Favourite Victorian Footballers

All that news about Charlie Booth has made me think I should list a few more of my favourite footballers from the 1890's

This is by no mean a complete list and is not a list of the 'best' players as such more to do with character too. But obviously some were the very best. They are not in order either.

1. Jack Madden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Madden
2. Billy Bassett http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Crabtree
3. Jimmy Crabtree http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Crabtree
4. G.O. Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Oswald_Smith
5. John Goodall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goodall
6. Earnest Needham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Needham
7. Ambrose Langley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Langley
8. Steve Bloomer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bloomer
9. Jack Robinson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Robinson_(footballer)
10. Tommy Crawshaw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Crawshaw
11. Charlie Howlett
12. Harry Walkerdine
13. Charlie Athersmith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Athersmith
14. John Reynolds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reynolds_(footballer_born_1869)

I have said before. Our book will contain selected pen profiles of footballers such as these. They will vary in size depending on what research we have. So Madden will probably get 2 pages, where as others may have one paragraph. The idea is that it will act like a glossery at the back of the book, so as a significant player enters into the story we don't have to explain everything about them. Instead the reader can turn to the back and check out who they are and what they did. I hope thi will make our book even more significant for football history at this time.

There are of course many many more. Many people may wonder why I left out a big fat goalkeepr. In truth evidence would suggest hat he wasn't actually that great, nothing compared to Jack Robinson. But he was a great character, that is fo sure.