Bob Foster (footballer)

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Bob Foster
Personal information
Full name Robert Foster
Date of birth April 7, 1911 [1]
Place of birth Deane, England
Date of death October 1, 1983(1983-10-01) (aged 72)
Place of death Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Farnworth Standard
1930–1931 Burnley F.C. [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1931–1932 Accrington Stanley 11 (0)
1932–1933 Southampton 2 [3] (0)
1933–1935 Wrexham 29 (0)
1935–1936 Bury 0 (0)
1936–1937 Oldham Athletic 11 (0)
1937–1940 Mossley 93 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Foster (born 7 April 1911) [4] was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several clubs in the 1930s.

Football career

Foster was born in the Deane district of Bolton and started his football career with local side Farnworth Standard before joining Accrington Stanley in the Football League Third Division North.

After one season, he joined Southampton of the Second Division, where he was signed as cover for Bert Scriven. [5] In his year at The Dell, he made 36 appearances for the reserves, but only managed one appearance in the first team, in a 2–2 draw against Port Vale on 29 August 1932. [5] [6]

In the summer of 1933, Foster moved on to Wrexham and then to Bury. By the summer of 1936, his football career seemed to be over, never having made a first-team appearance for Bury, and he was running a newsagency. [5] In September 1936, he was signed by Oldham Athletic of the Third Division North for whom he made 11 first-team appearances, finishing on the losing side just once. [5]

He finished his career at Mossley of the Cheshire County League, for whom he made a total of 93 appearances. [7]

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References

  1. https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/bob-foster/
  2. https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/bob-foster/
  3. https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/bob-foster/
  4. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 93. ISBN   1-899468-67-6.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. pp. 127–128. ISBN   0-9514862-3-3.
  6. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 89. ISBN   0-907969-22-4.
  7. "The Mossley goalkeepers". mossleyweb. Retrieved 12 October 2012.