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 Saturday, 16 February 1907
Home International Championship 1906-07 (24th) Match
England 1 Ireland 0 [0-0]
  		 
Goodison Park, Goodison Road, Mere Green, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire
 Kick-off (GMT): '3.30pm'
Attendance: '22,235';
Receipts: '£1020'


Football League Record
England's second visit to Goodison is their fifth visit to Liverpool and tenth visit to Lancashire
England kicked off Harry Sloan won the toss
   
eleventh ever scoreless first half - 21st ever scoreless half
[1-0] Harold Hardman 53
 'a long, splendid shot high up in the corner of the goal'		  
 
 

"..." Daily Mirror

Officials       

England Team Records Ireland
Referee
Thomas Robertson
 43 (9 December 1863), Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland FA
P 19 of 21 - W 15 - D 4 - L 1 - F 55 - A 13. played for Scotland against England in 1890
 
Linesmen
John Lewis
 51 (30 March 1855), Market Drayton (Lancashire FA)		 J. McAanerany
 Ireland
 

England Team
 

Rank

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st		 Colours "England in white shirts and black knickers."
Captain Bob Crompton Selection
 member in charge: Charlie Hughes		 The five-man FA International Selection Committee
P 5 of 21, W 3 - D 1 - L 1 - F 8 - A 5. P 58 of 195, W 42 - D 10 - L 6 - F 194 - A 53.
  team chosen at Stamford Bridge, on Monday, 28 January 1907, following the trial match.
England Lineup
    nine changes to the previous match (only Crompton & Warren remain) league position (28th January) ave FL pos: 8th¹⁰
35   Hardy, Sam 24
174 days		 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC (FL1 13th) 1 0ᵍᵃ
321 the fifth Liverpool player to represent England
  Crompton, Robert 27 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 12th) 12 0
  Carr, John T. 28
236 days		 25 June 1878 LB Newcastle United FC (FL1 2nd) 2 0
final app 1905-07
  Warren, Benjamin 27 7 May 1879 RH Derby County FC (FL1 18th) 4 0
322   Wedlock, William J. 26
111 days		 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC (FL1 5th) 1 0
the second City player to represent England
323   Hawkes, Robert M. 26
121 days		 18 October 1880 LH Luton Town FC (SL1 13th) 1 0
the first Lutonian to represent England
  Rutherford, John 22 12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC (FL1 2nd) 2 0
324   Coleman, John George 25
113 days		 26 October 1881 IR Woolwich Arsenal FC (FL1 3rd) 1 0
the second Woolwich player to represent England only app 1907
325   Hilsdon, George 21
190 days		 10 August 1885 CF Chelsea FC (FL2 TOP) 1 0
the first Chelsea player to represent England
  Bache, Joseph W. 27 8 February 1880 IL Aston Villa FC (FL1 4th) 5 3
Hardman, Harold P. 24 4 April 1882 OL Everton FC (FL1 TOP) 2 1

reserves:

 Colin Veitch (Newcastle United FC (FL1 2nd)) and Irvine Thornley (Manchester City FC (FL1 16th)).

team notes:

 Harold Hardman is playing on his home ground, opposite his clubmate, goalkeeper Billy Scott.

appearance notes:

 Bob Crompton is the thirteenth player to make twelve England appearances. Joe Bache is the 51st player to have made five, whilst Ben Warren is the 78th player to have now made four appearances.183 players have done so more than once.
Crompton is the x player to make twelve appearances under the guidance of the ISC.

records:

 England keep their thirtieth clean sheet (sixteen of them at home), on what is also their thirtieth home victory (out of 45 home matches).
Seventieth competitive match (W 49 - D 13 - L 8)
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Carr -
Warren, Wedlock, Hawkes -
Rutherford, Coleman, Hilsdon, Bache, Hardman.

Averages:

 Age   Appearances/Goals 2.9 0.3

 

Ireland Team
 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 16th		 Colours "The Irishmen played in royal blue with shamrock crests."
Captain Harold Sloan Selection Ireland Selection Committee
only match, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 1.
  team chosen on Wednesday, 6 February 1907
Ireland Lineup
  Scott, William Edward 24 17 May 1882 G Everton FC, England 9 14ᵍᵃ
  McCracken, William Robert 22 29 January 1883 RB Newcastle United FC, England 11 1
  McCartney, Alexander Douglas 27 14 November 1879 LB Belfast Celtic FAC 7 0
  Wright, John 28 11 May 1878 CH Cliftonville FAC 4 0
  Connor, James 29 22 September 1877 RH Belfast Celtic FAC 6 0
  McConnell, David English 23 14 May 1883 LH Sunderland AFC, England 5 0
201   Blair, John Wilson 27 19 November 1881 OR Cliftonville AFC 1 0
  Harris, Valentine 22 23 June 1884 IR Shelbourne AFC 2 0
  Sloan, Howard Alexander 24 25 August 1882 CF The Bohemians FAC 5 3
  O'Hagan, Charles 25 28 July 1881 IL Aberdeen FC, Scotland 6 1
202   Young, Samuel 24 16 February 1883 OL Linfield FAC 1 0

reserves:

 Bob Milne (Linfield AFC) and John Owens (Shelbourne AFC).

team notes:

 Goalkeeper Billy Scott is playing on his home ground, opposite his clubmate, Harold Hardman

records:

 Ireland's thirtieth home defeat, in which they have conceded 183 goals.
 
2-3-5 Scott -
McCracken, McCartney -
Wright, Connor, McConnell -
Blair, Harris, Sloan, O'Hagan, Young

Averages:

 Age   Appearances/Goals 5.4 0.5
 
       Match Report The x

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          Match Report The Times, Monday, 18 February 1907
Meeting England at Liverpool on Saturday, in the first Association international of the present season, Ireland suffered defeat by one goal to none.
 Inasmuch as victory had never rewarded their efforts in the course of 25 former games between the two countries, the Irish team were probably well satisfied with the result of the encounter. They showed remarkably good powers of defence, half-backs, backs, and goalkeeper alike acquitting themselves with skill and judgment ; but unfortunately the excellence in this respect was to some extent discounted by lack of combination among the forwards. Individually the majority of the Irish front rank possessed pace and ability in dribbling. The want of mutual understanding, however, robbed their attack of real effectiveness, and until some advance is made in this direction, Ireland are not likely to gain the long-delayed victory over England. Still, the form of the visitors on Saturday was a notable improvement upon that displayed at Belfast 12 months ago, when the Englishmen, without especially distinguishing themselves, won by five goals to none. As a matter of fact, although it cannot be said that they ever looked like winning, Ireland were rather unfortunate in not effecting a draw ; for the one goal obtained by England possessed some element of luck and, during the last five minutes, the Englishmen experienced the greatest difficulty in keeping their goal intact...
...Indeed it was not until the second half had been in progress for some minutes that they secured the one goal of the match.
The match, which attracted about 23,000 people, took place in favourable conditions, for the state of the turf, although rather soft, did not handicap the players, and the breeze, though fairly fresh, blew across the ground. Of the 26 matches now played between the two countries, England have won 24 and two have been drawn.
 
       In Other News....
It was on 16 February 1907 that a new electric train in New York was derailed as it rounded a curve in the Bronx. Four carriages were turned onto their sides and dragged along for nearly two hundred yards, with dead and injured spilling out onto the tracks. The horrific scene was left with 24 dead, the bodies of many of whom were too mangled up in the wreckage to be identifiable.
 
      
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Domestic Football Results (16 February 1907)
The Football League Division One:
   
Birmingham 0 Sheffield United 0
   St. Andrew's, Birmingham (13,000)
United started with Bernard Wilkinson, Ernest Needham, Arthur Brown and Bert Lipsham
 
Blackburn Rovers 2 Manchester United 2
   Ewood Park, Blackburn (5,000)
Whittaker, Wilson ~ Meredith (2), Wall, Sagar
Rovers were without Bob Crompton
United started with Herbert Burgess, Charlie Roberts and Charlie Sagar
  
Bury 0 Aston Villa 3
   Gigg Lane, Bury (13,442)
Cantrell, Hampton (2)
Bury started with Frank Booth
Villa were without Joe Bache, but started with Bill George and Alec Leake
    
Derby County 2 Stoke 1
   Baseball Ground, Derby (10,000)
G.Davis (2) ~ Gallimore
County were without Ben Warren, but did start with George Davis
Stoke started with Tom Holford
    
Manchester City 1 Newcastle United 1
   Hyde Road, Ardwick (40,000)
 Jones ~ Brown
City were without Irvine Thornley, but started with Jimmy Conlin
United were without Jackie Carr, Jock Rutherford and Colin Veitch, as well as Bill McCracken
    
Middlesbrough 2 Preston North End 1
   Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (15,000)
Common (2 (1 pen)) ~ Danson (pen)
Boro started with Tim Williamson, Steve Bloomer and Alf Common
North End started with Arthur Lockett
 
Sunderland 1 Bolton Wanderers 2
   Roker Park, Sunderland (19,000)
Hogg ~ Shepherd, Weaver
Sunderland were without English McConnell, but started with Billy Hogg and Arthur Bridgett
Wanderers started with Albert Shepherd
 
The Wednesday 2 Liverpool 3
   Wednesday Ground, Owlerton (12,000)
Davis (pen), Simpson ~
 McPherson, Raybould, Cox
Wednesday started with Harry Davis
Liverpool were without Sam Hardy, but started with Jack Cox
 
Woolwich Arsenal 1 Bristol City 2
   Manor Ground, Plumstead (18,000)
 Satterthwaite ~ Marr, Hilton
Arsenal were without Tim Coleman, but did start with Jimmy Ashcroft
City were without Billy Wedlock

 
Division One Table
Team P ₧
Newcastle United 27 39
Everton 27 35
Aston Villa 28 34
Bristol City 26 33
Sheffield United 27 33
Bolton Wanderers 27 31
Woolwich Arsenal 26 30
Manchester United 28 28
Birmingham 27 27
The Wednesday 26 27
Liverpool 26 26
Preston North End 29 26
Middlesbrough 27 25
Sunderland 24 24
Blackburn Rovers 27 23
Manchester City 27 23
Derby County 27 21
Bury 28 20
Notts County 25 16
Stoke 27 15

A large crowd saw a weakened Newcastle still have enough in the tank to maintain their push for a second title in three years.
     
   
The Football League Division Two:
  
Blackpool 1 Hull City 1
   Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (1,500)
 Francis ~ J.E.Smith
 
Bradford City 1 Stockport County 0
   Valley Parade, Bradford (8,000)
Smith
  
Burslem Port Vale 4 Burnley 4
   Athletic Ground, Stoke (3,000)
Coxon, Carter, Dodds, Beats ~
 Bell, Ogden, R.Smith (2)
Vale started with Billy Beats
 
Burton United 1 Barnsley 1
   Peel Croft, Burton (3,000)
Bradshaw ~ Hellewell
 
Chesterfield Town 1 Glossop 3
   Recreation Ground, Chesterfield (2,000)
 Marples (pen) ~ McMillan, Callaghan
   
Grimsby Town 4 Leeds City 0
   Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (4,000)
 R.Morris, Rodger, Hopper, Burnett
 
Leicester Fosse 2 Clapton Orient 1
   Filbert Street, Leicester (9,000)
 Wilcox, Shanks ~ Oliver
Fosse started with Billy Bannister
 
Lincoln City 0 Chelsea 5
   Sincil Bank, Lincoln (3,000)
 Bridgeman, Robertson (3), Windridge
Chelsea were without George Hilsdon
 
Nottingham Forest 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
   City Ground, Nottingham (5,000)
 West

Forest started with Harry Linacre
Wolves started with Tom Baddeley
 
West Bromwich Albion 5 Gainsborough Trinity 0
   The Hawthorns, West Bromwich (8,112)
 Buck (2), Jordan (3)
 
Division Two Table
Team P ₧
Chelsea 25 38
Nottingham Forest 25 36
Leicester Fosse 27 35
West Bromwich Albion 25 34
Bradford City 26 31
Burnley 27 30
Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 30
Gainsborough Trinity 28 29
Hull City 26 28
Stockport County 27 28
Barnsley 25 26
Grimsby Town 26 24
Burslem Port Vale 26 22
Leeds City 27 21
Glossop 26 21
Clapton Orient 26 20
Chesterfield Town 27 19
Lincoln City 25 19
Blackpool 27 19
Burton United 26 14
Their biggest away win of the season, allied to a strong home record with only one dropped point, meant that Chelsea were still in pole position in their quest to win promotion in only their second season in the Football League and to become only the second southern club in the First Division (after Woolwich Arsenal).
  
 
       Source Notes
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats		 Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
 Original Newspaper Reports
 Ancestry.com
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