Edwin Neve Explained

Edwin Neve
Fullname:	Edwin Neve
Birth Date:	3 May 1885
Birth Place:	Prescot, England
Death Place:	Derby, England
Position:	Outside left
Years1:	–1905
Clubs1:	Prescot
Years2:	1905–1906
Clubs2:	St Helens Recreation
Years3:	1906–1912
Clubs3:	Hull City
Caps3:	102
Goals3:	12
Years4:	1912–1914
Clubs4:	Derby County
Caps4:	47
Goals4:	1
Years5:	1914–1915
Clubs5:	Nottingham Forest
Caps5:	35
Goals5:	3
Years6:	1916
Clubs6:	Chesterfield Town
Caps6:	2
Goals6:	0
Totalcaps:	184
Totalgoals:	16

Edwin Neve (3 May 1885 – 3 August 1920), sometimes known as Ned Neve,^[1] was a professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Derby County, Nottingham Forest and Hull City.^[2] He also played for Chesterfield Town, St Helens Recreation and Prescot.^{[3] [4]}

Personal life

As of 1901, Neve was working as a labourer and as of May 1916, he was working as a brewer's traveller. In May 1916, in the middle of the First World War, he was conscripted into the Royal Garrison Artillery as a bombardier and served on the Western Front and in the Army of Occupation. Neve died of heart problems in 1920, as a result of being gassed during the war.^[5] He died in Derby and was buried in Prescot Parish Churchyard.

Career statistics

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Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hull City	1906–07^[6]	Second Division	13	3	0	0	13	3
	1907–08	Second Division	13	1	0	0	13	1
	1908–09	Second Division	13	0	0	0	13	0
	1909–10	Second Division	22	3	0	0	22	3
	1910–11	Second Division	26	4	0	0	26	4
	1911–12	Second Division	15	1	2	0	17	1
	Total		102	12	2	0	104	12
Derby County	1912–13^[7]	First Division	18	1	1	0	19	1
	1913–14	First Division	29	0	1	0	30	0
	Total		47	1	2	0	49	1
Nottingham Forest	1914–15^[8]	Second Division	35	3	2	1	37	4
Career total			184	16	6	1	190	17

Notes and References

1. Web site: Neve Edwin "Ned" Hull City 1910 . 15 January 2019 . Vintage Footballers . en-GB.
2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 216.
3. Web site: Line-ups – 1915–16 . 15 January 2019 . Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics.
4. Web site: 6 March 2018 . Cables Connections: Hull City . 17 April 2020 . Prescot Cables Football Club . en-GB.
5. Web site: WW1 Casualty: Bombardier 80636 Edwin Neve . 15 January 2016 . prescot-rollofhonour.info.
6. Web site: 35 Ned Neve . 8 November 2022 . On Cloud Seven . en-GB.
7. Web site: Edwin Neve . 16 June 2017 . 11v11.com.
8. Web site: Edwin Neve . 14 July 2019 . The City Ground.