Thomas Porteous (footballer)

Thomas Porteous
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Stoddard Porteous
Date of birth	c.1864
Place of birth	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Date of death	23 February 1919
Playing position	Right back
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Last updated March 07, 2019

Thomas Stoddard Porteous (c.1864 – 23 February 1919) was an English footballer who played as a right back, for Sunderland and also one appearance for England.

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Sunderland Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Sunderland play in League One, the third tier of English football. Since its formation in 1879, the club has won six top-flight titles, a total only bettered by five other clubs, and has finished runners-up five times. The club has also won the FA Cup twice and been runners-up twice, as well as winning the FA Community Shield in 1936 and being finalists the following year. Sunderland have also been Football League Cup finalists in 1985 and 2014.

The England national football team represents England in senior men's international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

Career

Early career

Although born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Porteous started his football career north of the border with Hearts before joining Kilmarnock in 1884.^[1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea. Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East, and forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Newcastle is a member of the UK Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities.

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Sunderland

In 1889 Porteous arrived at Sunderland after gaining a high reputation in Scotland, and joining what was to become known as the team of all talents. He made his debut on 18 January 1890 in a FA Cup match against Blackburn Rovers, but had to wait until 13 September before making his League debut. He soon became a fixture in the side, appearing in all 22 league matches in 1890–91. This was Sunderland's first season in the Football League at the end of which they finished in seventh place, with a team consisting mainly of Scottish players.

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The following season Sunderland dominated the league, taking the title by a margin of five points, with Porteous missing only one match. Porteous was again an ever-present figure in the 1892–93 season^[2] when Sunderland took the Football League title for the second consecutive season, this time by a substantial 11 point margin.

Although he started the 1893–94 season, after two matches he lost his place to Peter Meechan, a Scottish international who had recently been signed from Celtic.^[3] Porteous left Sunderland at the end of the season, moving to Rotherham Town where he spent two seasons, also spending a few months with Manchester City.

Peter Meechan was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full-back. He won the English league championship in 1894–95 with Sunderland and the Scottish Football League championship with Celtic in 1895–96. He also played in the 1897 FA Cup Final for Everton and the 1900 FA Cup Final for Southampton, and made one appearance for Scotland in 1896.

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England

Porteous' England call-up came in the 1890–91 season against Wales, when England won 4–1 at Newcastle Road, Sunderland in the 1891 British Home Championship.^[4] The Wales game was Porteous' only game for England, which was also the first international game in Sunderland.

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Honours

Sunderland

Football League champions: 1891–92 and 1892–93

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References

↑ Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
↑ "Tom Porteous". www.safc.com. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
↑ Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
↑ "England 4 - Wales 1". England Stats. Retrieved 2008-03-22.

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[Betts-1] Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.

[2] "Tom Porteous". www.safc.com. Retrieved 2008-03-22.

[3] Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.

[4] "England 4 - Wales 1". England Stats. Retrieved 2008-03-22.