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David
Fairhurst |
Newcastle
United FC
1 cap,
0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
4:
A
1
100% successful
1933
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90
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Profile |
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Full name |
David Liddle Fairhurst |
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Born |
20 July 1906 in Blyth, Northumberland [registered in
Tynemouth, September 1906]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, David Liddle is the third of five children to William Shaw and
Janet. They live at 9 Regent Terrace in Blyth. His father is a ship
plater. |
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Married |
There
are two possibilities, One David L. Fairhurst married Katheleen M.
Edwards in Walsall [registered September 1930].
Another David L. married Jean I. Anstey in 1949 [registered
in Northumberland Central, December 1949]. Of course, another
possibility is that he married both. |
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Died |
26 October 1972 in Birmingham, Warwickshire,
aged
66 years x days
[registered in Birmingham, December 1972]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
13lbs [1932]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Started
at New Delaval Villa FC before earning his experience at Blyth Spartans
FC. He joined Walsall FC in June 1927 (57 league appearances),
before returning to the north-east when he signed for
Newcastle United FC in March 1929 for £1750, where he remained until his
retirement in May 1946, having
played 266 league appearances,
scoring twice (both goals came in the same match, against
Nottingham Forest, 30 November 1935, in a 5-1 victory). |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
winner 1931-32; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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 |
591st
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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Only match |
No. 190, 6 December 1933, England 4 France 1,
a friendly match at White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London, aged 27 years
139 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Following his retirement from
playing football, Fairhurst was the trainer at Birmingham City FC. He had
previously worked in the coalmines and as a shipyard worker. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.96. |
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David Fairhurst - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
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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David Fairhurst
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - 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
- White - Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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David Fairhurst
- Match History |
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Club: Newcastle
United F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 27 |
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1 |
190 |
6 December 1933 - England 4 France 1,
White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
lb |
Notes
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