William Roughton

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England

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	46	25	14	7	82	41	+41	54.35
A	46	9	9	28	51	89	-38	19.57
TOTALS	92	34	23	35	133	130	+3	36.96

Name: William George Roughton

Birthdate: 11-12-1909

Age: 116

Birthplace: Manchester, England

Height: 5' 11" (1.80m)

Weight: 11st 13lbs (75.75kg)

Years at Club: 1936-1939

Signing Info: Transferred from: Huddersfield Town, 10/09/1936, £

Previous Clubs: Huddersfield Town

Debut: 12/09/1936 v Manchester City (H) 3-2 (League Division One)

Farewell: Released from contract, 10/1939

Passed Away: 07/06/1989

Biography



		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.	1936-1937	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
2.	1937-1938	0	39	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43
3.	1938-1939	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
TOTALS		0	86	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

Player never scored for club.

No	Opponent

1.	Sheffield Wednesday	4
2.	Leeds United	4
3.	Bolton Wanderers	4
4.	Arsenal	3
5.	Brentford	3
6.	Portsmouth	3
7.	Stoke City	3
8.	Liverpool	3
9.	Sunderland	3
10.	Everton	3
11.	Barnsley	3
12.	Manchester City	2
13.	Preston North End	2
14.	Chelsea	2
15.	Charlton Athletic	2
16.	Middlesbrough	2
17.	West Bromwich Albion	2
18.	Derby County	2
19.	Newcastle United	2
20.	Coventry City	2
21.	Luton Town	2
22.	Bury	2
23.	Sheffield United	2
24.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
25.	Blackburn Rovers	2
26.	Fulham	2
27.	Plymouth Argyle	2
28.	Chesterfield	2
29.	Aston Villa	2
30.	Norwich City	2
31.	Swansea City	2
32.	Bradford Park Avenue	2
33.	Nottingham Forest	2
34.	West Ham United	2
35.	Burnley	2
36.	Birmingham City	1
37.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
38.	Reading	1
39.	Grimsby Town	1
40.	Stockport County	1
41.	Southampton	1
42.	Yeovil Town	1
43.	Huddersfield Town	1

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Hampson, Billy	4
2.	Foweraker, Charles	4
3.	Walker, Billy	3
4.	Allison, George	3
5.	Curtis, Harry	3
6.	Tinn, Jack	3
7.	McGrory, Bob	3
8.	Kay, George	3
9.	Cochrane, Johnny	3
10.	Kelly, Theo	3
11.	Seed, Angus	3
12.	Wild, Wilf	2
13.	Muirhead, Tommy	2
14.	Knighton, Leslie	2
15.	Seed, Jimmy	2
16.	Gillow, Wilf	2
17.	Everiss, Fred	2
18.	Jobey, George	2
19.	Mather, Tom	2
20.	Storer, Harry	2
21.	Liddell, Ned	2
22.	Bullock, Norman	2
23.	Davison, Teddy	2
24.	Tresadern, Jack	2
25.	Taylor, Reg	2
26.	Peart, Jack	2
27.	Jack, Bob	2
28.	Harvey, Bill	2
29.	Hogan, Jimmy	2
30.	Young, Bob	2
31.	Green, Haydn	2
32.	Steele, David	2
33.	Wightman, Harold	2
34.	Paynter, Charlie	2
35.	Boland, Alf	2
36.	Liddell, George	1
37.	Buckley, Frank	1
38.	Butler, Billy	1
39.	Spencer, Charlie	1
40.	Kelly, Bob	1
41.	Parker, Tom	1
42.	Halliday, David	1
43.	McMullan, Jimmy	1
44.	Stephenson, Clem	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Duncan, Scott	49
2.	Crickmer, Walter	43

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Sheffield Wednesday	4
2.	Leeds United	4
3.	Bolton Wanderers	4
4.	Arsenal	3
5.	Brentford	3
6.	Portsmouth	3
7.	Stoke City	3
8.	Liverpool	3
9.	Sunderland	3
10.	Everton	3
11.	Barnsley	3
12.	Manchester City	2
13.	Preston North End	2
14.	Chelsea	2
15.	Charlton Athletic	2
16.	Middlesbrough	2
17.	West Bromwich Albion	2
18.	Derby County	2
19.	Newcastle United	2
20.	Coventry City	2
21.	Luton Town	2
22.	Bury	2
23.	Sheffield United	2
24.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
25.	Blackburn Rovers	2
26.	Fulham	2
27.	Plymouth Argyle	2
28.	Chesterfield	2
29.	Aston Villa	2
30.	Norwich City	2
31.	Swansea City	2
32.	Bradford Park Avenue	2
33.	Nottingham Forest	2
34.	West Ham United	2
35.	Burnley	2
36.	Birmingham City	1
37.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
38.	Reading	1
39.	Grimsby Town	1
40.	Stockport County	1
41.	Southampton	1
42.	Yeovil Town	1
43.	Huddersfield Town	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	90
2.	Wales	2

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	47
2.	League Division Two	39
3.	FA Cup	6

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	46
2.	Ayresome Park	2
3.	Burnden Park	2
4.	Elland Road	2
5.	Goodison Park	2
6.	Griffin Park	2
7.	Highbury	2
8.	Hillsborough	2
9.	Victoria Ground	2
10.	Anfield	1
11.	Baseball Ground	1
12.	Boleyn Ground	1
13.	Bramall Lane	1
14.	Carrow Road	1
15.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
16.	Craven Cottage	1
17.	Deepdale	1
18.	Edgeley Park	1
19.	Ewood Park	1
20.	Fratton Park	1
21.	Gigg Lane	1
22.	Highfield Road	1
23.	Home Park	1
24.	Kenilworth Road	1
25.	Leeds Road	1
26.	Maine Road	1
27.	Molineux	1
28.	Oakwell	1
29.	Park Avenue	1
30.	Roker Park	1
31.	Saltergate	1
32.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
33.	Stamford Bridge	1
34.	The Hawthorns	1
35.	The Valley	1
36.	Turf Moor	1
37.	Vetch Field	1
38.	Villa Park	1
39.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

Player never featured in a Cup Final.

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

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

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	12-09-1936	Manchester City	3-2	H	Thomas Bamford 5', Thomas Manley ??', William Bryant 82'	Jackie Bray 43', Jack Heale 67'
2.	19-09-1936	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	H	Thomas Bamford 67'	Ronnie Starling 35'
3.	26-09-1936	Preston North End	1-3	A	Thomas Bamford 12'	Jimmy Milne 16', Jimmy Dougal 82', 83'
4.	03-10-1936	Arsenal	2-0	H	Harry Rowley 10', William Bryant 14'
5.	10-10-1936	Brentford	0-4	A		Bobby Reid 12', Billy Scott 35', 85', Dave McCulloch 75'
6.	17-10-1936	Portsmouth	1-2	A	Thomas Manley 51'	Scot Symon 60', 67'
7.	24-10-1936	Chelsea	0-0	H
8.	31-10-1936	Stoke City	0-3	A		Harry Davies 7', Stanley Matthews 62', Joe Johnson 82'
9.	07-11-1936	Charlton Athletic	0-0	H
10.	21-11-1936	Liverpool	2-5	H	Ernie Thompson 26', Thomas Manley 62'	Alf Hanson 25', Harry Eastham 31', Fred Howe 44', 64', 90'
11.	28-11-1936	Leeds United	1-2	A	William Bryant 86'	Eric Stephenson 1', John Thomson 80'
12.	05-12-1936	Birmingham City	1-2	H	George Mutch 67'	Frank White 13', Charlie Jones 17'
13.	12-12-1936	Middlesbrough	2-3	A	Reginald Halton 40', Thomas Manley 68'	Mick Fenton 15', 20', 46'
14.	19-12-1936	West Bromwich Albion	2-2	H	William McKay 26', George Mutch 66'	Stan Wood 27', Jack Mahon 47'
15.	25-12-1936	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	H	Thomas Bamford 85'
16.	26-12-1936	Wolves	1-3	A	William McKay 41'	George Ashall 47', Tom Galey 51', 78'
17.	28-12-1936	Bolton Wanderers	4-0	A	William Bryant 20', 49', William McKay 34', 69'
18.	01-01-1937	Sunderland	2-1	H	George Mutch 6', William Bryant 8'	Raich Carter 83'
19.	02-01-1937	Derby County	2-2	H	Harry Rowley 10', 22'	Peter Ramage 11', Dai Astley 21'
20.	09-01-1937	Manchester City	0-1	A		Alex Herd 30'
21.	16-01-1937	Reading	1-0	H	Thomas Bamford 85'
22.	23-01-1937	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	A		Walter Millership 10'
23.	30-01-1937	Arsenal	0-5	A		Cliff Bastin 17', James Brown 22' (o.g.), Alf Kirchen 25', Bobby Davidson 38', Ted Drake 80'
24.	03-02-1937	Preston North End	1-1	H	William Wrigglesworth 24'	Willie Fagan 69'
25.	20-02-1937	Portsmouth	0-1	H		Jack Weddle 7'
26.	27-02-1937	Chelsea	2-4	A	George Gladwin 26', Thomas Bamford 31'	George Mills 47', 83', Jimmy Argue 18', 85'
27.	06-03-1937	Stoke City	2-1	H	James McClelland 4', Harry Baird 80'	Fred Steele 62'
28.	13-03-1937	Charlton Athletic	0-3	A		Monty Wilkinson 70', 84', Ronald Green 72'
29.	20-03-1937	Grimsby Town	1-1	H	Jack Cape 46'	Frederick Crack 37'
30.	26-03-1937	Everton	2-1	H	Harry Baird 30', George Mutch 67'	Torry Gillick 86'
31.	27-03-1937	Liverpool	0-2	A		Alf Hanson 23', Fred Howe 90'
32.	29-03-1937	Everton	3-2	A	George Mutch 25', William Bryant 50' (pen), Ronald Ferrier 66'	Tommy Lawton 25', Alex Stevenson 75'
33.	03-04-1937	Leeds United	0-0	H
34.	21-04-1937	Sunderland	1-1	A	Thomas Bamford 30'	Raich Carter 25'
35.	24-04-1937	West Bromwich Albion	0-1	A		Harry Jones 55'
36.	28-08-1937	Newcastle United	3-0	H	William Bryant 64', Thomas Manley 74, 76'
37.	30-08-1937	Coventry City	0-1	A		Jack Griffiths 1' (o.g.)
38.	04-09-1937	Luton Town	0-1	A		Albert Dawes 72'
39.	08-09-1937	Coventry City	2-2	H	William Bryant 51', Thomas Bamford 55'	Les Jones 75', Arthur Fitton 86'
40.	11-09-1937	Barnsley	4-1	H	Thomas Manley 36', Thomas Bamford 41', 68', 85'	*Ernie Hine 88' (pen)
41.	13-09-1937	Bury	2-1	A	Ronald Ferrier 40', 60'	Walter Winterbottom 55' (o.g.)
42.	18-09-1937	Stockport County	0-1	A		Joe Mantle 64'
43.	25-09-1937	Southampton	1-2	H	Thomas Manley 90'	Arthur Holt 67' (pen), Billy Bevis 76'
44.	02-10-1937	Sheffield United	0-1	H		Jack Pickering 88'
45.	09-10-1937	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	A	Thomas Manley 70'
46.	16-10-1937	Blackburn Rovers	1-1	A	Thomas Bamford 15'	Billy Guest 16'
47.	23-10-1937	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	H	Ronald Ferrier 30'
48.	30-10-1937	Fulham	0-1	A		Viv Woodward 35'
49.	06-11-1937	Plymouth Argyle	0-0	H
50.	13-11-1937	Chesterfield	7-1	A	Thomas Manley 7', Thomas Bamford 15', 22', 38', 64', Harry Baird 26', William Bryant 56'	*Walter McMillen 37'
51.	20-11-1937	Aston Villa	3-1	H	Thomas Manley 15', Thomas Bamford 41', Stan Pearson 65'	Bob Iverson 83'
52.	27-11-1937	Norwich City	3-2	A	Harry Baird 3', William Bryant 40', Stan Pearson 59'	Tim Coleman 67', 75'
53.	04-12-1937	Swansea City	5-1	H	Jack Rowley 40', 60', 63', 86', William Bryant 58'	Tommy Olsen 72'
54.	11-12-1937	Bradford Park Avenue	0-4	A		Thomas Lewis 15', Jack Wesley 35', George Henson 82', Jimmy Robertson 89'
55.	27-12-1937	Nottingham Forest	4-3	H	Harry Baird 25', 68', William McKay 31', William Wrigglesworth 88'	Charlie Gardiner 8', Tommy Graham 31', David Martin 65'
56.	28-12-1937	Nottingham Forest	3-2	A	Johnny Carey 8', William Bryant 55', Thomas Bamford 58'	David Martin 43', Gib McNaughton 87'
57.	01-01-1938	Newcastle United	2-2	A	Jack Rowley 28', Thomas Bamford 40'	*Jack Smith 47', 51'
58.	08-01-1938	Yeovil Town	3-0	H	Stan Pearson 60', Harry Baird 68', Thomas Bamford 80'
59.	15-01-1938	Luton Town	4-2	H	Thomas Bamford 11', William Bryant 33', William McKay 41', Johnny Carey 62'	Charlie Ferguson 51', Billy Redfern 55'
60.	22-01-1938	Barnsley	2-2	A	Johnny Carey 11', Harry Baird 43'	Frank Bokas 13', Fred Fisher 55'
61.	26-01-1938	Barnsley	1-0	H	Harry Baird 50'
62.	12-02-1938	Brentford	0-2	A		Jack Holliday 34', Bobby Reid 88'
63.	17-02-1938	Sheffield United	2-1	A	Jack Smith 40', William Bryant 83'	Charlie Leyfield 80'
64.	19-02-1938	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	H		Fred Sargent 30'
65.	23-02-1938	West Ham United	4-0	H	Jackie Wassall 2', Jack Smith 19', Harry Baird 43', 88'
66.	26-02-1938	Blackburn Rovers	2-1	H	Harry Baird 23', William Bryant 29'	Tom Hargreaves 1'
67.	05-03-1938	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	A	James Brown 2', Harry Baird 44', Jack Rowley 60'	Len Massarella 75'
68.	12-03-1938	Fulham	1-0	H	Harry Baird 8'
69.	19-03-1938	Plymouth Argyle	1-1	A	Jack Rowley 5'	Bill Hullett 65'
70.	26-03-1938	Chesterfield	4-1	H	Johnny Carey 15', Jack Smith 30', 75', William Bryant 87'	Jack Hughes 23'
71.	02-04-1938	Aston Villa	0-3	A		Frank Broome 25', John Maund 50', Eric Houghton 71' (pen)
72.	09-04-1938	Norwich City	0-0	H
73.	15-04-1938	Burnley	0-1	A		Bob Brocklebank 60'
74.	16-04-1938	Swansea City	2-2	A	Jack Smith 11', Jack Rowley 24'	*Jack Warner 20', Sid Lawrence 46' (pen)
75.	18-04-1938	Burnley	4-0	H	William Bryant 47', Harry Baird 77', William McKay 85', 86'
76.	23-04-1938	Bradford Park Avenue	3-1	H	William McKay 4', Jack Smith 25', Harry Baird 53'	Thomas Lewis 52'
77.	30-04-1938	West Ham United	0-1	A		Len Goulden 87'
78.	07-05-1938	Bury	2-0	H	Jack Smith 24', William McKay 63'
79.	27-08-1938	Middlesbrough	1-3	A	Jack Smith 12'	Mick Fenton 4', Wilf Mannion 14', Tom Cochrane 66'
80.	31-08-1938	Bolton Wanderers	2-2	H	Harry Hubbick 5' (o.g.), Charlie Craven ??'	George Hunt ??', ??'
81.	17-09-1938	Stoke City	1-1	A	Jack Smith 50'	Frank Soo 80'
82.	22-10-1938	Derby County	1-5	A	Jack Smith 46'	Ronnie Dix 10', David McCulloch 35', George Vose 47' (o.g.), Sammy Crooks 65'
83.	29-10-1938	Sunderland	0-1	H		Raich Carter 48'
84.	19-11-1938	Everton	0-3	A		Tommy Lawton 8', 53', Torry Gillick 69'
85.	01-04-1939	Huddersfield Town	1-1	A	Jack Rowley 1'	Bobby Barclay 13'
86.	07-04-1939	Leeds United	0-0	H
87.	08-04-1939	Portsmouth	1-1	H	Jack Rowley 43'	Bert Barlow 70'
88.	10-04-1939	Leeds United	1-3	A	Johnny Carey 67'	George Ainsley 5', Gordon Hodgson 20', Arthur Buckley 89'
89.	15-04-1939	Arsenal	1-2	A	Jimmy Hanlon 15'	Ted Drake 7', Jack Crayston 65'
90.	22-04-1939	Brentford	3-0	H	William Bryant 56', Johnny Carey 70', Jackie Wassall 83'
91.	29-04-1939	Bolton Wanderers	0-0	A
92.	06-05-1939	Liverpool	2-0	H	Jimmy Hanlon 37', 40'

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