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Joe Frail
Frail while with Brentford in 1903
Personal information
Full name Martin Joseph Frail[1]
Date of birth 29 March 1869
Place of birth Burslem, England[1]
Date of death 4 September 1939(1939-09-04) (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1891–1894 Port Vale 29 (0)
1894 Gorton Villa
1894–1896 Glossop North End
1896–1898 Derby County 10 (0)
1898–1900 Chatham
1900–1902 Middlesbrough 62 (0)
1902–1903 Luton Town
1903 Brentford 10 (0)
1904 Stalybridge Rovers
1904–1905 Middlesbrough 1 (0)
1905 Stockport County 7 (0)
1905–1906 Glossop 16 (0)
Total 125+ (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Joseph Frail (29 March 1869 – 4 September 1939) was an English footballer who lived a traditional Romani lifestyle.[2] A goalkeeper, he played for Port Vale, Glossop North End, Derby County, Chatham, Middlesbrough, Luton Town, Brentford, and Stockport County.[3]

Playing career

Frail probably joined Port Vale in the autumn of 1891.[1] His debut came in a friendly against Lincoln City on 14 November 1891, which Vale lost 2–0.[1] Favoured ahead of Levi Higginson, he was the keeper of choice from September 1892, and kept goal in 19 of the club's 20 Second Division games in the 1892–93 season – Vale's first season in the English Football League.[1] However, after 11 games into the 1893–94 season, he missed the train to a match at Rotherham Town on 28 October 1893 and was duly suspended as he failed to explain the reason why.[1] He did not play another game at the Athletic Ground and was instead transferred to Gorton Villa in October 1894.[1] Later he played for Glossop North End, Derby County, Chatham, Middlesbrough (in two spells), Luton Town, Brentford and Stockport County before returning to Glossop.[1][4]

Statistics

Source:[5]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Burslem Port Vale 1892–93 Second Division 19 0 1 0 20 0
1893–94 Second Division 10 0 1 0 11 0
Total 29 0 2 0 31 0
Derby County 1897–98 First Division 10 0 0 0 10 0
Middlesbrough 1900–01 Second Division 30 0 9 0 39 0
1901–02 Second Division 32 0 2 0 34 0
Total 62 0 11 0 73 0
Brentford 1903–04 Southern League First Division 10 0 5 0 15 0
Middlesbrough 1904–05 First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Stockport County 1905–06 Second Division 7 0 2 0 9 0
Glossop 1905–06 Second Division 8 0 0 0 8 0
1906–07 Second Division 8 0 0 0 8 0
Total 16 0 0 0 16 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 106. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Sherwin, Phil (2010). The Port Vale Miscellany. Brimscombe Port: The History Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7524-5777-2.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 103. ISBN 190589161X.
  4. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. ^ Joe Frail at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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