Percy Barton	Birmingham FC 7 appearances, 0 goals P 7 W 3 D 3 L 1 F 14: A 8 64% successful 1921-24 captain: none minutes played: 630
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	Percival Albert Barton
Name Notes	Percival A. Barton, confirmed by his death registration, and the FA Yearbook calls him P.A. Barton. His census returns calls him Percival and Percy, born in Edmonton. But born in 1893. The Midlands Electoral Roll of 1945 also call him Percival A.. He is NOT Percival Harry Barton, born in Edmonton August 1895, because he died within the next quarter of registrations, that is, before December 1895. His middle name is possibly Augustus. Marriage Banns in December 1912 from Lower Edmonton had a Percy Augustus marrying Margaret McKenzie...the marriage did not take place though.
Birth	20 January 1893 at 9 Northumberland Street, Edmonton, Middlesex [registered as Percy, in West Ham, March 1893]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939 register.
	According to the 1901 census, the seven year-old Percival, is the fourth child of five to Henry and Louisa (née Banks), living at 25 Union Road, Edmonton. Henry is a builder.
	According to the 1911 census, 18 year-old Percy is an engineer lathe hand at the gasworks. With his younger sister, Louisa, and parents and the Gill's as boarders, they live at 5 Claremont Terrace in Upper Edmonton. The census reveals that Percy is one of eleven children at that three have since died. His father is a general labourer.
Marriage	to Lilian Maisie Cotterill  [registered as 'John' in Birmingham, September 1914].
	According to the 1921 census, Percival, a professional athlete (for Birmingham FC) is now married to Lilian May and are living at 37 Mayfield Road in Dalston. They are written in the census as Percival Albert and Lilian May Brown (but definitely the Barton's).
	"BARTON FOR STOURBRIDGE "Percy Barton, the former Birmingham and International half-back...has become the licensee of the Woodman Inn, New-street, Stourbridge." - Sports Argus, Saturday, 15 August 1931   "CHARGE AGAINST PUBLICAN DISMISSED. "Formerly a player for Birmingham F.C. and an international back, Percival Albert Barton, licensee of the Woodman Inn, New-street, Stourbridge, successfully defended a charge at Stourbridge yesterday of having permitted drunkenness on his licensed premises. A summons against Mrs. Barton for aiding and abetting was also dismissed." - Birmingham Gazette, Saturday, 5 January 1935
	According to the 1939 register, Percival A., a licensed victualler, and Lilian M. are married, and they live at The Railway Tavern, 132-134 Kyrwicks Lane in Sparkbrook area of Birmingham. According to the 1931-32 Electoral Roll for Worcestershire, Percival Albert and Lilian Maisie were still at the Woodman Inn, 12 New Street in Stourbridge. According to the 1945 Midlands Electoral Roll, Percival A. was living alone at the Railway Tavern in Kyrwicks Lane, Sparkbrook in Birmingham.
Death	October 1961, aged 68 years nk days [registered as Percival A., in Birmingham, December 1961].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Played schoolboy football in North London and played with local sides, Tottenham Thursday FC and Sultan FC. It was Birmingham FC that signed Barton in 1914, before he returned to Edmonton during WW1. He guested with Tottenham Hotspur FC. Despite being courted by clubs such as Sunderland AFC and Burnley FC in the spring of 1923, he left Birmingham in 1931 after 331 league appearances and thirteen goals, when he joined Stourbridge FC of the Birmingham & District League in August 1931. He retired in 1933.
Club honours	Football League Divsion Two winners 1920-21;
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	A collision between Barton and Hull City AFC's William Henzell ended the latter's playing career on 30 August 1920. Barton was sent off for Birmingham against Bolton Wanderers FC on 23 September 1922 for kicking Jack Rowley. It appearaed to be a case of mistaken identity, with full-back Jones being the offender. He was nicknamed the Indiarubber Man by the St. Andrew's supporters, because of his ability to twist and turn.
Height/Weight	5' 8", 11st. 0lbs [1921].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of seven who became the 414th players (417) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Left-half
First match	No. 126, 21 May 1921, Belgium 0 England 2, an end-of-season tour match at Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles, Sint-Jans Molenbeek, Bruxelles, aged 28 years 121 days.
Last match	No. 142, 22 October 1924, England 3 Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged 31 years 276 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1921-22, 1923-24, 1924-25;
Team honours	None
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Percy Barton was the referee for the England women's match against Belgium women on 10 August 1939 at Hall Green Greyhound Stadium in Birmingham.
Beyond England
No additional information to that above. But during his playing days, he regularly wrote articles for the press. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.27.

Percy Barton - Match History
Club: Birmingham F.C. - 7 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 7 full capsx
Age 28
-	125	9 April 1921- Scotland 3 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AL	reserve
1	126	21 May 1921 - Belgium 0 England 2, Stade du DC Bruxelles, Bruxelles	Fr	AW	Start	lh
2	127	22 October 1921 - Ireland 1 England 1, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AD	Start	lh
Age 29
-	129	8 April 1922 - England 0 Scotland 1, Villa Park, Birmingham	BC	HL	reserve
Age 30
-	133	14 April 1923 - Scotland 2 England 2, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AD	reserve
3	134	10 May 1923 - France 1 England 4, Stade Pershing, Paris	Fr	AW	Start	lh
4	138	1 November 1923 - Belgium 2 England 2, Bosuil Stadion, Antwerpen	Fr	AD	Start	lh
Age 31
5	139	3 March 1924 - England 1 Wales 2, Ewood Park, Blackburn	BC	HL	Start	lh
6	140	12 April 1924 - England 1 Scotland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley		HD	Start	lh
7	142	22 October 1924 - England 3 Ireland 1, Goodison Park, Walton	BC	HW	Start	lh
-	143	8 December 1924 - England 4 Belgium 0, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich	Fr	HW	reserve

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