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Charles Cotton
Personal information
Full name Francis Charles T. Cotton
Date of birth January 1881[1]
Place of birth East Stonehouse, Plymouth, England
Date of death 3 January 1910 (aged 28)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1900 Sheppey United
1900–1903 Reading
1903 West Ham United 8 (0)
1903–1904 Liverpool 12 (0)
1904–1906 West Ham United 10 (0)
1906–1910 Southend United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Charles T. Cotton (January 1881 – 3 January 1910) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Liverpool. He also played for Sheppey United, Reading, West Ham United and Southend United.[2]

Born in East Stonehouse, Cotton played for Sheppey United and Reading before moving to east London club West Ham United in the summer of 1903 along with Ernest Watts and Tommy Allison.[2] He made his debut against rival club Millwall on the opening day of the season.[1] After eight Southern League appearances and one in the FA Cup, Cotton lost his place to Fred Griffiths and moved to Liverpool.[3]

Cotton made his Liverpool debut against Nottingham Forest on 1 January 1904 and kept his place until a 5–2 defeat against Everton in the Merseyside derby on 1 April resulted in the return of Peter Platt in goal. He totalled 12 League appearances during 1903-04 and witnessed the club's relegation to the Second Division at the end of the season.[4] He then returned to West Ham and made 10 appearances for the club over two seasons before leaving for Southend United upon the club's formation in 1906.[5][3]

Cotton missed a single match in four seasons at Southend before he contracted Bright's disease. After a five-week illness, he died on 3 January 1910.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Marsh, Steve. "Charles COTTON ... (1903 - 1906)". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
  3. ^ a b Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 54. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  4. ^ "Charles Cotton". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Northcutt, John; Marsh, Steve (2015). West Ham United: The Complete Record. deCoubertin Books. pp. 498–499. ISBN 978-1-909245-27-3.
  6. ^ "Southend League player dead". London Daily News. 4 January 1910. Retrieved 13 October 2018 – via playupliverpool.com.


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