Manchester United 2 v 0 Loughborough Town, League Division Two, Matchday 28, 4th April 1896, Season 1895-1896, Venue: Bank Street

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Saturday 4th April 1896

Matchday 28

1895-1896

Bank Street

4000

Match 2 of 10 vs Loughborough Town

England

Albut, Alf

Loughborough Town Committee

Portrait

Player Name

RED CARD

Portrait	Player Name	Kept Clean Sheets
	Ridgway, Joseph

Loughborough Town

HAN

Diff

Win%

+21

1.00

0.40

Totals

+22

0.70

EVERY GAME VS Loughborough Town

Manchester United

Richard Smith ??', Bob Donaldson ??'

Loughborough Town

MATCH (2)

Loughborough Town team strips fail to turn up via railway and are lost somewhere in Crewe as well as the trainer. Match report states some players have trousers rolled up above the knees & various shirt colours & knickers suitable for schoolboys scraped together, a half hour after the appointed time the teams entered the field with, as the report suggest, "a stranger would have thought a burlesque match was to be played". Spectators laugh heartily at the Loughborough Town players. Ward's knickers collapsed & he was forced to leave the field, Swift's knickers did not reach near as far as his knees and the jerseys which were of nondescript character were most composed of black and gold.


		Ridgway, Joseph
		Stafford, Harry
		Erentz, Fredrick
		Fitzsimmons, David
		McNaught, James
		Cartwright, Walter
		Clarkin, John
		Kennedy, William
		Donaldson, Robert
		Vance, James
		Smith, Richard "Dick"

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