Bob Milne (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert George Milne | ||
Date of birth | 1 October 1870 | ||
Place of birth | Inverarity, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 2 November 1932 | (aged 62)||
Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
188x–1890 | Gordon Highlanders | ||
1890–1910 | Linfield | 194 | (44) |
International career | |||
1893–1905 | Irish League XI | 10 | (0) |
1894–1906 | Ireland (IFA) | 27 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert George Milne (1 October 1870 – 2 November 1932) was a footballer who played for the Gordon Highlanders, Linfield and Ireland during the 1890s and early 1900s.[2][1] Born in Scotland, Milne was stationed in Ireland with the Gordon Highlanders and played seven games for the regimental football team as they won the Irish Cup in 1890. He subsequently signed for Linfield and played 43 games and scored 19 goals for the club in the same competition and winning a total of 39 honours over 20 years.[1]
Between 1894 and 1906, Milne made 27 appearances and scored two goals for Ireland. On 3 March 1894, at the Solitude Ground in Belfast, Milne, together with Olphert Stanfield, was a member of the Irish team that finally avoided defeat to England after thirteen attempts. Against an England side that included Fred Spiksley and Jack Reynolds, Ireland came back from 2–0 down to gain a 2–2 draw. Milne was also captain of Ireland during the 1903 British Home Championship. Until then the competition had been monopolised by England and Scotland but in 1903, before goal difference was applied, Ireland forced a three-way share. With a team that also included Archie Goodall, Jack Kirwan, Billy Scott and Billy McCracken, Ireland beat both Wales and Scotland 2–0. This was also the first time Ireland had beaten Scotland.[1]
Honours
[edit]Gordon Highlanders
Linfield[1]
- Irish League Winners: 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95, 1897–98, 1901–02, 1903–04, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09
- Runners Up: 1893–94, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1902–03
- Irish Cup Winners: 1891, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1904
- Runners Up: 1894
- City Cup Winners: 1895, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1908
- Runners Up: 1899
- County Antrim Shield Winners: 1899, 1904, 1906, 1907
- Runners Up: 1896, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1905
- Belfast Charity Cup Winners: 1891, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905
- Runners Up: 1890, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1908
Ireland
- British Home Championship: 1903 (shared)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Bob Milnee". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats (NIFG). Jonny Dewart. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Shamrock on Blue, Scots Football Worldwide
External links
[edit]- Irish Cup appearances
- Irish Cup goals
- Bob Milne at National-Football-Teams.com
- Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers
- Linfield F.C. players
- 1870 births
- 1932 deaths
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Angus, Scotland
- Irish association footballers (before 1923)
- Gordon Highlanders soldiers
- Irish League representative players
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish soldiers
- NIFL Premiership players
- 19th-century British Army personnel
- Military personnel from Angus, Scotland