Bob Ferrier (Scottish footballer) explained

Bob Ferrier
Fullname:Robert Ferrier
Birth Date:14 August 1872
Birth Place:Dumbarton, Scotland
Death Date:11 December 1947 (aged 75)[1]
Death Place:Dumbarton, Scotland
Position:Inside forward
Years1:1891–1894
Clubs1:Dumbarton[2] [3]
Caps1:20
Goals1:6
Years2:1894–1906
Clubs2:Sheffield Wednesday
Caps2:308
Goals2:16
Totalcaps:328
Totalgoals:22

Robert Ferrier (14 August 1872 – 11 December 1947) was a Scottish professional footballer.

Career

Ferrier played for Dumbarton[4] and Sheffield Wednesday, as an inside forward.[5] [6] In a 12-year spell with Wednesday, he was involved in the club's relegation from the Football League First Division in 1899, promotion as winners of the Second Division in 1900, followed by First Division championships in 1903 and 1904 (he was not involved in their two FA Cup final wins of that era).[7] The closest he got to international recognition was an appearance in the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match in 1901.[8]

Personal life

His son, likewise named Robert and known as Bob, was also a footballer. The younger Ferrier achieved success playing for Motherwell, but was never selected for Scotland having been born in Sheffield while his father was playing in the city.[9] [10] His brother-in-law Willie Speedie (brother of Scottish international Finlay Speedie) and nephew Bob Speedie played for Dumbarton.[11] [12]

Honours

Dumbarton[12]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=Ferrier&surname_so=exact&forename=Robert&forename_so=starts&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&birth_year=1873&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results
  2. Book: McAllister, Jim . The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club . J&J Robertson Printers . 2002 . Dumbarton.
  3. Web site: Bob Ferrier - Player Statistics (The Sons Archive - Dumbarton Football Club History). sonsarchive.com. 2017-07-15.
  4. Book: Emms . Steve . Wells . Richard . Scottish League Players' Records Division One 1890/91 to 1938/39 . Tony Brown . 2007 . Beeston, Nottingham . 978-1-899468-66-9.
  5. Web site: SWFC Legends D-F. https://web.archive.org/web/20081217045317/http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/SWFCLegends/0%2C%2C10304~345810%2C00.html. 27 June 2008. 17 December 2008. 7 January 2015. Sheffield Wednesday F.C.. dead.
  6. Web site: Profile. 7 January 2015. Sheffield Wednesday Archive.
  7. https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/ferrier-bob-image-1-sheff-wed-1896/ Ferrier Bob Image 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1896
  8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nqZEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4LUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5196%2C7334215 Football. Anglo-Scots Trial.
  9. http://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/f/bobby-ferrier/ Bobby Ferrier
  10. https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/ferrier-bob-image-3-motherwell-1928/ Ferrier Bob Image 3 Motherwell 1928
  11. Book: Mitchell, Andy . The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 . Amazon . 2021 . 9798513846642.
  12. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.

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