Percy Fairclough - 1 Cap (0 Goals)

  • Full Name: Percy Fairclough
  • Born: 1st February 1858, Mile End, London
  • Died: 22nd June 1947, Sevenoaks, Kent aged 89
  • England Career: 1878
  • Positions whilst with England: Forward
  • Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Old Foresters (1)
  • FA Legacy Number: 54
  • Fairclough schooled at Forest School in Walthamstow and represented their alumni team the Old Foresters whom he captained and led to victory in the London Cup. Professionally he was a member of the Stock Exchange for 50 years. He was tragically killed in a road accident outside Tubs Hill station in Sevenoaks in 1947. He was, at the time, the oldest England International.

England Career Statistics

  • Only Cap: v Scotland (FR) on 2nd March 1878 aged 20 years, 1 month, 1 day
  • Starts: 1
  • Substitute: 0
  • Withdrawn: 0
  • Full Games: 1

England Match Statistics

    • Match Type
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    • Friendly
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • Competitive
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • Home, Away or Neutral
    • Caps
    • Goals
    • Capt
    • Mins
    • Away
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • Match Result
    • Caps
    • Goals
    • Capt
    • Mins
    • Lost
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • Playing Positions
    • Caps
    • Goals
    • Capt
    • Mins
    • Forward
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • Total
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0

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    England Team Mates (Top 10)

    Sources

    • An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
    • England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
    • Sevenoaks Chronicle "Oldest International Dead", Friday 27th June 1947, page 5.

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