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Scottish footballer

Hope Robertson
Personal information
Full name Hope Ramsey Robertson
Date of birth (1868-01-17)17 January 1868
Place of birth Whiteinch, Scotland
Date of death 27 September 1947(1947-09-27) (aged 79)
Place of death Goole, England
Position(s) Midfielder/Right Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888-1890 Morton
Minerva
1889–1890 Partick Thistle 3 (0)
1889–1890 Woolwich Arsenal 4 (4)
1890–1892 Everton 32 (1)
1892 Bootle 10 (1)
1893–1894 Partick Thistle 29 (2)
1894 Walsall Town Swifts 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hope Ramsey Robertson (17 January 1868 – 27 September 1927) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Bootle, Everton and Walsall Town Swifts, and in the Scottish Football League for Partick Thistle. He played in the first ever competitive match at Goodison Park in front of 14,000 spectators, a short time before leaving Everton.

References

  1. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. ^ The Hope of Everton, ToffeeWeb, 22 February 2017
  3. Michael Joyce. The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.


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