John Bainbridge (footballer)

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John Bainbridge
Personal information
Full name John Robert Bainbridge
Date of birth 1880
Place of birth Seaham, England
Date of death (1960-01-17)17 January 1960 (aged 79)
Place of death Sunderland, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
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Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1904 Glossop
1904–1906 Reading
1906–1907 Portsmouth 25 (4)
1907–1910 Southampton 84 (20)
1910–1911 Hartlepools United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John Robert Bainbridge (1880 in Seaham, County Durham – 17 January 1960 in Sunderland, County Durham) was a professional footballer who played as a forward for three Southern League clubs between 1903 and 1910.

Football career[]

Bainbridge started his footballing career in the North East with and , before turning professional with Glossop in May 1903.

In the summer of 1904 he moved South to join Reading where he spent two seasons before joining Portsmouth in 1906.[2] After a season at Portsmouth, he moved along the South coast to join Southampton in May 1907.

According to Holley & Chalk's The Alphabet of the Saints, Bainbridge was "a reliable performer. His right-wing partnership with Frank Jefferis drew favourable comparisons with the famed duo of Wood and Turner seven years earlier".[1]

In Saints' FA Cup run in 1908, in which they reached the semi-finals, he scored 4 goals in 6 games. Ill health ended his career at The Dell and he returned to his native North-East where, after playing briefly for Hartlepools United, he returned to his original occupation as coal-miner.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  2. ^ Dave Juson & others (2004). Saints v Pompey - A history of unrelenting rivalry. Hagiology Publishing. ISBN 0-9534474-5-6.
  3. ^ Gary Chalk & Duncan Holley (1987). Saints - A complete record. Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
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