Hope Robertson

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Hope Robertson
Personal information
Full name Hope Ramsey Robertson
Date of birth (1868-01-17)17 January 1868[1]
Place of birth Whiteinch, Scotland
Date of death 27 September 1947(1947-09-27) (aged 79)[2]
Place of death Goole, England
Position(s) Midfielder/Right Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888-1890 Morton
– Minerva
1889–1890 Partick Thistle 3 (0)
1889–1890 Woolwich Arsenal 4 (4)
1890–1892 Everton 32 (1)
1892 Bootle 10 (1)
1893–1894 Partick Thistle 29 (2)
1894 Walsall Town Swifts 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hope Ramsey Robertson (17 January 1868 – 27 September 1927) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Bootle, Everton and Walsall Town Swifts, and in the Scottish Football League for Partick Thistle.[2] He played in the first ever competitive match at Goodison Park in front of 14,000 spectators,[3] a short time before leaving Everton.

References[]

  1. ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. ^ a b The Hope of Everton, ToffeeWeb, 22 February 2017
  3. ^ Michael Joyce. The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.


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