William McCafferty (9 December 1882 – 17 April 1929) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Celtic and in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers and Birmingham. He played as a forward.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William McCafferty[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1882 | ||
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 April 1929 (aged 46)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1900–1902 | Rutherglen Glencairn | ||
| 1902–1903 | Celtic | 1 | (0) |
| 1902–1903 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1903–1904 | Stenhousemuir | ||
| 1904–1905 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| 1905 | Bathgate | ||
| 1905–1906 | Reading | ||
| 1906–1907 | Birmingham | 4 | (0) |
| 1907 | Bathgate | ||
| 1907–1909 | Portsmouth | ||
| 1909–1910 | Brentford | 16 | (3) |
| Bathgate | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
McCafferty was born in Rutherglen, which was then in Lanarkshire. He played for junior club Rutherglen Glencairn before signing for Celtic in March 1902.[3][4] He made his first team debut on the losing side in the 1902 Scottish Cup Final, and played once in the Scottish League, in October 1902 in a 1–1 home draw with Rangers, before joining English club Bolton Wanderers on loan the following month.[2] McCafferty went back to Scotland to play for Stenhousemuir and Bathgate before returning to England for a season in the Southern League with Reading. In December 1906, First Division club Birmingham signed McCafferty for the value of the gate receipts from a friendly between buying and selling club, which amounted to £350 (£40,000 today).[5]. The player scored in that friendly, but failed to score in competitive play for Birmingham, as he could not dislodge Benny Green from the side. McCafferty went on to play for Southern League clubs Portsmouth and Brentford between further spells at Bathgate.[4][6]
McCafferty died while at work in Rutherglen in 1929.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ a b "William McCafferty". The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ "McCafferty Bill Image 1 Reading 1905". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 360. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ "Death of former Celtic player". Glasgow Herald. 18 April 1929. p. 17.