William Mathieson

Position: outside-left

Scotland

HAN	P	D	L	F	A	Diff
H	5	2	3	11	16	-5
A	5	1	4	5	19	-14
TOTALS	10	3	7	16	35	-19

Name: William Mathieson

Birthdate: 00-00-0000

Age: 0

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Height: 5' 6" (1.68m)

Weight: 12st (76.2kg)

Years at Club: 1892-1894, 1895-1896

Signing Info: Transferred from: Glasgow Thistle, 03/1892, £ 2nd Spell, Transferred from: ?, 08/1895, £

Previous Clubs: Glasgow Thistle, Clydesdale FC

Debut: 03/09/1892 v Blackburn Rovers (A) 3-4 (League Division One)

Farewell: 1st Farewell Transferred to Fairfield, 05/1894, £ Final Farewell Transferred to, 02/1896, £

Passed Away: PA

Biography

Goals from the left wing were a feature of William Mathieson's play throughout his career. He got three of them in the first half in January 1891 against Dykebar in Scottish junior football. His team at the time was Glasgow Thistle, who also fielded his younger brother, John, alongside him on occasions. Clydeside was another ex-club, but it was from Thistle that William joined Newton Heath in March 1892.
The Heathens were in the Football Alliance then and there was no shortage of rave reviews when the newcomer made his debut in a 3-3 draw with Grimsby Town: "Mathieson is unselfish, in fact too much so...plucky but light... a rare acquisition... never dallies with the ball... he shoots and centers with great accuracy". Not surprisingly, he mostly monopolized the outside-left flank for the rest of the season, netting four goals in 10 matches, including a brace in a friendly against his compatriots, Renton.
Mathieson's superb form meant he was in the lineup when Newton Heath played their opening Football League fixture against Blackburn Rovers on September 3rd, 1892. This competition soon proved such a grind, however, that he lost his place in early November to another Scot, James Colville. William never regained it, thus spending the remainder of the next two seasons in the reserve team. Admittedly, he maintained a steady goal return throughout, and even found the net on the two occasions he was restored to the league eleven in 1893-94. However, the damning statistic remains that he was never on the winning side for Heath in the First Division.
In the summer of 1894, William was allowed to enroll for local side Fairfield, making his debut on September 1st against Accrington. He spent the next three seasons on and off with the club where at times three of the five forwards were ex-Heathens, Mathieson having been joined by Adam Carson and Tommy Fitzsimmons. It has erroneously been reported that he played for Rotherham Town during 1895-96, but he actually returned frequently to Newton Heath to help out the second eleven. After Fairfield, William threw his lot in with Chorley in 1897 and South Shore in 1898. Biography kindly provided by Charbel Boujaoude.



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1892-1893	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
2.	1893-1894	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
TOTALS		2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Preston North End	1	1
2.	Aston Villa	1	1

No	Opponent

1.	Blackburn Rovers	2	0
2.	Burnley	2	0
3.	Everton	2	0
4.	West Bromwich Albion	2	0
5.	Aston Villa	1	1
6.	Preston North End	1	1

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Mitchell, Thomas	2
2.	?	2
3.	Molyneux, Dick	2
4.	Jackson, Henry	2
5.	Ramsay, George	1
6.	Preston North End Committee	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Albut, Alf

No	Stadium	Count

1.	North Road, (Monsall)	4
2.	Bank Street	1
3.	Ewood Park	1
4.	Goodison Park	1
5.	Perry Bar	1
6.	Stoney Lane	1
7.	Turf Moor	1

No	Competition	Count

League Division One

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Blackburn Rovers	2
2.	Burnley	2
3.	Everton	2
4.	West Bromwich Albion	2
5.	Aston Villa	1
6.	Preston North End	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

Player never featured in a Cup Final.

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

All Matches played

No	Date	Comp	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	03-09-1892	Div 1	Blackburn Rovers	L	3-4	A	0	Bob Donaldson ??', James Coupar ??', Alf Farman ??'	Jack Southworth 3', Coombe Hall 8', 10', Harry Chippendale 70'
2.	10-09-1892	Div 1	Burnley	D	1-1	H	0	Bob Donaldson 85'	*Henry Boyd 60'
3.	17-09-1892	Div 1	Burnley	L	1-4	A	0	Bob Donaldson 23'	James Crabtree 25', Jimmy Hill 35', 42', Billy Bowes 60'
4.	24-09-1892	Div 1	Everton	L	0-6	A	0		Fred Geary 1' , 4', Edgar Chadwick ??', ??', Alan Maxwell ??', Alf Milward ??'
5.	01-10-1892	Div 1	West Bromwich Albion	D	0-0	A	0
6.	08-10-1892	Div 1	West Bromwich Albion	L	2-4	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??', William Hood ??'	Roddy McLeod 15', Billy Bassett ??', Archie Bostock ??', ??'
7.	19-10-1892	Div 1	Everton	L	3-4	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??', William Hood ??', Alf Farman ??'	Alex Latta ??', ??', ??', ??'
8.	05-11-1892	Div 1	Blackburn Rovers	D	4-4	H	0	Alf Farman ??', ??', Adam Carson ??', William Hood ??'	Charlie Bowdler ??', Coombe Hall 47', George Mann ??', Bill Sawers ??'
9.	03-02-1894	Div 1	Aston Villa	L	1-5	A	1	William Mathieson ??'	John Devey ??', ??', ??' Dennis Hodgetts ??', John Reynolds ??'
10.	14-04-1894	Div 1	Preston North End	L	1-3	H	1	William Mathieson ??'	George Drummond ??', Jimmy Ross ??', Charles Dickson ??'

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