George Albert Holmes was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Nottingham Forest and Chesterfield Town, in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian and in the Southern League for Coventry City.[1][2][3][4] He was a member of the Nottingham Forest squad which toured Argentina and Uruguay in 1905.[5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Albert Holmes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Mansfield, England | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1905 | Hucknall Constitutional | ||
| 1905–1906 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | (0) |
| 1906– | Mansfield Wesleyans | ||
| 1907–1908 | Chesterfield Town | 51 | (9) |
| 1908– | Nelson | ||
| –1911 | Mansfield Mechanics | ||
| 1911–1915 | Coventry City | 101 | (17) |
| 1914 | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| Portsmouth | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editHolmes served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[6]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 1905–06[7] | First Division | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Chesterfield Town | 1907–08[8] | Second Division | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 1908–09[9] | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | ||
| Total | 51 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 9 | ||
| Coventry City | 1911–12[2] | Southern League First Division | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| 1912–13[2] | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 8 | ||
| 1913–14[2] | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | ||
| 1914–15[2] | Southern League Second Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 101 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 107 | 17 | ||
| Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 1913–14[3] | Scottish League First Division | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |
| Career total | 160 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 169 | 28 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 141. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d e "Albert Holmes". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Albert Holmes – Hearts Career – from 14 Feb 1914 to 28 Feb 1914". www.londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ Wright, Don (15 August 2015). Forever Forest: The Official 150th Anniversary History of the Original Reds. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445635170.
- ^ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 213. ISBN 978-0857330772.
- ^ "Albert Holmes". The City Ground. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Chesterfield Town FC, 1884 – 1915: 1907–08". Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Chesterfield Town FC, 1884 – 1915: 1908–09". Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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