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Charlie
Roberts |
Manchester
United FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 2 D
1 L 0 F 5: A 2
83% successful
1905
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Charles Roberts |
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Birth |
6 April 1883 in Rise Carr, Darlington, County Durham [registered in
Darlington, June 1883]. |
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According to the 1891
census, Charles, attending school, is the youngest of four children to
Jacob and Elizabeth (née Beech). They live at 8 Spring Street in Darlington. His
father is a puddler in the local ironworks. |
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According to the 1901
census, Charles is a furnaceman's labourer in the ironworks, and is the
only one living with his parents, at 7 Low Boyne Street in the Harrowgate
Hill area of Darlington. His father is now a labourer in the scrap yard of
the ironworks. |
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Marriage |
to
Mary Elizabeth Cammiss
[registered in Selby, June 1906]. |
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According to the 1911
census, Charles is a professional footballer, married to May. They have
three children, William, Margaret and Charles. Another had tragically died
after being born. They also have one servant and they live at 36 North
Road in the Clayton area of Manchester. |
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According to the 1921
census, Charles, a wholesale and retail tobacconist, is still married and
has four more children, Mary, John James, Hilda and Richard, and with
their three older siblings and one servant, they all still live at 36
North Road. |
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Death |
7 August 1939
at Manchester Royal Infirmary, aged
56 years 123 days
[registered in Liverpool North, December 1939].
"..following an operation on his skull.
Roberts had recently suffered from attacks of dizziness caused, it was
thought, by heading the ball in his playing days." - The
Daily Mail, 7 August 1939 |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his early career playing with his local side, Darlington St.
Augustine's FC and joined the local amateur side, Bishop Auckland FC.
Joined Grimsby Town FC in May 1903 for 31 league appearances and
four goals, from where Manchester United FC
signed him on 22 April 1904 for a record £600 transfer fee, becoming
captain in 1906. Rivals Manchester City FC attempted to sign Roberts in
the 1912 summer break, but their £1500 offer was refused. However,
after 271
league appearances and 22 goals, Oldham Athletic FC
signed him as their captain on 24 August 1913 for another club record fee, £1500.
United had refused to guarantee Roberts a second benefit match, so he was
allowed to leave. At Oldham, he made 72
league appearances and scored twice. He missed the early part of
1916 because of pneomonia. He then played in a game against Stoke in 1918
and "received such severe injuries", that he never played again. He retired in
the early part 1920, although he had been on the sick list for some time,
having undergone a variety of operations. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two
runners-up 1905-06, League
Champions 1907-08, 1910-11; FA Cup winners
1908-09;
FA Charity Shield winners 1908,
1911; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (nine appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Founder
of the Player's Union and later its chairman until September 1921. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", 12st.
7lbs [1909]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
Appointed manager at Oldham Athletic FC from 24 June 1921 until he
resigned on 15 December 1922. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of six who became the 302nd
player (305) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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First match |
No. 83, 25 February 1905, England 1 Ireland
1, a British Championship match at Ayresome Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, aged
21 years
325 days. |
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Last match |
No. 85, 1 April 1905, England
1 Scotland 0, a British Championship match at Sports Arena, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London, aged
21 years 360 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1904-05; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1904-05; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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During his playing days, he was a
Sunday School teacher, and was the owner of stationery and
newsagents' shops in the Manchester area. During his recoperation, Roberts
gave lectures to Scottish players, in hope of setting up a union in the
Scottish field. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.209. |
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Charlie Roberts - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
 | goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
270 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Charlie Roberts
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home
-
British Championship |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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Charlie Roberts
- 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 |
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BC 1904-05 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC
All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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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 |
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BC |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Notes
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CG
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