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Charlie Sagar

Bury FC

 2 appearances, 1 debut goal

P 2 W 1 D 1 L 0 F 2: A 0
75% successful
1899-1902

captain: none
minutes played: 180

Timeline
  Charles Sagar
Birth Thursday, 28 March 1878 in Daisy Bank, Edgworth, Lancashire.
  registered in Bolton April-June 1878
Baptism 12 May 1878 at St. Anne's Church in Turton.
 

According to the 1881 census, Charles is the youngest of six children to John, a Carter, and Jane (née Marsden), living at Daisy Bank in Edgworth.
According to his school admission records, Charles attended Edgworth Wesleyan School, from 6 March 1882.
 

According to the 1891 census, Charles is still the youngest, now of five children, still at home with his Carter father and his mother, now living at 14 Wellington Road in Turton. Charles is a warehouse lad in the cotton factory.
 

According to the 1901 census, Professional Football player Charles is now the youngest of four living at home at 14 Wellington Road with his widowed father, who is now a genreal labourer.
Marriage to Martha Ann Brooks, on Thursday, 18 August 1904 at St. Anne's in Turton, Lancashire
  registered in Bolton July-September 1904
Children Charlie and Martha Sagar had two children together. Gerald (b.29 April 1906) and another which died before the 1911 census, but there is no other registered in the Turton area.
 

According to the 1911 census, Charles is a club caretaker married to Martha Ann, with one child, Gerald. They live at 82 Wellington Road in Turton.
(His father died mid-1914)
Death Thursday morning, 4 December 1919 at The Nabbs Farm in Turton, Lancashire
aged 41 years 251 days registered in Bolton October-December 1919

Obituary
"DEATH OF AN OLD INTERNATIONAL
"The death occurred yesterday morning, at Turton, near Bolton, of Charles Sagar, the famous forward who twice helped Bury to win the F.A. cup, and was capped by England against Wales and Ireland. He also represented the English League once against Scotland, and twice against Ireland. In his 42nd year, Sagar had been bed-fast for some weeks. A tall, slightly-built forward, with natural abilities, he was equally effective at centre or inside-left." - Sheffield Daily Telegraph/The Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury/Daily Mirror, Saturday, 8 December 1919.
Funeral Monday, 8 December 1919 at St. Anne's Church in Turton.
Probate "SAGAR Charles of the Nabbs Farm Turton Lancashire farmer died 4 December 1919 Probate Manchester 25 February to Martha Ann Sagar widow.
 Effects £741 6s. 4d." [2024 equivalent: £31,858]
  Martha Sagar died on 18 October 1960 in Bolton
Source

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

Playing Career

Club(s)		 Began his career playing in 1895 for Turton Sunday School local side St Anne's FC. Sagar was also playing for Edgworth Rovers FC and Turton FC. Joined Bury FC in 1898, transferred to Manchester United FC on 11 May 1905, at a fee fixed at £300, despite it going to a transfer tribunal. He remained with them until 1907. Afterwhich he played for Atherton FC in December 1908, then Haslingden FC in March 1909.

League honours
216 appearances, 91 goals		 Bury FC 1898-1905 186 appearances, 71 goals
debut: 3 September 1898 Derby County FC 1 Bury FC 2.
Manchester United FC 1905-07 thirty appearances, twenty goals
debut (division two): 2 September 1905 Manchester United FC 5 Bristol City FC 1.
last: 22 April 1907 Manchester United FC 3 Everton FC 0.
Club honours FA Cup winners 1899-1900 (8ᵃ 4ᵍ), 1902-03 (5ᵃ 3ᵍ);
Football League Division Two runners-up 1905-06 (20ᵃ 16ᵍ);
Individual honours Football League (four appearances).
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 11½", 11st. 0½lbs [1903]. 11st 8lbs [1904]

Source

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

England Career
Player number One of five who became 247th players (250) to appear for England.
Position(s) Inside-left, centre-forward
First match No. 68, 17 March 1900, Ireland 0 England 2, a British Championship match at Lansdown Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, aged 21 years 354 days.
Last match No. 74, 3 March 1902, Wales 0 England 0, a British Championship match at Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 23 years 340 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1899-1900, 1901-02;
Team honours None
Individual honours The North (two appearances, 1ᵍ March 1900-January 1903, withdrew in 1901)
Goalscoring honours England's Joint-Top Goalscorer (one 1900, with Geoff Wilson & Steve Bloomer)
Distinctions None

Beyond England
No additional information. But, at the time of his death, Charles was a farmer in Turton. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.215.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes goals ave.min comp. goals captain
3 2 2 180 1 180 min 1 none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 1 2 1 0 75 +1
Both of his matches were played in the British Championship competition and played at an away venue

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1899-1900 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC 1901-02 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
BC All 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 1 2 1.00 0.00 75.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 1 2 1.00 0.00 75.0 +1
2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 1 2 1 0 75 +1

Match History

 Club: Bury F.C. - two full appearances (180 min) F.A. International Select Committee - two full appearances (180 min)x

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 20
67 8 April 1899 - England 2 Scotland 1, Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham BC HW reserve

Age 21 trial  
one appearance  - The South vs. The North, 7 March 1900;

1 68 17 March 1900 - Ireland 0 England 2
Lansdowne Road, Dublin		 BC AW  16 il
 

one of five who became the 247th player (250) to appear for England
the second Bury FC player to represent England
the 46th player to score on his England debut - the thirtieth competitive
his single goal in 1900 makes him joint-top goalscorer for the year/season

Age 22 trial  
withdrew  - The South vs. The North, 25 February 1901;

72 18 March 1901 - England 6 Wales 0, St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne BC HW reserve
 

Age 23
2 74 3 March 1902 - Wales 0 England 0
The Racecourse, Wrexham		 BC AD   cf

Age 24 trial  
one appearance  - The South vs. The North, January 1903;

     

 
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