Francis "Frank" Pepper: Man United centre-half Profile & Stats
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Francis "Frank" Pepper

Position: centre-half

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HAN P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 4 3 1 0 20 4 +16 75.00
A 4 0 1 3 1 7 -6 0.00
TOTALS 8 3 2 3 21 11 +10 37.50

Name: Francis "Frank" Pepper
Birthdate: 00-00-0000
Age: 0
Birthplace: Wortley, Leeds, England
Height: 5' 10" (1.78m)
Weight: 11st 8lbs (73.48kg)
Years at Club: 1898-1899
Signing Info: Transferred from: Sheffield United, 11/1898, £
Previous Clubs: Sheffield United
Debut: 10/12/1898 v Blackpool (Bank Street) 3-1 (League Division Two)
Farewell: Transferred to Barnsley, 02/1899, £
Passed Away: 04/1914

Biography

By impressing at local places like Kilnhurst and Greasbrough, Frank Pepper earned a dream move into professional football in the summer of 1898, and with champions Sheffield United, no less. However, this proved a big step up for the centre-half and he was restricted to reserve team outings until he obviously had had enough by November.

This precipitated a moved to Newton Heath where Frank proved a temporary solution for the vacancy created by James McNaught's departure. At 5'10" in height and weighing 11st 10lbs, he was an imposing centre-half in a defensive sense but he lacked creativity offensively. That said, he did earn the foul that led to James Cunningham scoring on Pepper's debut against Blackpool on December 10th, 1898. And he also enjoyed a special moment a fortnight later when the Heathens thrashed Darwen 9-0 to equal their record league winning margin that still stands to this day. It all started with Pepper whose shot glanced off the defender's head to open the floodgates, though Darwen fielding only nine men also helped!

Frank lost his place when Billy Griffiths arrived at Bank Street, so he moved to Barnsley in 1899-00 and was a regular for two years. Again he lost his spot, prompting a transfer to Doncaster Rovers in January 1902. However, he only turned out once for them, and his career seemed to be tailing off when he moved to lowly South Kirby.
Fortunately, Pepper bounced back to join Rotherham Town in July 1903 where he enjoyed a few more seasons and won several Rotherham Charity Cup medals. Parallel to his football career was a lengthy spell in cricket, for he kept wicket for Greasborough from 1895 to 1907, at which point he even joined their football team for a season.

Sadly, though, he passed away relatively young, aged just 38 in mid-April 1914.

Biography & picture kindly provided by Charbel Boujaoude.
 
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Goals		 Season
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1. 1898-1899 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
TOTALS 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

MUFC Player Goals MUFC Player Appearances MUFC Player Opponent Manager MUFC Player Club Manager
No Opponent Goals Appearances
Player has never scored for club.
No Opponent Appearances Goals
1. Blackpool 1 0
2. Leicester City 1 0
3. Darwen 1 0
4. Manchester City 1 0
5. Gainsborough Trinity 1 0
6. Burton Swifts 1 0
7. Tottenham Hotspur 1 0
8. Port Vale 1 0
No Opponent Manager No
1. Blackpool Committee 1
2. Johnson, George 1
3. Darwen Committee 1
4. Omerod, Sam 1
5. Gainsborough Trinity Committee 1
6. Burton Swifts Committee 1
7. Brettell, Frank 1
8. Greaves, Sam 1
No MUFC Managers Count
1. Albut, Alf 8
Stadiums Competition Opponents Opponent Nationality
No Stadium Count
1. Bank Street 4
2. Asplins Farm 1
3. Cobridge Stadium 1
4. Filbert Street 1
5. Hyde Road 1
No Competition Count
1. League Division Two 7
2. FA Cup 1
No Opponent Count
1. Blackpool 1
2. Leicester City 1
3. Darwen 1
4. Manchester City 1
5. Gainsborough Trinity 1
6. Burton Swifts 1
7. Tottenham Hotspur 1
8. Port Vale 1
No Opponent Nationality Count
1. England 8
Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000 Cup Finals
No 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.
Penalties scored for Manchester United Manchester United Hat-Tricks
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.
 
Red Cards  
No Date Opponent Competition
Player has never been sent off during a match.
 

All Matches played
No Date Comp Opponent WDL F-A HAN Goal!! Scorers Opponent scorers
1. 10-12-1898 Div 2 Blackpool W 3-1 H 0 John Cunningham ??', James Collinson ??', Joe Cassidy ??' (pen) Richard Birkett ??'
2. 17-12-1898 Div 2 Leicester City L 0-1 A 0 Bennie Fulwood 25'
3. 24-12-1898 Div 2 Darwen W 9-0 H 0 ??' (o.g.), Willie Bryant ??', ??', ??', Matthew Gillespie ??', ??', Joe Cassidy ??', ??', ??'
4. 26-12-1898 Div 2 Manchester City L 0-4 A 0 Fred Williams ??', *Billy Meredith 85', Billie Gillespie ??', George Dougal ??'
5. 31-12-1898 Div 2 Gainsborough Trinity W 6-1 H 0 James Collinson ??', ??', Willie Bryant ??', Walter Cartwright ??', Levi Draycott ??', Henry Boyd ??' Bernard Pumfrey ??'
6. 02-01-1899 Div 2 Burton Swifts D 2-2 H 0 Henry Boyd ??', Joe Cassidy ??' Henry Griffiths ??', 63'
7. 28-01-1899 FAC Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 A 0 Joe Cassidy 44' Bill Joyce 90'
8. 04-02-1899 Div 2 Port Vale L 0-1 A 0 Fred Belfield 60'
 

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