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Why the “Old Spurs Warrior?”
Read more: Why the “Old Spurs Warrior?”Why Was Patrick Gallacher Called the “Old Spurs Warrior”? It’s a good question. Why would someone who played for Tottenham Hotspur for just one season, 1904-05, be remembered as the “Old Spurs Warrior“? Why not the “Old Barrow Warrior”? After all, Patrick spent four seasons at Barrow AFC, the longest spell of his football career.…
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Patrick Gallacher’s Partick Revival
Read more: Patrick Gallacher’s Partick RevivalBy the end of the 1906/07 season, Patrick Gallacher’s football career appeared to have stalled. An injury against New Brompton in December 1906 was followed by a lengthy absence from the first team, and he made only three further appearances for the reserves before leaving Luton Town in the summer of 1907. The reasons for…
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Jimmy McMenemy and Scouting for Players
Read more: Jimmy McMenemy and Scouting for PlayersWhen Patrick Gallacher returned to Ton Pentre after the First World War, he was much more than the club’s captain and centre half. Evidence from contemporary newspapers suggests he was also helping to identify and recruit players for the South Wales club. One example appeared in the Merthyr Express in October 1919: “Pat Gallagher (the…
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Patrick Gallacher and “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”
Read more: Patrick Gallacher and “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”In his memoirs, my father, Terence Gallacher, recalled an unexpected story about his father, Patrick Joseph Gallacher: “Much to the surprise of his family, Patrick said that he had seen Buffalo Bill and his great show. This would have been during 1891 or 1892 when the show visited Glasgow. The show had come to London…
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Barrow’s Long Journey to Trowbridge
Read more: Barrow’s Long Journey to TrowbridgeDuring Barrow’s 1912/13 season, the club were drawn away to Trowbridge Town in the FA Cup, then commonly referred to as the English Cup. The match was scheduled for 14 December 1912 at Trowbridge’s Flower Show Field. Before the tie, Barrow attempted to persuade their opponents to move the match to Holker Street. The Lancashire…
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- Footballers' Battalion
- History
- Luton Town
- Partick Thistle
- Ton Pentre
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Workington AFC
- WW1
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