Samuel Marsh (footballer)

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Samuel Marsh
Personal information
Date of birth 1879 (1879)
Place of birth Westhoughton, England
Date of death Not known
Position Forward
Youth career
Daisy Hill
Hindley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
????–1902 Atherton Church House ? (?)
1902–1912 Bolton Wanderers 185 (72)
1912–1913 Bury 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Marsh [1] was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers as a forward. A long-serving player for the club, he scored 81 goals in 201 appearances. [2]

Football career

Marsh was born in Westhoughton, 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Bolton, Lancashire. [3] After playing his youth football with Daisy Hill and Hindley, he joined Atherton Church House before signing as a professional for Bolton Wanderers in 1902. [3]

He was the top scorer in the Football League Second Division during the 1904–05 season, with 27 goals. [4] At the end of the 1911–12 season, he switched to Bury. [1] In his ten years with Bolton, Marsh made a total of 201 first-team appearances, scoring 81 goals. [2]

After only one season at Bury, in which he played three league matches, Marsh retired. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "1900–1910". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Overall Appearances/Goals Record –; M". Bolton Wanderers Statistics. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 177. ISBN   1-899468-67-6.
  4. ↑ Ross, James M. "English League Leading Goalscorers Football League Div 1 & 2 Leading Goalscorers 1889–1915". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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