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Billy Findlay

Full name: William Findlay
Birthdate: 17.02.1900
Birthplace: Wishaw, Lanarkshire
Position: Wing-half
Joined from: Liverpool
Signed by: Peter Hodge
Nationality: Scotland
First game: Newcastle United, 19.09.1925
Last game: Everton, 09.04.1932
Games: 104
Goals: 0
Player Profile

The Lanarkshire wing-half was used mainly as back-up during seven seasons as a Fox but he still managed to amass 100 league appearances for the club following his move to Filbert Street from Liverpool, where it didn't work out for him.

He'd impressed in Scotland and caught the eye on Merseyside but he didn't even manage a league appearance at Anfield before his switch to Leicestershire.

He was given a more important role when he moved on to Watford, evident when he skippered the Hornets in an FA Cup clash with Leicester in 1936. He stayed at Vicarage Road after his playing days, becoming manager for just short of a decade.

His younger brother Andrew actually signed for City after completing military service but never got a senior outing.

Seasons League FA Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
Year Division Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
1925-26 Division One (old)10 0- -- -- -- - 10 0
1926-27 Division One (old)1 0- -- -- -- - 1 0
1927-28 Division One (old)28 0- -- -- -- - 28 0
1928-29 Division One (old)19 0- -- -- -- - 19 0
1929-30 Division One (old)3 0- -- -- -- - 3 0
1930-31 Division One (old)21 01 0- -- -- - 22 0
1931-32 Division One (old)18 03 0- -- -- - 21 0
Total 100 04 0- -- -- - 104 0

Appearances

DateResultOppositionCompetitionStartSubGoals
1 19.09.1925 2 - 3 Newcastle United (A) Division One (old)
2 25.12.1925 4 - 2 Sheffield United (A) Division One (old)
3 26.12.1925 2 - 2 Sheffield United (H) Division One (old)
4 28.12.1925 1 - 3 Manchester United (H) Division One (old)
5 06.02.1926 2 - 2 Bolton Wanderers (A) Division One (old)
6 13.02.1926 1 - 0 Notts County (H) Division One (old)
7 20.02.1926 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers (H) Division One (old)
8 22.02.1926 3 - 2 Newcastle United (H) Division One (old)
9 02.04.1926 1 - 1 West Ham United (A) Division One (old)
10 03.04.1926 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town (H) Division One (old)
11 02.04.1927 0 - 1 Manchester United (A) Division One (old)
12 10.09.1927 1 - 2 Derby County (A) Division One (old)
13 22.09.1927 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur (A) Division One (old)
14 01.10.1927 1 - 0 Manchester United (H) Division One (old)
15 08.10.1927 1 - 1 Liverpool (H) Division One (old)
16 15.10.1927 2 - 2 Arsenal (A) Division One (old)
17 22.10.1927 0 - 0 Blackburn Rovers (A) Division One (old)
18 29.10.1927 4 - 1 Cardiff City (H) Division One (old)
19 05.11.1927 1 - 7 Everton (A) Division One (old)
20 12.11.1927 4 - 2 Bolton Wanderers (H) Division One (old)
21 19.11.1927 2 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday (A) Division One (old)
22 26.11.1927 3 - 0 Newcastle United (H) Division One (old)
23 03.12.1927 2 - 0 Birmingham City (A) Division One (old)
24 10.12.1927 3 - 3 Middlesbrough (H) Division One (old)
25 17.12.1927 1 - 3 Huddersfield Town (A) Division One (old)
26 24.12.1927 6 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur (H) Division One (old)
27 26.12.1927 5 - 0 Burnley (H) Division One (old)
28 27.12.1927 1 - 5 Burnley (A) Division One (old)
29 31.12.1927 3 - 0 Aston Villa (H) Division One (old)
30 02.01.1928 1 - 2 Bury (A) Division One (old)
31 07.01.1928 2 - 2 Sunderland (A) Division One (old)
32 11.02.1928 2 - 5 Manchester United (A) Division One (old)
33 10.03.1928 0 - 3 Cardiff City (A) Division One (old)
34 12.03.1928 0 - 4 West Ham United (A) Division One (old)
35 31.03.1928 2 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday (H) Division One (old)
36 07.04.1928 5 - 1 Newcastle United (A) Division One (old)
37 09.04.1928 2 - 2 Bury (H) Division One (old)
38 21.04.1928 1 - 1 Middlesbrough (A) Division One (old)
39 30.04.1928 6 - 0 Blackburn Rovers (H) Division One (old)
40 25.08.1928 1 - 1 Manchester United (A) Division One (old)
41 27.08.1928 5 - 3 Birmingham City (H) Division One (old)
42 01.09.1928 4 - 4 Leeds United (H) Division One (old)
43 06.10.1928 2 - 1 Cardiff City (A) Division One (old)
44 13.10.1928 3 - 1 Sheffield United (H) Division One (old)
45 20.10.1928 10 - 0 Portsmouth (H) Division One (old)
46 27.10.1928 3 - 2 Manchester City (A) Division One (old)
47 03.11.1928 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday (H) Division One (old)
48 10.11.1928 2 - 5 Derby County (A) Division One (old)
49 17.11.1928 1 - 0 Sunderland (H) Division One (old)
50 24.11.1928 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers (A) Division One (old)
51 01.12.1928 1 - 1 Arsenal (H) Division One (old)
52 08.12.1928 1 - 3 Everton (A) Division One (old)
53 15.12.1928 4 - 1 Huddersfield Town (H) Division One (old)
54 22.12.1928 0 - 5 Bolton Wanderers (A) Division One (old)
55 30.03.1929 2 - 1 Sunderland (A) Division One (old)
56 06.04.1929 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers (H) Division One (old)
57 10.04.1929 0 - 1 Portsmouth (A) Division One (old)
58 13.04.1929 1 - 1 Arsenal (A) Division One (old)
59 17.10.1929 2 - 1 Birmingham City (H) Division One (old)
60 19.10.1929 0 - 3 Aston Villa (A) Division One (old)
61 09.11.1929 0 - 5 Portsmouth (H) Division One (old)
62 13.12.1930 2 - 5 Newcastle United (A) Division One (old)
63 20.12.1930 2 - 1 Bolton Wanderers (H) Division One (old)
64 25.12.1930 5 - 2 Sunderland (A) Division One (old)
65 26.12.1930 1 - 1 Sunderland (H) Division One (old)
66 27.12.1930 0 - 1 Derby County (A) Division One (old)
67 03.01.1931 3 - 2 Manchester City (H) Division One (old)
68 10.01.1931 1 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion (H) FA Cup 3
69 05.02.1931 2 - 7 Arsenal (H) Division One (old)
70 07.02.1931 6 - 0 Blackpool (H) Division One (old)
71 18.02.1931 3 - 1 Leeds United (A) Division One (old)
72 21.02.1931 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town (H) Division One (old)
73 07.03.1931 0 - 1 Grimsby Town (H) Division One (old)
74 21.03.1931 3 - 2 Liverpool (H) Division One (old)
75 25.03.1931 0 - 0 Manchester United (A) Division One (old)
76 28.03.1931 0 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday (A) Division One (old)
77 04.04.1931 1 - 1 West Ham United (H) Division One (old)
78 06.04.1931 0 - 1 Chelsea (A) Division One (old)
79 07.04.1931 2 - 1 Chelsea (H) Division One (old)
80 11.04.1931 2 - 2 Middlesbrough (A) Division One (old)
81 18.04.1931 3 - 1 Newcastle United (H) Division One (old)
82 25.04.1931 1 - 4 Bolton Wanderers (A) Division One (old)
83 02.05.1931 1 - 2 Birmingham City (A) Division One (old)
84 07.09.1931 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town (A) Division One (old)
85 12.09.1931 2 - 1 Liverpool (H) Division One (old)
86 19.09.1931 0 - 3 Grimsby Town (A) Division One (old)
87 26.09.1931 1 - 0 Chelsea (H) Division One (old)
88 03.10.1931 4 - 1 West Ham United (A) Division One (old)
89 10.10.1931 3 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday (H) Division One (old)
90 15.10.1931 2 - 4 Huddersfield Town (H) Division One (old)
91 17.10.1931 1 - 1 Derby County (A) Division One (old)
92 24.10.1931 1 - 2 Arsenal (H) Division One (old)
93 31.10.1931 3 - 2 Blackpool (A) Division One (old)
94 07.11.1931 4 - 3 Sheffield United (H) Division One (old)
95 14.11.1931 0 - 2 Birmingham City (A) Division One (old)
96 21.11.1931 5 - 0 Sunderland (H) Division One (old)
97 28.11.1931 2 - 9 Everton (A) Division One (old)
98 05.12.1931 2 - 3 West Bromwich Albion (H) Division One (old)
99 09.01.1932 7 - 0 Crook Town (A) FA Cup 3
100 16.01.1932 1 - 5 Manchester City (A) Division One (old)
101 23.01.1932 2 - 1 Port Vale (A) FA Cup 4
102 04.02.1932 2 - 1 Portsmouth (H) Division One (old)
103 13.02.1932 1 - 3 Newcastle United (A) FA Cup 5
104 09.04.1932 0 - 1 Everton (H) Division One (old)

Transfers

Club Fee Date
IN  Liverpool Unknown May 1925
OUT  Watford Unknown June 1932
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