Old Players and Possible League Grads
1920s & 1930s

Bangor City at Revolvy
Players in red listed in 1888-1939 book
1900s
Total listed  1


Period Played
Name
Born
Place
Position Played
Previous clubs (shown ex) or future clubs (onto)
1901
John Owen Jones

Bangor
Centre Forward

1903-14
Alfred Oliver
15 September 1882
Bangor
Outside Left
 ex Beaumaris Town, onto Blackburn, back to Bangor onto Llandegfan







 Name
 John Owen Jones
  Bangor born John Owen "Jack" Jones was capped twice by Wales in 1901 whilst in his second spell with the club.
  He initially left Bangor to sign for Crewe Alexandra in 1892 and went to make 46 appearances and score 17 goals.  John moved to Chorley and then Newton Heath in 1898 where he made three appearances four years before they changed their name to Manchester United. His debut in September 1898 was against Gainsborough.
  John was known as "Chorley" for much of his career.

  He returned to Bangor in 1899 after being released by The Heathens "for not obeying orders", won those Welsh caps, and went on to play for Earlstown and Stalybridge Rovers. He lived in Crewe and worked on the railway works.
 Date of Birth
 1869
 Place of Birth
 Bangor
 Position
 Centre Forward/IR
 Season Played
 1890-94, 1901

 Name
 Alfred Oliver
   Left winger Alfred Oliver was born in Bangor on September 15, 1882, and except for the 1905/06 season played for Bangor FC from 1903 to 1914, but only twice for Wales, in 1905 against England and Scotland. Inbetween Alfred moved to Blackburn Rovers where he made a couple of League appearances before opting to come home.
   At the age of 11, he had stayed with his grandfather at Min y Don (Anglesey), where he attended the Beaumaris Grammar School. After World War I, Alfred Oliver still played for Llandegfan and worked in the construction business. He died in Glyn Garth (Menai Bridge, Anglesey) on March 29, 1963.
   His son Glyn Oliver was an aerospace designer in the USA, where he also worked on Project Apollo moon landings,
 Date of Birth
 15 September 1882
 Place of Birth
 Bangor
 Position
 Outside Left
 Season Played
 1903-14

1910s
Total listed  0
Period Played
Name
Born
Place
Position Played
Previous clubs (shown ex) or future clubs (onto)
















1920s players

Total listed  23

 Name
 John Arthur Settle

   Chester born John Settle has played for Chester and Wrexham before joining City in 1922.
   After leaving Bangor he went back to hometown club Chester before playing along the North Wales coast for Holyhead, Caernarfon and Rhyl.
 Date of Birth
 1895
 Place of Birth
 Chester
 Position
 Left Back
 Season Played
 1922-23

 Name
 Harry Sinclair

   Harry Sinclair was born in the now Southport suburb of High Park in 1900.
  The leftback played for local side Park Royal, Albion, Norwood Crescent and then Southport before joining Bangor in 1923.
   He later moved onto to play for Winsford and Burscough.
 Date of Birth
 9 June 1900
 Place of Birth
 High Park
 Position
 Right Back/LB
 Season Played
 1922-23


Period Played
Name
Born
Place
Position Played
Previous clubs (shown ex) or future clubs (onto)
1923
John Arthur F Settle
1895
Chester
Left Back
 ex Chester, Wrexham onto Chester, Holyhead, Caernarfon, Rhyl

Harry Sinclair
9 June 1900
High Park
Right Back/LB
 ex Park Royal, Albion, Norwood Crescent, Southport onto Winsford, Burscough

John Salmon Warburton
1903
Crewe
Outside Left
 ex Rhyl, onto Mold, Wrexham, Macclesfield, Congleton, Crewe Alexandra (in graduates)
1924
Jonathon Davies
 1904
Rhos

 ex Wrexham

Frederick C Cooke
5 July 1896
Kirby in Ashfield Centre Forward/IL
 ex East Kirby, Sunderland, Swindon, Accrington

James Hayes
1902
Northwich

 ex Northwich, Sunderland, Wext Ham, onto Ashton National, Mossley

Eddie Lovelady
24 June 1898
Liverpool
Outside Right
 onto Wrexham, Marine (in graduates)

Joseph Robinson Nicholson
4 June 1898
Ryhope
Left Half/RH
 ex Ryhope Colliery, Clapton Orient, Cardiff, Aston Villa onto Spennymoor United

James (Jimmy) Bryden Niven
8 September 1897
Liverpool
Right Back/LB
 ex Tranmere Rovers, New Brighton, Flint
1926
James William Pugh
1891
Hereford
Left Back
 ex Brighton, Hereford, Bridgend, Abertillery, Manchester United, Wrexham, Rhos Athletic
 onto Buckley, Holywell, Denbigh

Albert (Bertie) Smith
22 April 1900
Camberwell
Centre Half
 ex Nunhead, Huddersfield, Bradford City, Rhyl,
 onto Bournemouth, Steatham Town (in graduates)

Herbert (Bert) Young
4 September 1899
Liverpool
Outside Left
 ex Everton, Aberdare, Brentford
 onto Newport County, QPR, Bristol Rovers, Swindon (in graduates)
1927
John Ascroft


Outside Left
 ex Tranmere Rovers, New Brighton, Prescott Cables

William Broome


Outside Left  ex Altrincham, Bury, Colwyn Bay, onto to Crewe, Accrington, Mansfield (in graduates)

Williams Thomas Cooper

Denaby

 onto Rotherham (in graduates)

Bill Devlin
30 July 1899
Bellshill
Centre Forward
 ex Clyde, Huddersfield, Liverpool, Hearts, Macclesfield, Cowdenbeath, Burton, Shelbourne

Arthur Richard Evans
1905
Wrexham
Goalkeeper
 ex Miners Institute Wrexham, Denbigh, Wrexham, onto Llanelli, Whitchurch

Joe Hughes
18 March 1901
Rhyl
Centre Forward  ex Jollyboys. Rhyl, Bury, Southport, Rhyl Athletic onto Rhyl Athletic

Clatworthy Charlie Rennox
25 February 1897
Shotts
Inside Left/CF
 ex Dykeshead, Wishaw YMCA, Clapton Orient, Manchester United, Grimsby
 onto Accrington Stanley

Jack Yates
19 june 1904
Little Lever

 ex Little Lever, Watford
1928
Alex Hooper
1900
Darlington
Left Back
 ex Shildon, Charlton, St Johnstone, Nelson, onto Barnoldswick Town

Patrick McDonagh
1908
Glasgow
Inside Left/R
 ex St Anthonys (Glasgow), Barnsley, Nelson
1929>
Bertram (Bertie) Menlove
8 December 1892
St Albans
Centre Forward
 ex Southern Railway, Barnet Alston, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United,
      Boston Town, Aldershot, onto Clapton Orient, Coleraine, Connahs Quay & Shotton







1930s players
Bangor joined the Birmingham League in 1932-38
Moved to the Lancashire League in 1938-50



Period Played
Name
Born
Place
Position Played
Previous clubs (shown ex) or future clubs (onto)
1931
Albert Bumford

Ton Pentre
Left Half
ex Bristol City, Bradford City

Len Davies
28 April 1899
Splott
Wing
ex Cardiff City & Wales
1932
Ralph Shirley Williams
2 October 1905
Aberaman
Centre Forward
ex Aberdare Athletic, Aberavon, Brentford, Aberaman Athletic, Poole Town, Chesterfield
    Manchetser Central, Colwyn Bay United, Cardiff City, Crewe Alex, Southport, Rochdale
    Merthyr Town, Lovells Athletic, Aberdare, onto Rhyl, Aberdare
1933
Norman Roberts

Penmachno Outside Left
ex Penmachno, Chester
1934
Tommy Jennings
8 March 1902
Strathhaven
Centre Forward
ex Cadzow St Annes, Raith, Leeds, Chester onto Third Lanark (possibly as manager)
1934
John Rom


Goalkeeper
Bristol City, Southampton

Royston Davies
19 October 1903
Penydarren
Outside Left
ex Aberaman Athletic, Merthyr Town, Manchester United, Southport, Cyfarthah Stars,
     Barry Town, Bristol Rovers, Ebbw Vale, Wolves, Reading

Viv Williams


Inside Left


David William James Murray
2 August 1901
Wynberg, SA
Inside Forward
ex Clyde(Cape Town), Western Province, Wynberg, Everton, Bristol City & Rovers,
Swindon, Rochdale onto YMCA Jersey

William (Billie) Rogers
1905
Summerhill
Right Half/IR
ex Summerhill, Oak Alyn Rovers, Flint Town, Wrexham, Newport County, Bristol Rovers
    Clapton Orient
1934






John (Jack) Edwin Moorwood
1896
Sheffield
Centre Half
 ex Alfreton, Stoke, Wrexham, onto Gleadless, Sheffield Forge, Woodhouse WMC

Pollard





Ivor Rogers


Inside Left
 ex Southend

T Hodder


Centre forward
 ex Bristol City, Cardiff City and Irish League

Johnson





George Kyle
6 November 1908
Dunfermline
Goalkeeper
 ex Lethans Heatherbell, Kelty Rangers, East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath,
     Dunfermline (loan), and onto to East Stirlingshire

Jack Collins

London
Winger
 ex Liverpool, Cardiff City, Millwall

Peter Meaney


Centre Forward
 ex Crewe transferred to Oswestry Town July 1934

Neville Roberts
15 June 1892
Penmachno
Outside Left
 onto Wolverhampton, Barnsley, Carlisle, Shrewsbury (in graduates)
1935
George Henry Russell
August 1902
Atherstone
Full Back
 ex Portsmouth, Watford, Northampton, Bristol, Cardiff City, Newport County, Stafford Rangers

Stan Griffiths


Outside Forward!
 ex Cardiff, Chester, Gillingham

Albert Fursland



 ex Cardiff City transferred to Stoke in September 1935

George Warrington Gale
1916

Goalkeeper
 signed October 1935 from Cardiff City
 onto Northwich, New Brighton, Reading (in graduates)

Sid Barnard
10 July 1914
Aigburth
Inside Right
 ex Blackburn, Stockport onto Wrexham

Joseph Gordon Gunson
1 July 1904
Chester
Winger
 ex Nelson, Wrexham, Sunderland, Liverpool, Swindon, Wrexham

Alf White


Inside Right
 onto Northwich, New Brighton, Witton Albion
1936
Ivor Powell


Left Half
 signed from South Wales in January 1936

Eric Davies


Centre Forward
 signed from South Wales in January 1936, onto Bournemouth (in graduates) new

Thomas Paddy Lynch
31 August 1907
Tredegar
Goalkeeper
 ex Rhymney, Rochdale, Colwyn Bay, Barnsley, Barrow, Brentford

Bernard Roy McCarthy


Inside Right
 ex Margate, Barnsley onto Chester, Wolves (in graduates) new

Clifford Pitt
26 June 1911
Moston
Goalkeeper
 ex Newton Heath PC, Acme, Bacup Borough, Southport, Ferguson Palin,
      Manchester City, Manchester North End, Macclesfield

Wiliam Redfern
15 October 1910
Connahs Quay
Inside Right
 ex Holywell Arcadians, onto Marine, Newry, Luton, Derby (in graduates)
1937
Frederick Cecil Smith
30 October 1904
Marchwiel
Centre Forward
 ex Marchwiel, Oswestry, Welshpool, Wrexham, Wigan Borough, Notts County, Macclesfield
      Stalybridge Celtic, Burnley, Cardiff City, Rhyl
1938
Tom Connaboy


Inside Right
 signed July 1938, ex Arbroath, Leith, Darlington, Alloa

William Williams


Full Back
 sigend from South Wales

David Dai Samuel Phillips
27 March 1936
Bala
Inside Left/IR
 ex Bala, Blaenau, Blackburn Rovers, Wrexham
1939
George Latham
1918
Blackpool
Inside Left
 signed from Accrington Stanley February 1939, ex Bllackpool, Liverpool

Robert Done (Bob)
27 April 1904
Runcorn
Left Back/RB
 ex Runcorn, Liverpool, Tranmere, Port Vale

Jackie Lloyd
20 June 1916
Brymbo
Outside R/L
 ex Lodge (Brymbo), Brymbo Steelworks, Llanerch Colts, Chester, Wrexham onto Oswestry, CQN

 


   26th August 1934
   Bangor City v Cradley Heath
  
LEAGUE
   1 George Kyle ex ex Lethans Heatherbell, Kelty Rngrs
     East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath,
Dunfermline (loan),
     and onto to East Stirlingshire
  2 Ball
  3 Norman Jones
  4 Ball
  5 Shalleros
  6 Hellier
  7 Albert Bumford ex Bristol City, Bradfordl City
  8 Delaney
  9 Holland
10 Mainwaring
11 Len Davies
  18th November 1934
  Bangor City v Wrexham
 
WELSH CUP or LEAGUE

  1 Wilfred Burrows moved to Bury in March 1935
     (ex Tranmere & Wrexham)

  2 Johnston
  3 Norman Jones
  4 Ball
  5 Nether
  6 Albert Bumford ex Bristol City, Bradfordl City
  7 Pollard
  8 Len Davies
  9 Hodder
10 Ivor Rogers
11 Poole

  7th November 1936
   Bangor City v Cannock
  
BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE
   1 Bill Hollins father of John & Dave Hollins
  2 Morris
  3 Rune
  4 McKenzie
  5 Edwards
  6 Gulliver
  7 Jones
  8 Booth
  9 Williams
10 Bernard McCarthy ex Margate, Barnsely
     onto Chester, Wolves
11 Davies


  30th March 1938
   Bangor City v Leeds United friendly
   1 Bill Hollins father of John & Dave Hollins
  2 Edwards
  3 Kitson
  4 Scott
  5 Watt
  6 Bamford
  7 Oswald
  8 Jones
  9 Carter
10 Bretnon
11 G Hughes





 Name
 Alfred Oliver
   Bangor born Alfred Oliver joined Bangor from Anglesey side Beaumaris Town in 1903.
  Alfred was twice capped by Wales, against Scotland on 6 March 1905 and his second appearance against England three weeks later. In between this time Alfred was transferred between the two clubs, from Bangor to Blackburn Rovers where he made two Football League appearances before returning to Bangor. Ten years later he moved onto to Anglesey based Llandegfan.
 Date of Birth
 15 September 1882
 Place of Birth
 Bangor
 Position
 Outside Left