John Frank Slater: Man United goalkeeper Profile & Stats
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John Frank Slater

Position: goalkeeper

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HAN P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 66.67
A 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
TOTALS 4 3 0 1 12 5 +7 75.00

Name: John Frank Slater
Birthdate: 00-00-0000
Age: 0
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
Height: 5' 10" (1.78m)
Weight: 11st 6lbs (72.57kg)
Years at Club: 1890-1892
Signing Info: Transferred from: ?, 08/1890, £
Previous Clubs:
Debut: 04/10/1890 v Higher Walton (North Road)) 2-0 (FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round)
Farewell: Transferred to , 09/1892, £
Passed Away: PA

Biography

For one reason or another, Newton Heath decided to load up on Nottingham footballers for the second season of the Football Alliance: John Slater, William Sharpe and John Clements all became regular members of the team in 1890-91, with Arthur Henrys to follow a year later.
John Frederick Slater was the man trusted to replace departing goalkeeper Tom Hay. He had spent some time with Basford Rovers, a local Nottingham outfit, where his abilities were tested to the limit in a lop-sided encounter with Notts County in October 1886: County won 13-0! Amusingly, it was once said in the papers of the time that "Slater has the largest and deepest mouth of any footballer in the country"! Nevertheless, Slater thrived when he first arrived at North Road, appearing in all 22 Alliance fixtures in 1890-91 and in 16 of the first 17 in 1891-92.
It was not all plain sailing. On October 17th, 1891, John was attacked by two spectators at Grimsby, his teammates rushing to his rescue. Then, in January, the papers summed up his effect thus: "Slater has not been as clever as Hay, but he has not been so well supported by his backs". Of course, it did not help that he let in eight goals in a match at Nottingham Forest - it remains Manchester United's worst competitive defensive performance ever!
The Heath directorate finally lost patience with Slater in March 1892 and replaced him first with John Davies then Jimmy Warner. Although he signed on with the club upon entry into the Football League, he soon crossed over to Fairfield where he spent 1892-93. Slater lived on Oldham Road during the 1890s as he worked for the L&Y Railway, but later found employment at the Manchester Gas Works. Extra information supplied by Charbel Boujaoude thru Paul Nagel of http://unitedkits.com/. Biography kindly provided by Charbel Boujaoude.
 
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Season Goals Season Apps
No Season League Goals League Apps LC Goals LC Apps FAC Goals FAC Apps CS Goals CS Apps EC Goals EC Apps Europa Goals Europa Apps SC Goals SC Apps CWC Goals CWC Apps IC Goals IC Apps CWC Goals CWC Apps Season
Goals		 Season
Apps
1. 1890-1891 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2. 1891-1892 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

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. Higher Walton 1 0
2. Manchester City 1 0
3. South Shore 1 0
4. Blackpool 1 0
No Opponent Manager No
1. Higher Walton Committee 1
2. Furniss, Lawrence 1
3. South Shore Committee 1
4. Blackpool Committee 1
No MUFC Managers Count
1. Albut, Alf 4
Stadiums Competition Opponents Opponent Nationality
No Stadium Count
1. North Road, (Monsall) 3
2. Bloomfield Road 1
No Competition Count
1. FA Cup 4
No Opponent Count
1. Higher Walton 1
2. Manchester City 1
3. South Shore 1
4. Blackpool 1
No Opponent Nationality Count
1. England 4
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. 04-10-1890 FAC Higher Walton W 2-0 H 0 George Evans ??' Alf Farman ??'
2. 03-10-1891 FAC Manchester City W 5-1 H 0 John Sneddon 44', Alf Farman ??', ??', Roger Doughty ??', Alfred Edge ??' Jack Pearson ??'
3. 14-11-1891 FAC South Shore W 2-0 A 0 Alf Farman 43', Jack Doughty ??'
4. 05-12-1891 FAC Blackpool L 3-4 H 0 Alf Edge ??', ??', Alf Farman ??' (pen) Henry Tyrer ??', ??', ??' (pen), Harry Cookson ??'
 

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