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Frank Soo

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Jobyfox

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9 hours ago, Happy Fox said:

Frank Soo: Football Association urged to award honorary cap to Asian trailblazer who played for England during the war | Football News | Sky Sports

 

He played twice for us during the War League.

 

Frank Soo - Wikipedia

 

 

Hmmm ….

 

According to Wikipedia he played the grand total of 0 (zero) games for us.

 

However, he was sold by Leicester, despite being “one of the better performers” at Filbert Street during the 1945/46 season. 
 

Echoes of last season when a few of our better performers were those who didn’t play any games 

 

 

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Mike the Metal Ed

Mike the Metal Ed

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On 10/11/2023 at 18:52, Jobyfox said:

Hmmm ….

 

According to Wikipedia he played the grand total of 0 (zero) games for us.

 

However, he was sold by Leicester, despite being “one of the better performers” at Filbert Street during the 1945/46 season. 
 

Echoes of last season when a few of our better performers were those who didn’t play any games 

 

 

In short, War League/Cup games don't count as competitive fixtures for stat keeping purposes.

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cruzFOX

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Jokes aside lads this player deserves some spotlight rather than disapear into history. First player of Asian descent to play for England and this was back when the Asian community in England was in the 100’s!

its 2023 and I’m still waiting for any Asian player to rise up thru the ranks and represent England. I hope it still happens in my lifetime.

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Jobyfox

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10 hours ago, Mike the Metal Ed said:

In short, War League/Cup games don't count as competitive fixtures for stat keeping purposes.

Hmm… just googled it.

 

During the 1945/46 season the FA Cup was played, but not League games. Do those games not count as competitive fixtures? Harsh to deprive Derby of their one and only FA Cup win.

 

Anyway, despite the listing of Zero games played for us I found this, which shows the two FA Cup games and the “Football League South” games that Frank played in for us: 

 

https://www.thefranksoofoundation.org.uk/1945-1946

 

 

Mike the Metal Ed

Mike the Metal Ed

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1 hour ago, Jobyfox said:

Hmm… just googled it.

 

During the 1945/46 season the FA Cup was played, but not League games. Do those games not count as competitive fixtures? Harsh to deprive Derby of their one and only FA Cup win.

 

Anyway, despite the listing of Zero games played for us I found this, which shows the two FA Cup games and the “Football League South” games that Frank played in for us: 

 

https://www.thefranksoofoundation.org.uk/1945-1946

 

 

So yeah, he played two official games for us, losing to Chelsea in the FA Cup in the original fixture and replay, and a few unofficial wartime fixtures. Wikipedia also excludes cup games from its factfile stats, that's how you get to his zero appearances.

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