Martin Moran (19 December 1879 – 1948)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an outside right.[3][4] His many clubs included Celtic (two spells),[5] Clyde, Heart of Midlothian,[6] Hamilton Academical[1] and Albion Rovers in Scotland, and Sheffield United, Middlesbrough,[7] Millwall Athletic and Chelsea in England.[8] Small and slight in stature, he was known as "Mighty Midget".
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 December 1879 | ||
| Place of birth | Bannockburn, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1948 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Benburb | ||
| 1898 | Celtic | 1 | (0) |
| 1898–1899 | Clyde | 10 | (1) |
| 1899–1900 | Sheffield United | 7 | (0) |
| 1900–1902 | Middlesbrough | 36 | (5) |
| 1902–1904 | Millwall Athletic | 86 | (13) |
| 1904–1905 | Heart of Midlothian | 24 | (1) |
| 1905–1908 | Chelsea | 63 | (6) |
| 1908–1909 | Celtic | 2 | (0) |
| 1909–1910 | Hamilton Academical | 20 | (1) |
| 1910–1911 | Albion Rovers | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 252 | (27) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His first spell at Celtic in 1898, aged 20, included appearances in a two-legged friendly billed as the informal 'Championship for Great Britain' against Sheffield United (although the first match took place before either club was officially champion of their nation),[9] before being moved on in October of that year long with several other fringe players in a cost-cutting measure.[10] After a good season with Clyde he moved to England with Sheffield United, where he was a back-up squad member as the Blades were runners-up in the 1899–1900 Football League, then played a minor role in Middlesbrough's promotion from the second tier in 1901–02. From 1902 to 1904 he appeared in 99 competitive matches (17 goals) for Millwall Athletic,[11] reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1902–03 and won the London League and the Southern Professional Charity Cup in 1903–04.[12] In his season with Hearts back in Scotland he won the minor Rosebery Charity Cup,[6] and was involved in another English promotion with Chelsea in 1906–07, having been in their first-ever team the previous year. On returning to Celtic in 1908, a decade after his previous time in Glasgow (this time in the role of an experienced reserve), he was a Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup winner.[10]
Moran played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match of 1905 while contracted to Hearts,[3][13] but received no further representative honours.
References edit
- ^ a b Moran, Martin (1909), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ Martin Moran at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Moran Martin Image 1 Chelsea 1907, Vintage Footballers
- ^ (Celtic player) Moran, Martin, FitbaStats
- ^ a b Martin Moran, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Martin Moran, 11v11.com
- ^ Chelsea FC Player Profile: Martin Moran, Stamford-Bridge.com
- ^ Champions, The Scottish Referee, 15 April 1898, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ a b Moran, Martin, The Celtic Wiki
- ^ Tarrant, Eddie; Richard Lindsay (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. p. 532. ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4.
- ^ Tarrant, Eddie; Richard Lindsay (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. pp. 268–271. ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4.
- ^ Football | Anglo-Scots Trial Match., The Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1905