Hope Ramsey Robertson (17 January 1868 – 27 September 1927) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Bootle, Everton and Walsall Town Swifts, and in the Scottish Football League for Partick Thistle.[2] He played in the first ever competitive match at Goodison Park in front of 14,000 spectators,[3] a short time before leaving Everton.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hope Ramsey Robertson | ||
Date of birth | (1868-01-17)17 January 1868[1] | ||
Place of birth | Whiteinch, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 27 September 1947(1947-09-27) (aged 79)[2] | ||
Place of death | Goole, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder/Right Back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1888-1890 | Morton | ||
– | Minerva | ||
1889–1890 | Partick Thistle | 3 | (0) |
1889–1890 | Woolwich Arsenal | 4 | (4) |
1890–1892 | Everton | 32 | (1) |
1892 | Bootle | 10 | (1) |
1893–1894 | Partick Thistle | 29 | (2) |
1894 | Walsall Town Swifts | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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