F.C. - 21 full caps |
Coach: F.A. International
Select Committee - 23
full capsx
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Age 21 |
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1 |
53 |
9 March 1895 - England
9 Ireland 0,
County Ground, Derby |
BC |
HW |
Start
4, 58 |
cf |
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2 |
55 |
6 April 1895 - England 3
Scotland 0,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
HW |
Start
30 |
ir |
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Age 22 |
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3 |
56 |
7 March 1896 - Ireland 0 England 2,
Cliftonville Gardens,
Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start
75 |
ir |
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4 |
57 |
16 March 1896 -
Wales 1 England 9, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff |
AW |
Start
25, 40, 60, 83, 89 |
ir |
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- |
58 |
4 April 1896 -
Scotland 2 England 0,
Celtic Park, Glasgow |
AL |
withdrew injured |
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Age 23 |
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5 |
59 |
20 February 1897 - England
6 Ireland 0,
Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham
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BC |
HW |
Start
19, 85 |
ir |
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6 |
60 |
29 March 1897
- England 4 Wales 0,
Bramall Lane, Sheffield |
HW |
Start
44 |
ir |
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7 |
61 |
3 April 1897 - England 1
Scotland 2,
Sports Arena, Penge |
HL |
Start
19 |
ir |
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Age 24 |
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8 |
64 |
2 April 1898 - Scotland 1 England 3,
Celtic Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AW |
Start
23, 72 |
ir |
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Age 25 |
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9 |
65 |
18 February 1899 - England
13
Ireland
2,
Roker Park, Sunderland |
BC |
HW |
Start
40, 89 |
ir |
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10 |
66 |
20 March 1899 -
England 4
Wales
0,
Ashton Gate, Bristol |
HW |
Start
44, 86 |
ir |
|
11 |
67 |
8 April 1899 - England 2
Scotland
1,
Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham |
HW |
Start |
ir |
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Age 26 |
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12 |
70 |
7 April 1900 - Scotland
4 England 1,
Celtic Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
Start
35 |
ir |
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Age 27 |
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13 |
72 |
18 March 1901
- England 6 Wales 0,
St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
BC |
HW |
Start
35,60,80,85 |
ir |
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14 |
73 |
30 March 1901 - England 2
Scotland
2,
Sports Arena, Crystal Palace |
HD |
Start
80 |
ir |
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Age 28 |
|
15 |
74 |
3 March 1902
- Wales 0 England 0,
The
Racecourse, Wrexham |
BC |
AD |
Start |
ir |
|
16 |
75 |
22 March 1902
- Ireland 0 England 1,
Balmoral
Showgrounds, Belfast |
AW |
Start |
ir |
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void |
5 April 1902 - Scotland 1 England 1,
Ibrox Park, Glasgow |
AD |
Captain |
ir |
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17 |
76 |
3 May 1902 - England 2 Scotland 2,
Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham |
HD |
Captain |
ir |
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Age 30 |
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- |
81 |
12 March 1904 - Ireland 1 England 3,
Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast
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BC |
AW |
reserve |
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18 |
82 |
9 April 1904 - Scotland
0 England 1,
Celtic Park, Glasgow |
AW |
Start
64 |
ir |
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Age
31 |
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19 |
83 |
25 February 1905 -
England 1 Ireland 1,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
BC |
HD |
Start
50 |
ir |
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20 |
84 |
27 March 1905
- England 3 Wales 1,
Anfield Road, Liverpool |
HW |
Start |
ir |
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21 |
85 |
1 April 1905 -
England 1 Scotland 0, Sports Arena,
Penge |
HW |
Start |
ir |
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Club:
Middlesbrough F.C. - 2 full caps |
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Age
33 |
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22 |
90 |
18 March 1907
- England 1 Wales 1,
Craven Cottage, Fulham |
BC |
HD |
Start |
ir |
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23 |
91 |
6 April 1907 -
England 1 Scotland
1,
St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
HD |
Start
42 |
ir |
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