Charles Clegg
b. 1850 - d. 1937 (Aged 87)
“…quick as a flash with the ball at feet & a sure, sharp shot to finish…”
Clubs…
The Wednesday
Broomhill F.C
Perseverance F.C
Sheffield Albion
Future Chairman & President of the Football Association, the elder of the electrifying…
…Brothers Clegg!
(Charles & Willy ‘neath the lights, coming soon…)
…seems to have had a hand in virtually all Footballing matters for the whole of Sheffield, most famously turning out on the field, up the front for…
The Wednesday
…& founding, in 1889, the ‘Young Blades*’ of…
United!
*Can it be true! ?
Yes, it most certainly can !!
The Wednesday had been the original ‘Blades’, before moving to Hillsborough in the district of Owlerton in 1899 becoming the ‘Owls’…
Charlie boy’ll be finding himself the only Northerner to be selected for the very first International Football fixture of them all, that of…
England & Scotland
…up at the West of Scotland Cricket Ground !
…in the November of 1872 -It wasn’t just the Scotch, however, young Charles found himself up against that gloomy Glasgae November day but his own Team-Mates as well…
…who refused to pass the ball to young Charlie for the entirety of the afternoon…
…the rotters!
“…They were all a bunch of public school snobs from the South & had no use for a man fra’ Sheffield…”
With ‘Team-Mates’ like these, no bloody wonder the World’s first attempt at a International fixture finishes…
0-0!
Charles’ frankly astounding athletics career, covered here, soon…
