Fred Worrall
Personal information
Full name Frederick J. Worrall
Date of birth (1910-09-08)8 September 1910
Place of birth Warrington, England
Date of death 13 April 1979(1979-04-13) (aged 68)
Place of death Warrington, England
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
Witton Albion
Nantwich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
1928–1931 Oldham Athletic 105 (21)
1931–1945 Portsmouth 313 (68)
1945 → Manchester United (wartime) 7 (2)
1946 Crewe Alexandra 6 (1)
1946 Stockport County 0 (0)
Total 431 (92)
International career
1935–1936 England 2 (2)
The Football League XI 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick J. Worrall (8 September 1910 – 13 April 1979) was an English footballer born in Warrington, Lancashire, who played as an outside right in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Portsmouth and Crewe Alexandra. He was capped twice for England, scoring on his debut against the Netherlands in Amsterdam in May 1935, before following it up with another goal in England's 3–1 win over Ireland in the British Championship in November 1936.[1][2] He was noted for his superstitious nature: when Portsmouth played in the 1939 FA Cup Final, he took his small horseshoe, put a sprig of white heather in each sock, tied a small white elephant to one of his garters and put a lucky sixpence in his boots, as well as putting on Pompey manager Jack Tinn's lucky spats. He set up the second goal in Portsmouth's 4–1 win, and left the club at the end of the Second World War.[3] He had continued to play for Portsmouth during the war, but also made seven appearances for Manchester United during the 1945–46 War League season, scoring twice.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 289. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ↑ "England Players - Fred Worrall". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pompey hope for more luck in Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Rollin, Jack (2005). Soccer at War: 1939–45. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1431-X.
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